[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4330-4333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01499]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


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

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 countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic 
of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is April 6, 2011, through 
December 31, 2011. This review covers multiple exporters/producers, two 
of which are being individually reviewed as mandatory respondents, and 
another is being individually reviewed as a voluntary respondent. We 
preliminarily find that the mandatory respondents, Armstrong Wood 
Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (Armstrong) and The Lizhong Wood Industry 
Limited Company of Shanghai (Lizhong) (also known as, ``Shanghai 
Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.''), as well as the voluntary 
respondent, Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture), 
received countervailable subsidies during the POR. The mandatory 
respondents' CVD rates have been used to calculate the rate applied to 
the other firms subject to this review. The Department also intends to 
rescind the review of one company, Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., 
that timely certified that it had no shipments of subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR. Interested parties are invited to 
comments on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos, Mary Kolberg, 
Joshua Morris, or Austin Redington, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1757, (202) 482-1785, (202) 
482-1779, or (202) 482-1664, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or 
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) \1\ in combination with a core. 
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following 
subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(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; and 4418.72.9500.
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    \1\ A ``veneer'' is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut, sliced or 
sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. Veneer is referred to as a ply 
when assembled.
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    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
memorandum from Thomas Gilgunn, Acting Director, Office I, Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Operations to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum), which is 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 
and 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 on the internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and 
the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Intent to Partially Rescind Administrative Review

    On March 28, 2013, we received a timely filed no shipment 
certification from Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. Because there is 
no evidence on the record to indicate that this company had sales of 
subject merchandise during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 
the Department intends to rescind the review with respect to Changzhou 
Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. A final decision regarding whether to rescind 
on this company will be made in the final results of this review.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily

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determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific.\2\ For a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \2\ See sections 771(5)(B)and (D) of the Act regarding financial 
contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and, 
section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated 
individual subsidy rates for the mandatory respondents, Armstrong and 
Lizhong, as well as for the voluntary respondent, Fine Furniture.
    For the non-selected respondents, we have followed the Department's 
practice, which is to base the margin on an average of the subsidy 
rates calculated for those companies selected for individual review 
(i.e., the mandatory respondents), excluding de minimis rates or rates 
based entirely on adverse facts available.\3\ Therefore, we have 
preliminarily assigned to these companies the simple average of the 
rates calculated for Armstrong and Lizhong. We have used a simple 
average rather than a weighted average because weight averaging the 
rates of the mandatory respondents risks disclosure of proprietary 
information.
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    \3\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results of 
the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
18806, 18811 (April 13, 2010), unchanged in Certain Pasta from 
Italy: Final Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386 (June 29, 2010).
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    We preliminarily find the net subsidy rate for the producers/
exporters under review to be as follows:

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                                                            Net subsidy
                    Producer/Exporter                          rate
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Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (also known             0.90
 as, ``Armstrong Wood Products Kunshan Co., Ltd.'').....
The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai               0.63
 (also known as, ``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co.,
 Ltd.''); Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd....................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited; Great Wood (Tonghua)             1.32
 Limited; FF Plantation (Shishou) Limited...............
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd...........................            0.77
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd..........            0.77
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu            0.77
 Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.....................            0.77
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd..............................            0.77
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd....................            0.77
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co.,                 0.77
 Ltd.)..................................................
Dontai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC......................            0.77
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............            0.77
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd..............            0.77
Dunhua Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.....................            0.77
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............            0.77
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.,.........................            0.77
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.............................            0.77
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd....................            0.77
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd....................            0.77
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd..................            0.77
GTP International.......................................            0.77
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited..............            0.77
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd................            0.77
Guangzhou Jiasheng Timber Industry Co., Ltd.............            0.77
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd..................            0.77
Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co. Ltd.................            0.77
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd.....................            0.77
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd..........................            0.77
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd..........................            0.77
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd....................            0.77
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd...............................            0.77
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.....................            0.77
Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo, Wood Industry Co., Ltd...........            0.77
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Jiazing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd..............            0.77
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd...            0.77
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd..................            0.77
Karly Wood Product Limited..............................            0.77
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd.............            0.77
Kushan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............            0.77
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.......................            0.77
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd...........            0.77

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Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................            0.77
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd..............................            0.77
Puli Trading Co., Ltd...................................            0.77
Riverside Plywood Corporation...........................            0.77
Sampling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited........            0.77
Samling Global USA, Inc.................................            0.77
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd..............................            0.77
Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited......            0.77
Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd.......................            0.77
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Shanghai New Sihi Wood Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Shanghai Shenlin Corp...................................            0.77
Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co.............................            0.77
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd............................            0.77
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd......................            0.77
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd...................            0.77
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.............................            0.77
Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd..........................            0.77
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.......................            0.77
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd........................            0.77
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd........................            0.77
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd............................            0.77
Yekalon Industry, Inc...................................            0.77
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd...............            0.77
Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd............            0.77
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd...........................            0.77
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd...............            0.77
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Indutry Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd...........................            0.77
Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd............................            0.77
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................            0.77
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.....................            0.77
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.........................            0.77
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd....            0.77
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\4\ 
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) for this 
administrative review no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this Federal Register notice, and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    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.\6\ 
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, we will inform parties 
of the scheduled date for the hearing which will be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\7\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, upon issuance of the 
final results, the Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to issue 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Also in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties in amounts shown above for each of the 
respective companies shown above. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent 
company specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections

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751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

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

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Intent To Partially Rescind Administrative Review
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs

[FR Doc. 2014-01499 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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