[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71167-71168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28916]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation and Notice of Amended Countervailing 
Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On November 15, 2012,\1\ the United States Court of 
International Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's 
(``the Department'')

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results of redetermination \2\ pursuant to the CIT's Remand Order.\3\
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    \1\ See Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff) 
and Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-
Intervenors) v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for 
American Hardwood Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), Slip-Op. 12-138 
(CIT 2012).
    \2\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand in 
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff) and Hunchun 
Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-Intervenors) 
v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for American Hardwood 
Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), CIT Court No. 11-00533, (October 31, 
2012) (Public Version) (``Remand Results'').
    \3\ See Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff) 
and Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-
Intervenors) v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for 
American Hardwood Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), Slip-Op. 12-113 
(CIT 2012) (``Remand Order'').
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    Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken,\4\ as clarified by 
Diamond Sawblades,\5\ the Department is notifying the public that the 
final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's 
Wood Flooring Final,\6\ and is amending the final affirmative 
countervailing duty (``CVD'') determination and order on multilayered 
wood flooring (``wood flooring'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') covering the period of investigation, January 1, 2009, 
through December 31, 2009, with respect to the inclusion of Shanghai 
Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd. (``Eswell Enterprise'') and Elegant Living 
Corporation (``Elegant Living'') on the list of non-cooperating 
companies.
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    \4\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (CAFC 1990) 
(``Timken'').
    \5\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 
F.3d 1374 (CAFC 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades'').
    \6\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 76 FR 
64313 (October 18, 2011) (``Wood Flooring Final'').

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DATES: Effective Date: November 26, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Morris, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsequent to completion of its CVD 
investigation of wood flooring from the PRC, parties filed a suit with 
the CIT challenging the inclusion of Eswell Enterprise and Elegant 
Living in the non-cooperating companies list. On August 31, 2012, the 
CIT remanded to the Department the issue of inclusion of Eswell 
Enterprise and Elegant Living on that list.\7\ The Department filed its 
Remand Results on October 31, 2012. On November 15, 2012, the CIT 
upheld the Department's Remand Results wherein the Department 
reconsidered the inclusion of Elegant Living and Eswell Enterprises on 
the list of non-cooperating companies, and determined to remove Eswell 
Enterprise and Elegant Living from that list.\8\
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    \7\ See Remand Order.
    \8\ See Remand Results.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the 
CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the Department must publish a notice of a 
court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision.\9\ The CIT's November 15, 2012, judgment 
sustaining the Remand Results constitutes a final decision of that 
court that is not in harmony with the Wood Flooring Final. This notice 
is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken. 
Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of liquidation 
of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the period of 
appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court decision.
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    \9\ See Timken, 893 F.2d at 341.
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Amended Final Determination and Countervailing Duty Order

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to Eswell 
Enterprise and Elegant Living, we are amending the Wood Flooring Final 
and the Amended CVD Order \10\ on wood flooring with respect to the 
margin for Eswell Enterprise and Elegant Living. Consequently, the 
Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to impose 
cash deposits on entries of the subject merchandise exported by Eswell 
Enterprise or Elegant Living at the all-others rate of 1.50 percent.
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    \10\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic 
of China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 
5484 (February 3, 2012) (``Amended CVD Order'').
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    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 23, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-28916 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am]
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