[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70267-70271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28100]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-970]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on multilayered 
wood flooring (``MLWF'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 
The period of review (``POR'') is May 26, 2011, through November 30, 
2012. We have preliminarily found that three respondents, Armstrong 
Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (``Armstrong''), Fine Furniture 
(Shanghai) Limited (``Fine Furniture'') and Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry 
Co., Ltd. (``Layo Wood''), have made sales of subject merchandise at 
less than normal value (``NV''), while another respondent, Nanjing 
Minglin Wooden Industry Co. Ltd. (``Minglin'') has not made sales of 
subject merchandise at less than normal value (``NV'').

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DATES: Effective Date: November 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Martinelli, Lilit Astvatsatrian 
or Magd Zalok, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-2923, (202) 482-6412 or (202) 482-4162, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes MLWF, subject to 
certain exceptions.\1\ Imports of the subject merchandise are provided 
for under the following subheadings of the HTSUS: 4412.31.0520; 
4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560; 4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 
4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4070; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 
4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 
4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520; 4412.32.3125; 
4412.32.3135; 4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 
4412.32.5600; 4412.39.1000; 4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011; 4412.39.4012; 
4412.39.4019; 4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032; 4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051; 
4412.39.4052; 4412.39.4059; 4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062; 4412.39.4069; 
4412.39.5010; 4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050; 4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 
4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111; 4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131; 4412.94.3141; 
4412.94.3160; 4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100; 4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000; 
4412.94.7000; 4412.94.8000; 4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500; 4412.99.0600; 
4412.99.1020; 4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040; 4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120; 
4412.99.3130; 4412.99.3140; 4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160; 4412.99.3170; 
4412.99.4100; 4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5710; 4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000; 
4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000; 4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000; 4418.71.9000; 
4418.72.2000; 4418.72.9500; and 9801.00.2500.\2\
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    \1\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, dated 
concurrently with this notice, regarding ``Decision Memorandum for 
Preliminary Results of 2011-2012 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China,'' issued concurrently with this notice for a complete 
description of the Scope of the Order.
    \2\ On August 28, 2013, in consultation with CBP, the Department 
added the following HTSUS classification to the AD/CVD module for 
wood flooring: 9801.00.2500. See Letter to the File from Lilit 
Astvatsatrian, Case Analyst, Enforcement and Compliance, Office IV, 
regarding ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the PRC, Modification of 
the Case Reference File in ACE,'' (November 18, 2013).
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    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is 
dispositive.

Tolling of Deadlines for Preliminary Results

    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\3\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 
days. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance 
with the Department's practice, the deadline will become the next 
business day. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this 
review is now November 18, 2013.
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    \3\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). 
Export prices and constructed export prices have been calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market 
economy (``NME'') within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV 
has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, hereby 
adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is also 
available in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist: \4\
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    \4\ In addition to the companies listed in the table, the 
following companies submitted information on the record 
demonstrating that they did not ship subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POR. The Department confirmed their 
certification of no shipment with CBP; therefore, the following 
companies will maintain their rate from the investigation: Changzhou 
Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.; Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; 
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co. Ltd..; Polywell Global 
Limited; and Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    \5\ The following companies are collectively known as The Fusong 
Jinlong Group (``Fusong Jinlong Group''): Dalian Qianqiu Wooden 
Product Co., Ltd.; Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.; Fusong 
Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; and Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Products 
Co., Ltd.

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                                        Weighted-average dumping margin
               Exporter                            (percent)
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Minglin..............................  0.00 (de minimis)
Fine Furniture.......................  0.67
Layo Wood............................  8.85
Armstrong............................  8.87
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd  4.77
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........  4.77
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd  4.77
Benxi Wood Company...................  4.77
Changbai Mountain Development and      4.77
 Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industry
 Co., Ltd.

