[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12462-12463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05307]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this second sunset review, the Department of
Commerce (``the Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping
duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC'') would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping, at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset
Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Effective March 9, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, 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-
2769.
Background
On January 4, 2005, the Department published in the Federal
Register the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from
the PRC.\1\ On November 3, 2015, the Department published the notice of
initiation of the second sunset review of the Order pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act'').\2\ On November
18, 2015, the Department received a notice of intent to participate in
the sunset review from domestic interested parties.\3\ This notice was
filed within the time period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\
On December 3,
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2015, the domestic interested parties filed a substantive response
within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ The
Department did not receive a substantive response from any respondent
interested party. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.
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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)
(``Order'').
\2\ See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Review, 80 FR 67705
(November 3, 2015) (``Sunset Initiation'').
\3\ The Domestic interested parties are the American Furniture
Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade (``Committee'') and Vaughan-
Bassett Furniture Company, Inc. (``Vaughan-Basset) (collectively
``Domestic Interested Parties''). These parties stated that the
Committee and each of its members (including Vaughan-Bassett) intend
to participate in this sunset review. Local Union 2445, and
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Local 991 stated
their willingness to participate in this sunset review and support
the continuation of the Order.
\4\ See Letter from Domestic Interested Parties ``Re: Second
Five-Year (Sunset) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated November 18, 2015.
\5\ See Letter from Domestic Interested Parties ``Re: Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom
Furniture from the People's Republic of China/The Domestic
Industry's Substantive Response To The Notice Of Initiation'' dated
December 3, 2015 (``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive
Response'').
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is wooden bedroom furniture,
subject to certain exceptions.\6\ Imports of subject merchandise are
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 9403.50.9042 and 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as
``wooden . . . beds'' and under subheading 9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as
``other . . . wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom.'' In
addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden footboards for beds,
wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds may also be
entered under subheading 9403.50.9042 or 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as
``parts of wood.'' Subject merchandise may also be entered under
subheadings 9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, or 9403.20.0018. Further,
framed glass mirrors may be entered under subheading 7009.92.1000 or
7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors . . . framed.'' The
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice, provides a
full description of the scope of the Order.\7\
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\6\ See Order, 70 FR at 329.
\7\ For a full description of the scope of the order, including
exclusions, see the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China'' from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (``Decision Memorandum'').
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The Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision
Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the
Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum
include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping, the
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to be
revoked, and duty absorption.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to section 752(c)(3) of the Act, the Department determines
that revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the dumping margins
likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to
198.08 percent.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the 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 violation which is
subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-05307 Filed 3-8-16; 8:45 am]
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