[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35249-35251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13987]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011

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

SUMMARY: On February 6, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review (``AR'') of wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') covering the period of review (``POR'') January 1, 
2011 through December 31, 2011.\1\ We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. After reviewing 
interested parties' comments and the information received, we made no 
changes for the final results of this review. In these final results of 
review we determined that six companies, including the two mandatory 
respondents,\2\ failed to establish eligibility for separate-rate 
status and, thus, we treated these companies as part of the PRC-wide 
entity; six companies made no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR and will retain their separate-rate status, two companies are 
U.S. importers and, therefore, we rescinded the review of

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these companies, and three companies have demonstrated eligibility for 
separate-rate status and have been assigned antidumping duty margins. 
The final antidumping duty margins for this review are listed below in 
the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
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    \1\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2011, 78 FR 8493 (February 6, 2013) (``Preliminary 
Results'').
    \2\ The two mandatory respondents are Shanghai Maoji Import and 
Export Corp. Ltd. (``Maoji''), and Dongguan Huansheng Furniture Co., 
Ltd. (``Huansheng'').

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DATES: Effective Date: June 12, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O'Connor, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 6, 2013, the Department published its Preliminary 
Results of the AR of the antidumping order on wooden bedroom furniture 
from the PRC covering the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 
2011.

Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs are addressed in the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China'' (``I&D Memorandum''), which is dated concurrently 
with this notice and which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of 
the issues addressed in the I&D Memorandum is appended to this notice. 
The I&D Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Services System (``IA ACCESS). Access to IA 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit of the main Commerce Building, Room 
7046. In addition, a complete version of the I&D Memorandum is 
accessible on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. 
The signed I&D Memorandum and electronic version of the I&D Memorandum 
are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We made no changes from the Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture, 
subject to certain exceptions. Imports of subject merchandise are 
currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (``HTSUS'') subheadings: 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 
9403.50.9080, 9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, 9403.90.8041, 
7009.92.1000 or 7009.92.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product 
description in the Order remains dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
I&D Memorandum.
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Final Partial Rescission

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that it intends 
to rescind the AR with respect to Foliot Furniture Pacific Inc. 
(``Foliot Pacific'') and Foliot Furniture Corporation (``Foliot 
Corporation'') because these companies were identified as U.S. 
importers and the Department does not conduct ARs of U.S. importers. No 
parties commented on our intent to rescind the AR with respect to these 
two companies. Because there is no information or argument on the 
record of the current AR that warrants reconsidering our intent to 
partially rescind this AR, we are rescinding this AR with respect to 
Foliot Pacific and Foliot Corporation.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we determined that the 
following companies did not have any reviewable transactions during the 
POR: (1) Clearwise Company Limited (``Clearwise''); (2) Dongguan Yujia 
Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Yujia''); (3) Golden Well International (HK) 
Ltd. (``Golden Well''); (4) Hangzhou Cadman Trading Co., Ltd. 
(``Cadman''); (5) Yeh Brothers World Trade, Inc. (``Yeh Brothers''); 
and (6) Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific and Educational Equipment Co., Ltd. 
(``Zhejiang Tianyi'').\4\ No parties commented on this issue, and we 
have not received any information that contradicts these companies' 
claims of no-shipments. We continue to find that these companies did 
not have shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We will issue 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') for any 
suspended entries under these companies' antidumping duty case numbers 
as noted below.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 8494.
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Final Results of Review

    The Department has determined that the following dumping margins 
exist for the period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                              (percent)
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Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai...........................        41.75
Foliot Furniture Inc./Meubles Foliot Inc...................        41.75
Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd.; Tony House Manufacture        41.75
 (China) Co., Ltd.; Buysell Investments Ltd.; and Tony
 House Industries Co., Ltd.................................
PRC-wide Entity \5\........................................       216.01
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Assessment

    The Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this AR. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication date of these final results of review. Pursuant to a 
recently announced refinement to the Department's assessment practice 
in NME cases, where we determined that an exporter under review had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries under the 
exporter's antidumping case number (i.e., entries suspended at the 
exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate. For a full 
discussion of this practice, see Non-Market Economy Antidumping 
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 
2011).
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    \5\ The PRC-wide entity includes, among other companies: 
Shanghai Maoji Import and Export Corp. Ltd. Dongguan Huansheng 
Furniture Co., Ltd. Alexandre International Corp.; Southern Art 
Development Ltd.; Alexandre Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Southern 
Art Furniture Factory; Billy Wood Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.; 
Great Union Industrial (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.; Time Faith Ltd.; 
Dongying Huanghekou Furniture Industry Co., Ltd.; Sheng Jing Wood 
Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; and Telstar Enterprises Ltd.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of this AR for all shipments of the 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed in the 
``Final Results of Review'' section above, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate listed above for the company; (2) for Clearwise, Yujia, 
Golden Well, Cadman,

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Yeh Brothers, and Zhejiang Tianyi, which had no shipments, the cash 
deposit rate will remain unchanged from the rate assigned to these 
companies in the most recently completed review of the companies; (3) 
for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters who 
are not under review in this segment of the proceeding but who have 
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (4) for all PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, including Maoji, Huansheng, Alexandre 
Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Southern Art Furniture Factory; Billy 
Wood Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.; Great Union Industrial 
(Dongguan) Co., Ltd.; Time Faith Ltd.; Dongying Huanghekou Furniture 
Industry Co., Ltd.; Sheng Jing Wood Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; and 
Telstar Enterprises Ltd., the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide 
rate of 216.01 percent; and (5) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter(s) that supplied 
that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This notice of the final results of the administrative review is 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 5, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Comment 1: Whether Maoji has Demonstrated Eligibility for Separate-
Rate Status
Comment 2: The Appropriate Dumping Margin to Apply to Maoji as Part 
of the PRC-Wide Entity
Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Determine that Maoji's 
Suppliers are the Price Discriminators
Comment 4: Potential Evasion of Antidumping Duties on Huansheng's 
Subject Merchandise

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