[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67229-67233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-28240]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 
Rescission of Review, in Part, and Intent To Rescind Review, in Part; 
2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and 
exporters of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable December 28, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Suzanne Lam, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5973 or 202-482-
0783, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:.

Background

    On December 8, 2011, Commerce issued a countervailing duty (CVD) 
order on multilayered wood flooring from the PRC.\1\ Interested parties 
requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order,\2\ and on February 23, 2018, Commerce 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the Order on 149 producers/exporters for the 
period of review (POR).\3\
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    \1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011) 
(Order).
    \2\ See, e.g., the Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for 
Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated December 28, 2017; Dalian Peghong Floor 
Products Co., Ltd.'s (Dalian Penghong) et al Letter, ``Multilayered 
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China,'' dated December 
22, 2017; and Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.'s (Huzhou Jesonwood) et 
al., Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated January 2, 2018.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 8058 (February 23, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is wood flooring from the PRC. For 
a complete description of the scope of this administrative review, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results in the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: 
2016'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. This 
review was initiated on February 23, 2018. On March 14, 2018, Huzhou 
Jesonwood submitted a withdrawal request within the 90-day deadline.\5\ 
On May 7, 2018, Dalian Penghong and 15 other companies submitted 
withdrawal requests.\6\ The petitioner filed withdrawal requests for 
Dalian Penghong, Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd (Dunhua City 
Jisen), and Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dalian 
Shumaike).\7\ All of the withdrawal requests submitted above were 
within the 90-day deadline. Therefore, because there are no remaining 
requests to review the following companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding this 
review with respect to Dalian Penghong, Dalian Shumaike, Dunhau City 
Jisen, Fusong Jinqui, Huzhou Jesonwood, and Shanghaifloor.
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    \5\ See Huzhou Jesonwood's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Review 
Request in the 6th Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated March 14, 2018.
    \6\ The following companies submitted withdrawal requests: 
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., Dalian Huilong Wooden Products 
Co., Ltd., Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Dunhua City 
Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry 
Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinlong 
Wooden Group Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinlong), Fusong Jinqiu Wooden 
Product Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinqiu), Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product 
Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd., Karly Wood Product 
Limited, Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Shanghaifloor), 
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd., Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood 
Industry Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material 
Technology Co., Ltd.
    \7\ See Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.'s Letter, 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China 
Withdrawal of Request for Review,'' dated May 7, 2018; American 
Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring's (Petitioner's) Letter, 
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review, in Part'' dated 
March 3, 2018 (Petitioners' Withdrawal Request of Dalian); and 
Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review, in Part'' dated May 24, 2018 (Petitioner's Withdrawal 
Request of Dunhua City Jisen).
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Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part

    We received timely filed no-shipment certifications from eight 
companies.\8\ Commerce issued no-shipment inquiries to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) requesting any information that may contradict 
the no-shipment claims. We have not received information from CBP to 
date that contradicts Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.'s, 
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.'s, Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.'s, 
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.'s, Kingman Floors Co., Ltd.'s, Linyi 
Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s, and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber 
Co., Ltd.'s claims of no sales, shipments or entries of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.\9\ Because these 
companies timely filed their no-shipment certifications and CBP has not 
provided information that contradicts the companies' claims, we 
preliminarily intend to rescind the review of these companies. Absent 
any evidence of shipments being placed on the record,

