[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63829-63830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that eight companies, including the mandatory respondent, Decca 
Furniture Ltd. (Decca), have not established their entitlement to a 
separate rate and are part of the China-wide entity, and that five 
companies had no reviewable transactions during the January 1, 2017, 
through December 31, 2017, period of review (POR). We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O'Connor, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    After initiating this review with respect to 73 companies or 
company groupings,\1\ interested parties withdrew all review requests 
for 60 of the 73 companies. Thus, Commerce rescinded this review with 
respect to those companies.\2\ On June 20, 2018, Commerce issued an 
antidumping duty questionnaire to Decca, the only company under review 
that filed a separate rate application. Decca did not respond to the 
questionnaire. For a complete description of the events that followed 
the initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum which is hereby adopted by this notice.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 11685 (March 16, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 83 FR 45607 (September 10, 2018).
    \3\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
from the People's Republic of China,'' from James Maeder, Senior 
Director, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Gary 
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive 
functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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    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 and 
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/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is wooden bedroom furniture, 
subject to certain exceptions.\4\ Imports of subject merchandise are 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings: 9403.90.7005, 9403.90.7080, 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.\5\
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    \4\ 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).
    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, please 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
provided in the Appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Because U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not provide 
any information contradicting the claims of five of the companies under 
review which claimed to have made no shipments, Commerce preliminarily 
determines that these five companies did not have any reviewable 
transactions during the POR.\6\ For additional information regarding 
this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Consistent 
with Commerce's practice in non-market economy (NME) cases, Commerce is 
not rescinding this AR, in part, with respect to these five companies, 
but intends to complete the review with respect to the companies for 
which it has preliminarily found no shipments and issue appropriate 
instructions to CBP based on the final results of the review.\7\
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    \6\ The five companies/company groupings 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) Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Taicang 
Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sunrise Furniture Co. 
Ltd., Fairmont Designs; (3) Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Eurosa 
Furniture Co., (PTE) Ltd.; (4) Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture 
Co., Ltd. (Shenyang Shining); and (5) Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc.
    \7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and 
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Separate Rates

    Decca was the only company under review that submitted a separate 
rate application, and Commerce issued the antidumping duty 
questionnaire to Decca as the sole mandatory respondent. However, as 
noted above, Decca did not respond to Commerce's antidumping duty 
questionnaire. Therefore, Commerce preliminarily determines that Decca 
did not establish its eligibility for separate rate status. In 
addition, seven other companies for which a review was requested failed 
to provide separate rate applications or certifications.\8\ Therefore, 
Commerce preliminarily determines that these eight companies are part 
of the China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of the 
China-wide entity, the entity is not under review, and the entity's 
dumping margin of 216.01 percent is not subject to change.\9\ For

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additional information regarding this determination, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \8\ The seven companies are: (1) Dongguan Kingstone Furniture 
Co., Ltd.; Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) Kunshan Summit 
Furniture Co., Ltd.; (3) Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd.; (4) Restonic 
(Dongguan) Furniture Ltd.; Restonic Far East (Samoa) Ltd.; (5) 
Rizhao Sanmu Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (6) Techniwood Industries Ltd.; 
Ningbo Furniture Industries Ltd.; Ningbo Hengrun Furniture Co., 
Ltd.; and (7) Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co., Ltd.
    \9\ See Second Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China, 72 FR 62834 (November 7, 2007).
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Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed 
electronically using ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of publication 
of this notice, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days 
after the due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d). 
Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested 
to submit with each argument a statement of the issue, a summary of the 
argument not to exceed five pages, and a table of statutes, 
regulations, and cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 
parties will be notified of the time and date of the hearing to be held 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.\11\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of 
this AR, which will include the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any briefs received, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of this review, Commerce will 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\12\ Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of 
the final results of this review. We intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate entries of subject merchandise exported by the China-wide 
entity, including Decca and the other seven companies noted above which 
did not qualify for separate rate status, at the China-wide rate. 
Additionally, pursuant to Commerce's practice in NME cases, if we 
continue to determine that the five companies noted above had no 
shipments of subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR under their case numbers will be liquidated 
at the China-wide rate.\13\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \13\ 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 
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or 
reviewed China and non-China exporters that received a separate rate in 
a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for 
the China-wide entity, which is 216.01 percent; and (3) for all non-
China exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their 
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
China exporter that supplied that non-China 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 Commerce'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 351.221.(b)(4).

    Dated: December 3, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

(1) Summary
(2) Background
(3) Scope of the Order
(4) Discussion of the Methodology
    a. NME Country Status
    b. Separate Rates
    c. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
(5) Conclusion

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