[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10743-10744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03046]


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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments in Part; 2015

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

SUMMARY: On October 11, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published the preliminary results of the eleventh 
administrative review (``AR'') of the antidumping duty order on wooden 
bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is January 1, 2015, through 
December 31, 2015. The AR covers 18 PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise, of which the Department selected one company for 
individual examination, Nantong Wangzhuang Furniture Co., Ltd. 
(``Nantong Wangzhuang''). For these final results, we continue to find 
that WBF has been sold in the United States at less than normal value 
and that certain companies subject to this administrative review had no 
shipments during the POR.

DATES: Effective February 15, 2017.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 11, 2016, the Department published, and invited 
interested parties to comment on, the Preliminary Results.\1\ We 
received comments from the American Furniture Manufacturers Committee 
for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc. 
(collectively ``Petitioners''). No other party commented. We received 
no requests for a hearing. After consideration of Petitioners' 
comments, our final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary 
Results. 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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    \1\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments in Part; 2015, 81 FR 
70092 (October 11, 2016) (``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ See the Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting 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 Eleventh Antidumping Duty 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: 7009.92.1000, 7009.92.5000, 9403.20.0018, 
9403.50.9041, 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 9403.50.9080, 9403.60.8081, 
and 9403.90.8041. 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

Final Results of Review

    As noted above, only Petitioners submitted comments on the 
Preliminary Results. 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 and electronic versions 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 Nantong Wangzhuang, 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\ No 
parties argued against our preliminary separate rates determination.\6\ 
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.\7\ Thus, there is no change 
to the rate for the PRC-wide entity from the Preliminary Results. The 
existing rate for the PRC-wide entity is 216.01 percent.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results. The six companies that did not 
establish their eligibility for a separate rate, besides Nantong 
Wangzhuang, are: (1) Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) 
Clearwise Co., Ltd.; (3) Passwell Corporation; Pleasant Wave Ltd.; 
(4) Shanghai JianPu Export & Import Co., Ltd.; (5) Decca Furniture 
Ltd.; and (6) Hangzhou Cadman Trading Co., Ltd. (Exporter), Haining 
Changbei Furniture Co., Ltd. (Producer).
    \6\ See Memorandum from Edward Yang, Senior Director, Office VII 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
from the People's Republic of China,'' dated October 3, 2016 
(``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'').
    \7\ 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 of subject merchandise and, therefore no 
reviewable transactions, during the POR.\8\ 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. For a 
full discussion of this determination, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \8\ The 11 companies or company groupings with no shipments 
during the POR are: (1) Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd., 
Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Taicang Fairmount Designs 
Furniture Co., Ltd., Meizhou Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) Eurosa 
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Eurosa Furniture Co., (Pte) Ltd.; (3) Golden 
Well International (HK) Ltd.; (4) Jiangsu Tairui Structure 
Engineering Co., Ltd.; (5) Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd., 
Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.); (6) Rizhao Sanmu 
Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (7) Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co., 
Ltd.; (8) Wanvog Furniture (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; (9) Woodworth Wooden 
Industries (Dong Guan) 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) Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``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 Nantong Wangzhuang, 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, if there are any 
suspended entries under any of those companies' antidumping case 
numbers, they will be liquidated at the assessment rate for the PRC-
wide entity.\9\
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    \9\ 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 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 Nantong Wangzhuang 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; (4) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this or any previous review or in the original less-than-
fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash-
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise. 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)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h).

    Dated: February 8, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issue Comment: The Department Should Make 
Determinations Necessary to Address Circumvention and Evasion of the 
Antidumping Order
Recommendation

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