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Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd..  4.77
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd...........  4.77
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co.,    4.77
 Ltd.
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.  4.77
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co.,    4.77
 Ltd.
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd......  4.77
Dontai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC..  4.77
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry     4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co.,   4.77
 Ltd.
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry      4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Dunhua Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd..  4.77
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd........  4.77
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry  4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group \5\......  4.77
GTP International....................  4.77
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology     4.77
 Limited.
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co.,   4.77
 Ltd.
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd  4.77
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co.,     4.77
 Ltd.
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd..  4.77
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd..........  4.77
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry    4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd.......  4.77
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Emp. Co., Ltd..  4.77
Huzhou Jensonwood Co., Ltd...........  4.77
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd..  4.77
Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd......  4.77
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood         4.77
 Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd......  4.77
JiaShan FengYun Timber Company Ltd...  4.77
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material   4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd.......  4.77
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao          4.77
 Flooring Group Co., Ltd.
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co.,     4.77
 Ltd.
Karly Wood Product Limited...........  4.77
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co.,    4.77
 Ltd.
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products     4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry    4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc....  4.77
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co.,    4.77
 Ltd.
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian)   4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang)  4.77
 Co., Ltd.
Puli Trading Limited.................  4.77
Samling Group \6\....................  4.77
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material   4.77
 Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd......  4.77
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd......  4.77
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co.,    4.77
 Ltd/The Lizhong Wood Industry
 Limited Company of Shanghai.
Shanghai New Sihi Wood Co., Ltd......  4.77
Shanghai Shenlin Corp................  4.77
Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry Co.,  4.77
 Ltd.
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd...  4.77
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd..........  4.77
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd.....  4.77
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.........  4.77
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co.,  4.77
 Ltd.
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........  4.77
Zhejiang Dadongwu Greenhome Wood Co.,  4.77
 Ltd.
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co.,    4.77
 Ltd.
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co.,   4.77
 Ltd.
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co.,     4.77
 Ltd.
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd..  4.77
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd......  4.77
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood        4.77
 Development Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock     4.77
 Co., Ltd.
PRC-Wide Entity \7\..................  58.84
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice.\8\ Interested parties may submit a case 
brief no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results of review.\9\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later 
than five days after case briefs are filed and may respond only to 
arguments raised in the case briefs.\10\ A table of contents, list of 
authorities used and an executive summary of issues should accompany 
any briefs submitted to the Department. This summary should be limited 
to five pages total, including footnotes. Interested parties who wish 
to request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must 
submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date 
of publication of this notice.\11\ Requests should contain the party's 
name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, and a 
list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230, at a time to be determined.\12\ Parties should confirm by 
telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before 
the scheduled date.
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    \6\ The following companies are collectively known as The 
Samling Group (``Samling Group''): Baroque Timber Industries 
(Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.; Riverside Plywood Corporation; Samling 
Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited; Samling Global USA, Inc.; 
and Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. Additionally, Power Dekor Group Co., 
Ltd. (``Power Dekor'') did not have any qualifying shipments for the 
Department to review, due to their one shipment undergoing review 
during Power Dekor's New Shipper Review. Power Dekor will therefore 
maintain the dumping margin that was assessed as a result of the New 
Shipper Review.
    \7\ The following companies were named in the Initiation Notice 
but did not submit a certification of no shipment, separate rate 
application or separate rate certification; therefore they 
constitute the PRC-wide entity: Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., 
Ltd.; Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd.); Fu 
Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.; Furnco International (HK) Company 
Limited; Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd.; Guangdong Jiasheng 
Timber Industry Co., Ltd.; Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co., 
Ltd.; Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd.; Jiazing Brilliant Import & 
Export Co., Ltd.; Puli Trading Co., Ltd.; Sennorwell International 
Group (Hong Kong) Limited; Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd.; 
Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co .; Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.; Suzhou 
Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.; Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.; 
Yekalon Industry, Inc.; Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., 
Ltd.; Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd.; 
and Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 6291 (January 30, 2013); see 
also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
13633 (February 28, 2013) (``Initiation Notice'').
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
(``ET'') on the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic 
submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) 
with the APO/Dockets Unit in Room 1870 and stamped with the date and 
time of receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.\13\
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    \13\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Deadline for Submission of Publicly Available Surrogate Value 
Information

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), the deadline for 
submission of publicly available information to value factors of 
production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) is 20 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary results.\14\ In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(1), if an interested party submits factual information less 
than ten days before, on, or after (if the Department has extended the 
deadline), the applicable deadline for submission of such factual 
information, an interested party may submit factual information to 
rebut, clarify, or correct the factual information no later than ten 
days after such factual information is served on the interested party. 
However, the Department generally will not accept in the rebuttal 
submission additional or alternative surrogate value information not 
previously on the record, if the deadline for submission of surrogate 
value information has passed.\15\ Furthermore, the Department generally 
will not accept business proprietary information in either the 
surrogate value submissions or the rebuttals thereto, as the regulation 
regarding the submission of surrogate values allows only for the 
submission of publicly available information.\16\
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    \14\ The Department recently announced a change in the deadline 
to submit publicly available information to value factors of 
production under 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii). To all segments initiated 
on or after May 10, 2013, the deadline to submit publicly available 
information to value factors of production in an administrative 
review is 30 days prior to the scheduled preliminary results of 
review. This change will not apply to the first administrative 
review of wood flooring due to the effective date. See Definition of 
Factual Information and Time Limits for Submission of Factual 
Information, 78 FR 21246 (April 10, 2013).
    \15\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\17\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this 
review. For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final 
results of this review, the Department will calculate an importer-
specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of antidumping duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). In these preliminary results, the Department applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in the Final Modification 
for Reviews.\18\ Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing subject 
merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate we 
determine in the final results of this review.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \18\ See Antidumping Proceeding Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(``Final Modification for Reviews.'').
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    The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in 
NME antidumping duty cases.\19\ Pursuant to this refinement in 
practice, for merchandise that was not reported

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in the U.S. sales databases submitted by an exporter individually 
examined during this review, but that entered under the case number of 
that exporter (i.e., at the individually-examined exporter's cash 
deposit rate), the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such 
entries at the PRC-wide rate. Additionally, pursuant to this 
refinement, if the Department determines that an exporter under review 
had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number will be liquidated at the 
PRC-wide rate.
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    \19\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full 
discussion of this practice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies 
listed above the cash deposit rate will be their respective rate 
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) no cash deposit will 
be required; (2) for previously investigated PRC and non-PRC exporters 
not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) 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 that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties. We are issuing and publishing 
these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: November 18, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Background
2. Scope of the Order
3. Selection of Respondents
4. Non-Market Economy Country
5. Separate Rate
6. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
7. Fair Value Comparisons
8. U.S. Price
9. Normal Value
10. Currency Conversion

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