[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32291-32294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12005]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic 
of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2013, through 
December 31, 2013. We find that the mandatory respondents, Dalian 
Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd. (Penghong) and The Lizhong Wood 
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai (Lizhong) (also known as 
``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.''), received countervailable 
subsidies during the POR. The final net subsidy rates are listed below 
in ``Final Results of Administrative Review.'' We are also rescinding 
the review for five companies that timely certified that they made no 
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.

DATES: Effective May 23, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1785.

Background

    On January 11, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results of this administrative review.\1\ In the Preliminary Results, 
we stated our intent to rescind the review for the seven companies that 
certified that they made no shipments of subject merchandise during the 
POR, provided we did not receive information from Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) which contradicted these companies' claims of no 
sales, shipments, or entries of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR. On February 22, 2016, CBP notified the 
Department that Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Linyi 
Bonn), and Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu 
Wood Industrial Co., Ltd. (Changbai Mountain) made shipments to the 
United States. On February 26, 2016, and March 11, 2016, respectively, 
these two companies, withdrew their certifications of no shipments.\2\
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    \1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review and Intent To Rescind the Review in Part; 2013, 81 FR 1169 
(January 11, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See letter from Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 
re: ``Correction of Information and Withdrawal of No Shipment 
Statement'' dated February 26, 2016; see also letter from Changbai 
Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., 
Ltd., re: ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from The People's Republic of 
China: Supplemental Questionnaire Response'' dated March 11, 2016.
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    We issued an additional supplemental questionnaire to Lizhong on 
January 12, 2016, and received a response on January 22, 2016.\3\ On 
February 17, 2016, we received case briefs from Fine Furniture 
(Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture) and Penghong.\4\ No party filed a 
rebuttal brief.
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    \3\ See letter from Lizhong re: ``Multilayered Wood Flooring 
from the People's Republic of China: Lizhong's Response to the Third 
Supplemental Countervailing Duty Questionnaire,'' (January 22, 2016) 
(L3SQR).
    \4\ See letter from Fine Furniture, re: ``Administrative Review 
of the Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China: Case Brief'' dated February17, 2016; 
see also letter from Penghong, re: ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China Dalian Penghong Case Brief'' dated 
February 17, 2016.
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Scope of the Order

    Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or 
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) \5\ in combination with a core. 
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following 
subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS): 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; 
4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.6000; 
4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 4412.32.2510; 
4412.32.2520; 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; 4412.99.5710; 
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.
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    \5\ A ``veneer'' is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut, sliced or 
sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. Veneer is referred to as a ply 
when assembled.
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    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
    A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision 
Memorandum for Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China'' dated concurrently with this notice (Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the parties' briefs are addressed in the 
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to this 
notice at Appendix I. 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 https://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Decision Memorandum and the

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electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    We received timely filed no-shipment certifications from Zhejiang 
Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Tongxiang Jisheng 
Import and Export Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., 
Ltd., Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd., Shenyang Senwang Wooden 
Industry Co., Ltd., Changbai Mountain, and Linyi Bonn.\6\ We received 
from CBP evidence that Changbai Mountain and Linyi Bonn made shipments 
to the United States during the POR. Both companies subsequently 
withdrew their certifications of no shipments, and remain subject to 
this administrative review. The Department is rescinding the 
administrative review of Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd., Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd., 
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Mingle Flooring 
Co., Ltd., and Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
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    \6\ See letter from Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd., ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China-No Sales Certification,'' dated April 3, 2015; see 
also letter from Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd., 
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co, Ltd., Jiangsu Mingle Flooring 
CO., Ltd., Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., Changbai 
Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., 
Ltd., and Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: 
Submission of No Shipment Certifications,'' dated April 6, 2015.
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Methodology

