[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14666-14668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05830]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-928]


Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People's Republic of China; 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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 uncovered 
innerspring units from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The 
period of review is February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013. The 
review covers the following exporters of subject merchandise: Goldon 
Bedding Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd (``Goldon'') \1\ and Ta Cheng Coconut 
Knitting Company Ltd. (``Ta Cheng''). We preliminarily determine that 
Goldon and Ta Cheng, two market economy exporters, failed to cooperate 
to the best of their abilities and are, therefore, applying adverse 
facts available (``AFA'') to Goldon's and Ta Cheng's PRC-origin 
merchandise. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.
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    \1\ Based on Petitioner's February 28, 2013, request for review, 
the Department initiated this review with respect to Goldon Bedding 
Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. See Letter from Petitioner regarding Request 
for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Duty Order on Uncovered 
Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of China dated February 
28, 2013; Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
19197, 19209 (March 29, 2013) (``Initiation Notice''). However, 
during the course of this review, Goldon represented that its 
official company name is Goldon Bedding Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd. 
See Letter from Goldon regarding Uncovered Innerspring Units from 
the People's Republic of China--Section A Response, dated May 27, 
2013 at Attachment 3.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Hampton, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
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Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Tolling of Deadlines for Preliminary Results

    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 
days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this review 
is now March 18, 2014.
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    \2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (Oct. 18, 2013).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is uncovered innerspring units 
composed of a series of individual metal springs joined together in 
sizes corresponding to the sizes of adult mattresses (e.g., twin, twin 
long, full, full long, queen, California king and king) and units used 
in smaller constructions, such as crib and youth mattresses. The 
product is currently classified under subheading 9404.29.9010 and has 
also been classified under subheadings 9404.10.0000, 7326.20.0070, 
7320.20.5010, or 7320.90.5010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS''). The HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes only; the written product description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the subject 
antidumping duty order, see Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results 
of 2012-2013 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Uncovered 
Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of China'' 
(``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently with these 
results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). In 
making these findings, we relied on facts available and, because Goldon 
and Ta Cheng did not act to the best of their ability to respond to the 
Department's requests for information, we drew an adverse inference in 
selecting from among the facts otherwise available.\4\
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    \4\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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://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

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a 
dumping margin of 234.51 percent exists for Goldon and Ta Cheng for the 
period February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013.

Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\6\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
ACCESS.\7\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 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, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\8\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. The Department will issue 
the final results of this administrative review, including the results 
of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later 
than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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.\9\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this 
review. We will instruct CBP to assess duties at the ad valorem margin 
rate published above. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries covered by this review if any assessment 
rate calculated in the final results of this review is above de 
minimis. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable. The Department will assess duties only on 
Goldon's and Ta Cheng's PRC-origin merchandise.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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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 Goldon and Ta 
Cheng, the cash deposit rate will be that established in the final 
results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then 
zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a 
separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recently completed period; (3) for all PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 
234.51 percent; 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

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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: March 10, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

    Topic discussed in the preliminary decision memorandum:

Application of Total AFA to Goldon and Ta Cheng

[FR Doc. 2014-05830 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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