[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95114-95118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31157]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-970]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Preliminary Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on multilayered 
wood flooring (``MLWF'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 
The period of review (``POR'') is December 1, 2014, through November 
30, 2015. The review covers two mandatory respondents, Dalian Penghong 
Floor Products Co., Ltd. (``Penghong'') and Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and 
Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (``Senmao''). We preliminarily find that both 
respondents made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value 
(``NV'').

DATES: Effective December 27, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn or Aleksandras Nakutis, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2615, and (202) 482-
3147, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 8, 2011, the Department published in the Federal 
Register an antidumping duty order on wood flooring from the PRC.\1\ On 
December 1, 2015, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on wood flooring from the PRC.\2\ On December 
30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, the Department received requests from 
74 foreign and domestic interested parties for administrative reviews 
of wood flooring from the PRC. Additionally, on December 31, 2015, the 
Department received a request from the Coalition for American Hardwood 
Parity (``Petitioner''), petitioner in the underlying investigation, to 
conduct administrative reviews of numerous exporters/producers of wood 
flooring from the PRC, many of which were already the subject of review 
requests filed by other parties. On February 9, 2016, the Department 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the wood flooring order with respect to 111 
companies for which a timely request for an administrative review of 
the applicable antidumping duty order was submitted.\3\ On March 3, 
2016, the Department published in the Federal Register a Second 
Initiation Notice to correct an inadvertent misspelling of one 
company's name in the First Initiation Notice.\4\ Requesting parties 
have subsequently timely withdrawn all review requests for one company 
for which the Department initiated a review, as discussed below.
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    \1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 
(December 8, 2011), as amended Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012) (amended 
AD and CVD orders).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 80 FR 75058 (December 1, 2015).
    \3\ Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 6832, 6835-37 (February 9, 2016) 
(``First Initiation Notice'').
    \4\ Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 11179, 11182 (March 3, 2016) (``Second 
Initiation Notice'').
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes MLWF, subject to 
certain exceptions.\5\ 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; 4412.31.3175; 4412.31.4040; 
4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060;

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4412.31.4070; 4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 
4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.5175; 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; 4418.72.9500; and 
9801.00.2500.
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    \5\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
regarding ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of 
No Shipments, and Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2016,'' (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum''), issued and dated concurrently with this notice, for a 
complete description of the Scope of the Order.
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    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is 
dispositive.

Tolling of Deadline of Preliminary Results of Review/Extension of 
Deadlines for Preliminary Results

    As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion 
to toll all administrative deadlines due to the closure of the Federal 
Government between January 22 and January 26, 2016. All deadlines in 
this segment of the proceeding were extended by four business days.\6\ 
On August 11, 2016, the Department extended the time period for issuing 
the preliminary results of this review until November 30, 2016.\7\ On 
November 17, 2016 the Department extended the time period for issuing 
the preliminary results of this review again, until December 20, 
2016.\8\
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    \6\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the Government Closure 
During Snowstorm Jonas'' (January 27, 2016).
    \7\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Abdelali Elouaradia, Office Director, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, Office IV, regarding, ``Multilayered 
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated August 11, 2016.
    \8\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through Abdelali Elouaradia, Office Director, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, Office IV, regarding, ``Multilayered 
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review,'' dated November 17, 2016.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). 
Export prices and constructed export prices have been calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market 
economy (``NME'') within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, 
normal value (``NV'') has been calculated in accordance with section 
773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, please see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, hereby 
adopted by this notice.\9\ 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 (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://access.trade.gov. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is also 
available in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \9\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is provided in the Appendix to this notice.
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Affiliation and Collapsing