    We conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy 
programs found to be countervailable, we find that there is a subsidy, 
i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a 
benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a 
countervailable subsidy rate for each of the mandatory respondents, 
Penghong and Lizhong.
    For the non-selected respondents, we followed the Department's 
practice, which is to base the subsidy rates on an average of the 
subsidy rates calculated for those companies selected for individual 
review, excluding de minimis rates or rates based entirely on adverse 
facts available.\8\ In this case, we assigned to the non-selected 
respondents the simple average of the rates calculated for Penghong and 
Lizhong. We are using a simple, rather than a weighted, average due to 
inconsistent units of measure in the publicly ranged quantity and value 
data provided by Penghong and Lizhong.
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    \8\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Preliminary Results of 
the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
18806, 18811 (April 13, 2010), unchanged in Certain Pasta from 
Italy: Final Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386 (June 29, 2010).
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    We find the countervailable subsidy rates for the producers/
exporters under review to be as follows: \9\
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    \9\ The Department published a Correction of Notice of 
Initiation, 80 FR 11166 (March 2, 2015) and removed Zhejiang Layo 
Wood Industry Co. Ltd.(``Layo Wood'') because this company was 
excluded from the countervailing duty order in the investigation.

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                                                        Net subsidy rate
                  Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd. (Penghong)..               1.83
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (aka The                   0.92
 Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai);
 Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd..........................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........................               1.38
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd................               1.38
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd...........               1.38
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd................               1.38
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.......               1.38
Benxi Wood Company...................................               1.38
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone                   1.38
 Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.....................
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.....................               1.38
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd.............................               1.38
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd..................               1.38
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd...........................               1.38
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd...................               1.38
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd................               1.38
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................               1.38
Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.........               1.38
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co.,                 1.38
 Ltd.)...............................................
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC..................               1.38
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............               1.38
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd........................               1.38
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............               1.38
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd..........               1.38
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd...........               1.38
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd................               1.38
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd................               1.38
Era Solar Co., Ltd...................................               1.38
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited....................               1.38
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd..........................               1.38

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Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.................               1.38
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd...............               1.38
GTP International Ltd................................               1.38
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited...........               1.38
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.............               1.38
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd......               1.38
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................               1.38
Guangzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd...............               1.38
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd..................               1.38
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd.................               1.38
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba Dasso                        1.38
 Industrial Group Co., Ltd.).........................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd..........................               1.38
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd...............               1.38
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd................               1.38
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.........               1.38
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc..................               1.38
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd.......................               1.38
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.................               1.38
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd............................               1.38
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd............................               1.38
Huzhou Ruifeng Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd..................               1.38
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd..................               1.38
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co, Ltd........................               1.38
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd.....               1.38
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd...........               1.38
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd........               1.38
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd.......................               1.38
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd               1.38
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd...............               1.38
Karly Wood Product Limited...........................               1.38
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd...........................               1.38
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd...........               1.38
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd........               1.38
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.............               1.38
Ningbo Qixin Solar Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.....               1.38
Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd........               1.38
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.......               1.38
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd...........................               1.38
Puli Trading Limited.................................               1.38
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Riverside Plywood Corporation........................               1.38
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd...........................               1.38
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd............               1.38
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation.........................               1.38
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd..................               1.38
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd...................               1.38
Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd........................               1.38
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd................               1.38
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd\10\......................               1.38
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd....................               1.38
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd.....................               1.38
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd............               1.38
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.........................               1.38
Yekalon Industry, Inc................................               1.38
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......               1.38
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd............               1.38
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Co., Ltd.......               1.38
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........................               1.38
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd............               1.38
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd..............               1.38
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd.............               1.38
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd.....................               1.38
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd...............               1.38
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd.........................               1.38
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd..................               1.38

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Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd......................               1.38
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.               1.38
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent  with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), we intend to issue 
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
fifteen days after publication of the final results of this review. We 
will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review in the amounts shown above.
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    \10\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review: 2012 (80 FR 41007, July 14, 2015) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 23-24. We have 
omitted Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. and Yixing Lion-King 
Timber Industry from the notice because we have now included the 
correct spelling of these companies. Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics 
LLC and Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd. were listed twice in 
the Initiation Notice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown above on shipments of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 
continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent company specific 
or all-others rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash 
deposit rates that will be applied to companies covered by the Amended 
Order, but not examined in this review, are those established in the 
most recently completed segment of the proceeding for each company. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: May 13, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
VI. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Include the Name of 
Fine Furniture's Affiliate, Double F Limited (Double F), in Its 
Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
    Comment 2: Whether Penghong's Electricity Rates Are Calculated 
Incorrectly
VII. Recommendation

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