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pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind the 
administrative review of these companies in the final results of 
review.
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    \8\ See Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.'s (Anhui 
Boya Bamboo) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,'' dated March 13, 
2018; Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.'s (China Floors) Letter, 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: No 
Shipment Certification of Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.,'' 
dated March 23, 2018; Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., 
Ltd.'s (Hunchun Forest) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,'' dated 
March 13, 2018; Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.'s (Jiangsu Keri Wood) 
Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March 14, 2018; Jiashan On-
Line Lumber Co., Ltd.'s (Jiashan On-Line Lumber) Letter, 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: No 
Sales Certification,'' dated March 13, 2018; Kingman Floors Co., 
Ltd.'s (Kingman Floors) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated 
March 13, 2018; Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s (Linyi 
Bonn Flooring) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March 
20, 2018; and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.'s (Zhejiang Shiyou 
Timber) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March 13, 2018.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
China: No Shipment Inquiry with Respect to the Companies Below 
during the 01/01/2016 through 12/31/2016,'' dated September 13, 
2018; see also Commerce Memorandum, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring 
from the People's Republic of China: U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection No Shipment Inquiry,'' dated October 9, 2018 (stating 
that the CBP Center for Excellence and Expertise found 34 shipment 
entries for Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. and no-
shipment entries of subject merchandise by Anhui Boya Bamboo, China 
Floors, Jiangsu Keri Wood, Jiashan On-Line Lumber, Kingman Floors, 
Linyi Bonn Flooring and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber).
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    On October 29, 2018, Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. (Muyun Wood) filed 
a no-shipment certification.\10\ On November 13, 2018, we rejected 
Muyun Wood's request for no-shipment status because the request was 
untimely filed.\11\ Consequently, Muyun Wood continues to be subject to 
this administrative review.
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    \10\ See Muyun Wood's Letter ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China--No Sales Certification,'' dated 
October 29, 2018.
    \11\ See Commerce Letter re: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China: Rejection of Letter Submitted October 
29, 2018, dated November 13, 2018.
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    Hunchun Forest timely filed a no-shipment certification.\12\ 
However, Hunchun Forest subsequently withdrew its no-shipment 
submssion.\13\ Therefore, we are continuing to include Hunchun Forest 
in this administrative review for purposes of the preliminary results.
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    \12\ See Hunchun Forest's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring 
from the People's Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,'' 
dated March 13, 2018.
    \13\ See Hunchun Forest's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring 
from the People's Republic of China: Comments on Hunchun Forest 
Shipments,'' dated October 23, 2018.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act). For each of 
the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily determine 
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an 
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the 
subsidy is specific.\14\ For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \14\ 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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    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 https://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this 
notice.
    In making these preliminary results, the Commerce relied, in part, 
on facts otherwise available.\15\ For further information, see 
``Provision of Electricity for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR), 
Provision of Land-Use Rights to Certain Industrial Zones for LTAR, 
Provision of Veneers for LTAR, Provision of Cut Timber for LTAR, Export 
Buyers' Credit, and Other Subsidies'' in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum. For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise 
Available and Application of Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \15\ See section 776 of the Act.
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Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review

    There are 132 companies for which a review was requested and not 
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or 
found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent. For these 
companies, we are preliminarily applying the average of the rates 
calculated for the mandatory respondents, Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood 
Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao) and Riverside Plywood Corp. 
(Riverside Plywood), which are above de minimis. For further 
information on the calculation of the non-selected respondent rate, 
refer to the section in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum entitled 
``Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under 
Review.''

Preliminary Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a 
countervailable subsidy rate for each of the mandatory respondents, 
Jiangsu Senmao and Riverside Plywood, and their cross-owned affiliates 
where applicable.
    We preliminarily find the countervailable subsidy rates for the 
mandatory and non-selected respondents under review to be as follows:

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                                                          Subsidy rate
                   Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd..........              2.17
Riverside Plywood Corp. and its Cross-Owned Affiliates              3.25
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A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.....................              2.81
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd............              2.81
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Benxi Flooring Factory (General Partnership)..........              2.81
Benxi Wood Company....................................              2.81
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone                   2.81
 Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd......................
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd......................              2.81
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd..............................              2.81
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd............................              2.81
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd....................              2.81
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd..................              2.81
Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd................              2.81
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd..................              2.81
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC..................              2.81