    Based on evidence presented in Penghong's questionnaire responses 
and a collapsing/single entity memorandum from a prior segment of this 
proceeding which is on the record of this review,\10\ the Department 
preliminarily finds that: (1) Penghong is affiliated with both a 
certain glue producer and a certain wood processor within the meaning 
of sections 771(33)(A), (F), and (G) of the Act; and (2) that Penghong 
and Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (``Shumaike'') are 
affiliated within the meaning of section 773(33)(F) of the Act. 
Additionally, we are preliminarily treating Penghong and Shumaike as a 
single entity for antidumping duty purposes, within the meaning of 19 
CFR 351.401(f), because we continue to find that those two affiliated 
companies have a high level of common ownership, production facilities 
for similar or identical products that would not require substantial 
retooling to restructure manufacturing priorities, and that there is a 
significant potential for manipulation of price or production.\11\
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    \10\ See Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., Preliminary 
Affiliation and Single Entity Memorandum dated December 31, 2015 
(ACCESS barcode: 3479741-02 on the record of this review) (``AR3 
Affiliation memo'').
    \11\ See ``Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., Preliminary 
Affiliation and Single Entity Memorandum'' dated December 20, 2016.
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Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, the Department verified 
information provided by the Penghong and Senmao.\12\ The Department 
conducted the verification using standard verification procedures 
including the examination of relevant sales, financial, and other 
records and the selection and review of original documentation 
containing relevant information. The results of the verification are 
outlined in the public version of the verification reports. The 
verification reports are on file electronically via ACCESS.
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    \12\ See Memorandum to the File through Robert Bolling, Program 
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, concerning, ``Verification of 
the Questionnaire Responses of Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., 
Ltd.,'' dated December 05, 2016. See also Memorandum to the File 
through Robert Bolling, Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IV, concerning, ``Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of 
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd.,'' dated December 
08, 2016.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily finds that twenty-four companies 
subject to this review did not establish eligibility for a separate 
rate. As such, we preliminarily determine they are part of the PRC-wide 
entity.\13\ Because no party

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requested a review of the PRC-wide entity and the Department no longer 
considers the PRC-wide entity as an exporter conditionally subject to 
administrative reviews,\14\ we did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide 
entity. Thus, the rate for the PRC-wide entity is not subject to change 
as a result of this review.
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    \13\ The following companies were named in the Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 
6832, 6835-37 (February 9, 2016) (``First Initiation Notice'') and 
81 FR 11179, 11182 (March 3, 2016) (``Second Initiation Notice''), 
but did not submit a certification of no shipment, separate rate 
application or separate rate certification; therefore they are part 
of the PRC-wide entity: Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd., Baiying 
Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd., Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd., Dalian 
Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinqui Wooden Product Co., 
Ltd., Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Products Co., Ltd., HaiLin XinCheng 
Wooden Products, Ltd., Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd (dba Dasso 
Industrial Group Co., Ltd)., Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd., 
Huber Engineering Wood Corp., Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., 
Ltd., Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd., Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., 
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd., Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry 
Co., Ltd., Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd., Shanghai 
Eswell Timber Co., Ltd., Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd., Shanghai 
Shenlin Corporation, Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Yixing 
Lion-King Timber Industry, Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood 
Industry Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and 
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd.
    \14\ 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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    For companies subject to this review that have established their 
entitlement to a separate rate, the Department preliminarily determines 
that the following dumping margins exist for the POR from December 1, 
2014, through November 30, 2015: \15\
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    \15\ In addition to the companies listed in the table, certain 
companies certified that they did not ship subject merchandise to 
the United States during the POR. The Department confirmed these 
certifications of no shipments with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP''); therefore, the following companies will 
maintain their rate from the most recent segment in which they 
participated: Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone 
Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd., Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd., 
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Henan Xingwangjia 
Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd., 
Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., Xuzhou Antop 
International Trade Co., Ltd., Yekalon Industry Inc., Zhejiang 
Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

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                                                              average
                        Exporter                              dumping
                                                              margin
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Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd./Dalian Shumaike            4.92
 Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd...........................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd........            0.22
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd...........................            4.92
Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd..............            4.92
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd...................            4.92
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd.................            4.92
Benxi Wood Company......................................            4.92
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd........................            4.92
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.....................            4.92
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd..............................            4.92
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd......................            4.92
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.................            4.92
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................            4.92
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................            4.92
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd....................            4.92
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd....................            4.92
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC....................            4.92
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............            4.92
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............            4.92
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd..............            4.92
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd................            4.92
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd...........................            4.92
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited.......................            4.92
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd....................            4.92
GTP International Ltd...................................            4.92
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd................            4.92
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd...................            4.92
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd..................            4.92
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products Co., Ltd.................            4.92
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd.............................            4.92
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............            4.92
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.....................            4.92
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd..........................            4.92
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd....................            4.92
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd...............................            4.92
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.....................            4.92
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd.............            4.92
Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd...........................            4.92
Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd........................            4.92
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.........................            4.92
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd...........            4.92
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.........................            4.92
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd..........................            4.92
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd...            4.92
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd..................            4.92
Karly Wood Product Limited..............................            4.92
Kember Hardwood Flooring Inc............................            4.92
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.................            4.92

