[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11082-11083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04335]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 27, 2014.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') determined that 
the request described below for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on wooden bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for the new 
shipper review is January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,

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International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC 
was published on January 4, 2005.\1\ On January 30, 2014, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a timely 
request for a new shipper review from Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd. 
(``Wuxi Yushea'').\2\ On February 7, 2014, the Department received 
entry data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'').\3\ We 
also requested entry documents from CBP in order to confirm certain 
information reported by Wuxi Yushea. The continuation of the new 
shipper review will be contingent upon confirmation of the information 
reported in the initiation request.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005).
    \2\ See Letter from Yushea to the Secretary of Commerce ``Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: New Shipper 
Review Request for Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd.,'' dated January 
30, 2014.
    \3\ See Memorandum to the File through Abdelali Elouaradia, 
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV ``Initiation of Antidumping 
New Shipper Review of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China: Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd. Initiation 
Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Initiation 
Checklist''), at items 14-17.
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    Wuxi Yushea stated that it is the producer and exporter of the 
subject merchandise upon which its request for a new shipper review is 
based. Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), Wuxi Yushea certified that it did not export wooden 
bedroom furniture to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI''). In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Wuxi 
Yushea certified that, since the initiation of the investigation, it 
has never been affiliated with any PRC exporter or producer who 
exported wooden bedroom furniture to the United States during the POI, 
including those not individually examined during the investigation. As 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Wuxi Yushea also certified 
that its export activities were not controlled by the central 
government of the PRC.\4\
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    \4\ See, generally, Initiation Checklist.
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    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Wuxi Yushea submitted documentation establishing 
the following: (1) The date on which it first shipped wooden bedroom 
furniture for export to the United States; (2) the volume of its first 
shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.\5\
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    \5\ Id.
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    The Department conducted a CBP database query and confirmed by 
examining the results of the CBP data query that Wuxi Yushea's subject 
merchandise entered the United States during the POR specified by the 
Department's regulations.\6\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and 
based on the information on the record, the Department finds that Wuxi 
Yushea meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper 
review of its shipment(s) of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC.\7\ 
However, if the information supplied by Wuxi Yushea is later found to 
be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this proceeding, the 
Department may rescind the review or apply adverse facts available 
pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending upon the facts on the 
record. The POR for the new shipper review of Wuxi Yushea is January 1, 
2013, through December 31, 2013.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish the notice of initiation 
of a new shipper review no later than the last day of the month 
following the anniversary or semiannual anniversary month of the order. 
The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of this review 
no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final 
results of this review no later than 90 days after the date the 
preliminary results are issued.\9\
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    \7\ See, generally, Initiation Checklist.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
    \9\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies (``NME''), to require that a company seeking to 
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the 
NME-wide entity to provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, 
we will issue a questionnaire to Wuxi Yushea which will include a 
separate rate section. The review of the exporter will proceed if the 
response provides sufficient indication that the exporter is not 
subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect 
to its exports of wooden bedroom furniture.
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of the subject merchandise 
from Wuxi Yushea in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Wuxi Yushea exports and produces the 
subject merchandise, the sales of which form the basis of its new 
shipper review request, we will instruct CBP to permit the use of a 
bond only for entries of subject merchandise which the respondent 
exported and produced.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: February 21, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-04335 Filed 2-26-14; 8:45 am]
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