[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66355-66356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26561]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: November 7, 2014.
SUMMARY: On June 12, 2014, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published the preliminary results of antidumping duty new shipper
reviews of multilayered wood flooring (``MLWF'') from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ We invited interested parties to
comment on our preliminary results. Following our analysis of the
comments, we made no changes to our preliminary margin calculations for
new shippers Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd. (``Huade''), Linyi
Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (``Bonn Flooring''), and Zhejiang
Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd. (``Fuerjia''), and we continue to find that
Huade, Bonn Flooring, and Fuerjia did not make sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value.
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of
China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews;
2012-2013, 79 FR 33723 (June 12, 2014) (``Preliminary Results'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok or James Martinelli, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
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4162 or (202) 482-2923, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Case History
The Department published the Preliminary Results on June 12,
2014.\2\ On July 14, 2014, The Coalition for American Hardwood Parity
(``CAHP'') submitted its case brief, and on July 21, 2014, Bonn
Flooring submitted a rebuttal brief.
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\2\ Also adopted as part of the preliminary results was the
Memorandum to Paul Piquado entitled ``Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review:
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China,''
dated June 6, 2014 (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
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Period of Review
The period of review (``POR'') for Bonn Flooring and Fuerjia is
December 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013. The POR for Huade is December 1,
2012 through June 30, 2013.\3\ Huade's sale of subject merchandise was
made during the POR specified by the Department's regulations, but the
shipment entered within thirty days after the end of that POR. When the
sale of the subject merchandise occurs within the POR specified by the
Department's regulations, but the entry occurs after the POR, the
specified POR may be extended unless it would be likely to prevent the
completion of the review within the time limits set by the Department's
regulations.\4\ This POR corresponds to the period from the date of
suspension of liquidation to the end of the month immediately preceding
the first semiannual anniversary month pursuant to 19 CFR
351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
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\3\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Reviews; 2012-2013, 78
FR 46318 (July 31, 2013) for an explanation of the different PORs.
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.214(f)(2)(ii).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes MLWF, subject to
certain exceptions.\5\ The subject merchandise is currently
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 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; 4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 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; 4412.32.0565; 4412.32.0570; 4412.32.2510;
4412.32.2520; 4412.32.2525; 4412.32.2530; 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; 4412.99.5105; 4412.99.5115; 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; and 9801.00.2500.
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\5\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see
Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen entitled ``Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results in the Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review, 2012-2013: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China,'' dated November 3, 2014 (``Issues and Decision
Memorandum'').
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The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes only; the written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
these new shipper reviews are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the
issues which parties raised and to which we respond in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as an Appendix. The
Issues and 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).
Access to 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can
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be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Final Results Margin
The Department finds that the following weighted-average dumping
margin exists:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter Producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Dalian Huade Wood 0.00
Ltd. Product Co., Ltd.
Linyi Bonn Flooring Linyi Bonn Flooring 0.00
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden 0.00
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties the calculations performed in this
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
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 in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b). The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of
review. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin
is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties. For entries that were not
reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by the companies
individually examined during these reviews, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the NME-wide rate.\6\
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\6\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of these new shipper reviews for
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the ``Act''): (1) For the exporter/producer combinations
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be 0.00 percent and (2) for
subject merchandise exported by Bonn Flooring, Fuerjia, or Huade but
not self-produced by the respective exporters, the cash deposit rate
will be the PRC-wide rate of 58.84 percent.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 these PORs. 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.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder to the parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of business proprietary information
(``BPI'') disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3),
which continues to govern BPI in this segment of the proceeding. Timely
notification of return or 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 sanctionable violation.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Issue for Final Results
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Discussion of the Issue
Issue: Selection of Surrogate Value for Bonn Flooring's Face
Veneers
Recommendation
Table of Shortened Citations
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