[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21319-21320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08233]


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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 and Final Determination of No Shipments, In Part: 2014 
Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On December 14, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published the preliminary results of the tenth 
administrative review (``AR'') of the antidumping duty order on wooden 
bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is 
January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. The AR covers 18 PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise, of which the Department selected one 
company for individual examination, Shanghai Jian Pu Import & Export 
Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Jian Pu''). The Department invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received comments 
from the American Furniture Manufactures Committee for Legal Trade and 
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc. (``Petitioners''). No other 
party commented. After consideration of Petitioners' comments, our 
final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2014, 80 FR 77321 (December 14, 2015) (``Preliminary 
Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
publication of the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum \2\ which is dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice.
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    \2\ See the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2014 
Administrative Review'' (``Issues and Decision Memorandum'').
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture, 
subject to certain exceptions.\3\ Imports of subject merchandise are 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 9403.50.9080, 
9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, 9403.90.8041, 7009.92.1000 or 
7009.92.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description in 
the Order remains dispositive.\4\
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    \3\ 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'').
    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of the Comments Received

    The issues raised in Petitioners' case brief are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to this notice. 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 Services System 
(``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and it is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit of the main Department building, room B8024. In addition, 
a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 
The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and electronic version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that seven 
companies under review, including Shanghai Jian Pu, the sole mandatory 
respondent, did not establish their eligibility for separate rate 
status and would be treated as part of the PRC-wide entity.\5\ We only 
received comments on the Preliminary Results from Petitioners, which 
agreed with our preliminary separate rates determination with respect 
to Shanghai Jian Pu and did not comment on any other entity under 
review. In these final results of review, we continue to determine that 
these seven companies should be treated as part of the PRC-wide entity 
because they have not established their separate rate eligibility. 
Because no party requested a review of the PRC-wide entity, we are not 
conducting a review of the PRC-wide entity.\6\ Thus, there is no change 
to the rate for the PRC-wide entity. The existing rate for the PRC-wide 
entity is 216.01 percent.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results at 80 FR 7576. The six companies 
that did not establish their eligibility for a separate rate, other 
than Shanghai Jian Pu, are: (1) Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai; 
(2) Dongguan Hung Sheng Artware Products Co., Ltd., Coronal 
Enterprise Co., Ltd.; (3) Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., Tony 
House Manufacture (China) Co., Ltd., Buysell Investments Ltd., Tony 
House Industries Co., Ltd.; (4) Orient International Holding 
Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; (5) Prime Wood International Co., 
Ltd, Prime Best International Co., Ltd., Prime Best Factory, Liang 
Huang (Jiaxing) Enterprise Co., Ltd.; and (6) Woodworth Wooden 
Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.
    \6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65969-70 (November 
4, 2013).
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that 11 companies subject 
to this AR had no shipments during the POR.\7\ We received no comments

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concerning our finding of no shipments by these 11 companies. In these 
final results of review, we continue to determine that these 11 
companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
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    \7\ The 11 companies with no shipments during the POR are: (1) 
Clearwise Co., Ltd.; (2) Dongguan Chengcheng Furniture Co., Ltd.; 
(3) Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.; (4) Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., 
Ltd., Eurosa Furniture Co., (Pte) Ltd.; (5) Golden Well 
International (HK) Ltd.; (6) Hangzhou Cadman Trading Co., Ltd.; (7) 
Rizhao Sanmu Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (8) Shenyang Shining Dongxing 
Furniture Co., Ltd.; (9) Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd.; (10) Yeh 
Brothers World Trade Inc.; and (11) Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific & 
Educational Equipment Co., Ltd.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this 
review. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after the publication date of these final results of review. We 
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate POR entries of subject merchandise 
from the seven companies, including Shanghai Jian Pu, which failed to 
establish their eligibility for separate rate status at the rate 
applicable to the PRC-wide entity. For the 11 companies which the 
Department determined had no shipments during the POR, all suspended 
entries under any of those companies' antidumping case numbers will be 
liquidated at the assessment rate for the PRC-wide entity.\8\
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    \8\ 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 this review for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date in the Federal 
Register of the final results of review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or reviewed 
PRC and non-PRC exporters which are not under review in this segment of 
the proceeding but which have separate rates, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all 
PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, including Shanghai Jian Pu and the six 
companies noted above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the 
PRC-wide entity, which is 216.01 percent; (3) 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 deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

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 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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.
    These final results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213.

    Dated: April 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Treatment of Shanghai Jian Pu Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Recommendation

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