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Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co. Ltd................              2.81
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd..............              2.81
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd...........              2.81
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd............              2.81
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited.....................              2.81
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd...........................              2.81
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd........              2.81
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd..................              2.81
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd................              2.81
GTP International Ltd.................................              2.81
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited............              2.81
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd..............              2.81
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.......              2.81
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd................              2.81
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd...................              2.81
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd..................              2.81
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba Dasso                        2.81
 Industrial Group Co., Ltd.)..........................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Company Limted.....................              2.81
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd................              2.81
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd.............              2.81
Huaxin Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Huber Engineering Wood Corp...........................              2.81
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd..........              2.81
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc...................              2.81
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd........................              2.81
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd..............              2.81
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd..................              2.81
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd.............................              2.81
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd............................              2.81
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd...................              2.81
Innomaster Home (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd..................              2.81
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd........................              2.81
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd...........              2.81
Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd............              2.81
Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd.........              2.81
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd............              2.81
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd........................              2.81
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd.              2.81
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................              2.81
Jingsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Karly Wood Product Limited............................              2.81
Kember Flooring, Inc..................................              2.81
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Kornbest Enterprises Limited..........................              2.81
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd...........              2.81
Les Planchers Mercier, Inc............................              2.81
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd............................              2.81
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd............................              2.81
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.....................              2.81
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd.........              2.81
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd..............              2.81
Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd.......              2.81
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd........              2.81
Power Dekor Group Co. Ltd.............................              2.81
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Ltd...........              2.81
Samling Global USA, Inc...............................              2.81
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd............................              2.81
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co. Ltd..........              2.81
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Shandong Longteng Wood Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Shandong Puli Trading Co., Ltd........................              2.81
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd.............              2.81
Shanghai Demeija Timber Co., Ltd......................              2.81

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Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (aka The                   2.81
 Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai)...
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation..........................              2.81
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd...................              2.81
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd..........................              2.81
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd....................              2.81
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.................              2.81
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd...........................              2.81
Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co.................              2.81
Tech Wood International Ltd...........................              2.81
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd..........              2.81
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.....................              2.81
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd......................              2.81
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd.............              2.81
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd..........................              2.81
Yekalon Industry, Inc.................................              2.81
Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd...................              2.81
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd........              2.81
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry......................              2.81
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Industry Co.,                 2.81
 Ltd..................................................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd.........................              2.81
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd............              2.81
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd..............              2.81
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd......................              2.81
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd................              2.81
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Zhejiang Jesonwood Co., Ltd...........................              2.81
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd...............              2.81
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd...................              2.81
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co.,                2.81
 Ltd..................................................
Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd.......................              2.81
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd..              2.81
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd...........              2.81
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    \16\ Cross-owned affiliates are Baroque Timber Zhongshan Co. 
Ltd. and Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We will disclose to parties in this proceeding the calculations 
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of 
publication of these preliminary results.\17\ Interested parties may 
submit written comments (case briefs) on the preliminary results no 
later than 30 days from the date of publication of this Federal 
Register notice, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within five 
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\18\ Pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in 
the case briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties 
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and 
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends 
to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be 
determined.\19\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after publication of 
these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producer/
exporters shown above. Upon completion of the administrative review, 
consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review. We intend to issue instructions directly to CBP 15 days 
after publication of the final results of this review. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a 
rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing

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duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the period January 1, 2016, through December 31, 
2016, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to 
issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after 
publication of this notice.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends 
upon publication of the final results to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown for 
each of the respective companies listed 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 
administrative 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. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results are issued and published pursuant to 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 20, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

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

I. Summary
II. Background
    A. Case History
    B. Postponement of Preliminary Results
    C. Period of Review
    D. Rescission of Review, In Part
    E. Intent To Rescind, in Part, the Administrative Review
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
    A. Legal Standard
    B. Application of AFA: Provision of Electricity for LTAR
    C. Application of AFA: Provision of Land-Use Rights to Certain 
Industrial Zones for LTAR
    D. Application of AFA: Provision of Veneers for LTAR
    E. Application of AFA: Provision of Cut Timber for LTAR
    F. Application of AFA: Export Buyers' Credit
    G. Application of AFA: ``Other Subsidies''
V. Subsidies Valuation
    A. Allocation Period
    B. Attribution of Subsidies
    C. Denominators
VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Inputs, Land-Use and 
Electricity
VII. Analysis of Programs
    A. Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be Countervailable
    B. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer a 
Countervailable Benefit
    C. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer a Measurable 
Benefit
    D. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Be Used
VIII. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under 
Review
IX. Recommendation

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