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Kingman Floors Co., Ltd.................................            4.92
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd..............................            4.92
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd..............            4.92
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd.\16\.........................            4.92
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.......................            4.92
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................            4.92
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd...........            4.92
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd..........            4.92
Puli Trading Limited....................................            4.92
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co., Ltd...........            4.92
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.........................            4.92
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.....................            4.92
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd......................            4.92
Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd...........................            4.92
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.............................            4.92
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd............            4.92
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd........................            4.92
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd............................            4.92
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd..........            4.92
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd...........................            4.92
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd..............            4.92
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd................            4.92
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd........................            4.92
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd..................            4.92
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................            4.92
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.....................            4.92
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.........................            4.92
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    \16\ On September 30, 2014, the Department determined that Linyi 
Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Shanghai 
Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd./The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited 
Company of Shanghai. See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances 
Review, 79 FR 58740 (September 30, 2014). Because Shanghai Lizhong 
Wood Products Co., Ltd./The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of 
Shanghai no longer exists as a legal entity, the rate is assigned to 
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd.
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Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. withdrew its respective request for an 
administrative review within 90 days of the date of publication of 
Initiation Notice.\17\ Accordingly, the Department is rescinding this 
review with respect to Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd., in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\18\
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    \17\ See Letter from Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. to the 
Department regarding ``Withdrawal of Review Request'' dated February 
22, 2016.
    \18\ See Appendix. As stated in Change in Practice in NME 
Reviews, the Department will no longer consider the non-market 
economy (``NME'') entity as an exporter conditionally subject to 
administrative reviews. 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 
(November 4, 2013) (``Change in Practice in NME Reviews''). The PRC-
wide entity is not subject to this administrative review because no 
interested party requested a review of the entity. See First 
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    With respect to Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Huzhou 
Muyun Wood Co., Ltd., the Department preliminarily found each of these 
company's one sale during the POR to be a non-bona fide sale in a 
concurrent new shipper review (``NSR'').\19\ Because the sale subject 
to this administrative review is the same sale preliminarily found to 
be a non-bona fide sale in the new shipper review, and there are no 
other reviewable sales by either company during the POR, we are 
preliminarily rescinding this review with respect to Dongtai Zhangshi 
Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.
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    \19\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic 
of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews; 2014-
2015, 81 FR 74393 (October 26, 2016).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice.\20\ Interested parties may submit a case 
brief no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results of review.\21\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no 
later than five days after the deadline for filing case briefs and may 
respond only to arguments raised in the case briefs.\22\ A table of 
contents, list of authorities used, and an executive summary of issues 
should accompany any briefs submitted to the Department.\23\ This 
summary should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. 
Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written 
request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice.\24\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues 
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time to be 
determined.\25\ Parties should confirm by telephone the

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date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \20\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \21\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filings requirements).
    \22\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \23\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \24\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \25\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET'') 
on the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission 
requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 1870 and stamped with the date and time of receipt 
by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.\26\
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    \26\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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    Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the final results 
of this administrative review, which will include the results of its 
analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\27\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review. For any individually examined respondent whose 
weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 
percent) in the final results of this review, the Department will 
calculate an importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated 
for the importer's examined sales and the total entered value of sales, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). In these preliminary results, 
the Department applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted 
in the Final Modification for Reviews.\28\ Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or 
an importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate is zero or de 
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.\29\ We intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate entries containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-
wide entity at the current rate for the PRC-wide entity (which, as 
noted above, is not subject to change in this review).
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    \27\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \28\ See Antidumping Proceeding Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(``Final Modification for Reviews'').
    \29\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Additionally, for the companies for which this review is rescinded, 
antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(l)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of 
this notice.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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.

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 section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies 
listed above the cash deposit rate will be their respective rate 
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then the cash deposit 
rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated PRC and non-PRC 
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
which have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; 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 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: December 20, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Period of Review
4. Extension of Preliminary Results
5. Scope of the Order
6. Selection of Respondents
7. Non-Market Economy Country
8. Separate Rate
9. Rate for Non-Examined, Separate Rate Respondents
10. Preliminary Partial Rescission Of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review
11. Companies That Did Not Establish Their Eligibility for a 
Separate Rate
12. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
13. Date of Sale
14. Fair Value Comparisons
15. Affiliation and Single Entity Status
16. U.S. Price
17. Value Added Tax
18. Normal Value
19. Factor Valuations
20. Adjustment Under Section 777(A)(f) of the Act
21. Currency Conversion
22. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2016-31157 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]
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