[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38002-38005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16664]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-970]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Jiangsu 
Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao) has not made 
sales of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) at prices below normal value during the 
period of review (POR) December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017. We 
also determine that the use of facts otherwise available is warranted 
with respect to the Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (Sino-Maple) and the 
China-wide entity.

DATES: Applicable August 5, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin or Michael Bowen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-6478 and 202-482-
0768, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the administrative 
review in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018.\1\ For the events 
that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 65630 (December 21, 2018) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China; 
2016-2017''.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum: 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China; 
2016-2017'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently 
with and hereby adopted by the notice.
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through 
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ The revised 
deadline for the final results was May 30, 2019. On May 24, 2019, we 
extended this deadline to July 29, 2019.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017,'' dated May 
24, 2019.
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ 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 in Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012) 
(collectively, Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is wood flooring from China. A 
full description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the parties' briefs are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues is attached to 
this notice.\6\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is on file electronically

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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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 
The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and electronic version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \6\ See Appendix I.
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Changes From the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, Commerce made 
certain revisions to the rates assigned to Sino-Maple, the China-wide 
entity, and the non-examined, separate rate respondents. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum contains descriptions of these revisions.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that certain 
companies did not have shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Although we received no information to contradict our preliminary 
determination with respect to those companies, based on information 
received since the Preliminary Results, we determine that two 
additional companies, Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. and Dalian Guhua 
Wooden Product Co. Ltd., did not have shipments during the POR.\7\ 
Therefore, for these companies (listed in Appendix II), we will issue 
appropriate instructions that are consistent with our ``automatic 
assessment'' clarification.\8\
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    \7\ See the Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 9 and 14.
    \8\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment 
Notice); see also ``Assessment Rates'' section below.
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Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that Jiangsu Senmao, 
Sino-Maple, and several additional companies who were not selected for 
individual review demonstrated their eligibility for separate rates, 
and we continue to do so in these final results. In addition, we 
determine that Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. is eligible 
for a separate rate.\9\
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    \9\ See the Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 6.
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Rate for Non-Examined Separate Rate Respondents

    The statute and our regulations do not address the establishment of 
a rate to be assigned to respondents not selected for individual 
examination when we limit our examination of companies subject to the 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act. 
Generally, we look to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides 
instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, 
for guidance when calculating the rate for respondents not individually 
examined in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted 
average of the estimated weighted average dumping margins established 
for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any 
zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on 
the basis of facts available{time}  (FA).'' Accordingly, Commerce's 
usual practice in determining the rate for separate-rate respondents 
not selected for individual examination, has been to average the 
weighted-average dumping margins for the selected companies, excluding 
rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on AFA.\10\ However, 
when the weighted-average dumping margins established for all 
individually investigated respondents are zero, de minimis, or based 
entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act permits 
Commerce to ``use any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-
others rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated, 
including averaging the estimated weighted average dumping margins 
determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.''
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    \10\ See Longkou Haimeng Mach. Co. v. United States, 581 F. 
Supp. 2d 1344, 1357-60 (CIT 2008) (affirming Commerce's 
determination to assign a 4.22 percent dumping margin to the 
separate-rate respondents in a segment where the three mandatory 
respondents received dumping margins of 4.22 percent, 0.03 percent, 
and zero percent, respectively); see also Certain Kitchen Appliance 
Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 36656, 36660 
(July 24, 2009).
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    Furthermore, Congress, in the SAA, stated that when ``the dumping 
margins for all of the exporters and producers that are individually 
investigated are determined entirely on the basis of the facts 
available or are zero or de minimis . . . {t{time} he expected method 
in such cases will be to weight-average the zero and the de minimis 
margins and margins determined pursuant to the facts available.'' \11\ 
For the final results of this review, we continue to determine the 
estimated dumping margin for each of the individually examined 
respondents to be zero or based entirely on AFA. Thus, we assigned to 
all eligible non-selected respondents the simple average of the 
separate rates assigned to Jiangsu Senmao and Sino-Maple.\12\
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    \11\ See Statement of Administrative Action (SAA), accompanying 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Doc. No. 103-316 at 873 
(1994), reprinted in 1994 U.S.C.C.A.N. 4040, 4200.
    \12\ See Albemarle Corp. & Subsidiaries v. United States, 821 
F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2016); see also the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 3 for further discussion.
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Final Results

    For the companies subject to this review, including the China-wide 
entity and companies which established their eligibility for a separate 
rate, Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period December 1, 2016 through November 30, 
2017:

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                                                               Weighted
                                                                average
                          Exporters                             dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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The China-Wide Entity.......................................       85.13
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd...............................       85.13
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd............        0.00
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd...............................       42.57
Benxi Flooring Factory (General Partnership)................       42.57
Benxi Wood Company..........................................       42.57
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd..................................       42.57
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.....................       42.57
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......................       42.57
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd........................       42.57
Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd......................       42.57
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd........................       42.57
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC........................       42.57
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd....................       42.57
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................       42.57
DunHua SenTai Wood Co., Ltd.................................       42.57
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......................       42.57
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd........................       42.57
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd......................       42.57
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.............       42.57
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd.......................       42.57
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd......................       42.57

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HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products Co., Ltd.....................       42.57
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd.................................       42.57
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.........................       42.57
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd..............................       42.57
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd........................       42.57
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.........................       42.57
Innomaster Home (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd........................       42.57
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd.................       42.57
Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd............................       42.57
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.............................       42.57
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd...............       42.57
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd..............................       42.57
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd......................       42.57
Kember Flooring, Inc........................................       42.57
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.....................       42.57
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd..................................       42.57
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd..................................       42.57
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc...........................       42.57
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.....................       42.57
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd...............       42.57
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd..............       42.57
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd..................................       42.57
Shandong Longteng Wood Co., Ltd.............................       42.57
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.............................       42.57
Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., Ltd....................       42.57
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.........................       42.57
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd..........................       42.57
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.................................       42.57
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd................       42.57
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd...................       42.57
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd................................       42.57
Yekalon Industry Inc........................................       42.57
Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as            42.57
 Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.).................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd...............................       42.57
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd..................       42.57
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd....................       42.57
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd............................       42.57
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.........................       42.57
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd....       42.57
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce will determine, 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. We 
intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of these final results of review.
    For Jiangsu Senmao, which has a weighted-average dumping margin of 
zero, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties. For entries that were not reported in the 
U.S. sales databases submitted by the company individually examined 
during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such 
entries at the China-wide rate. As the China-wide entity and Sino-
Maple's estimated dumping margins continue to be based on AFA, we will 
instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 85.13 percent to 
all entries of subject merchandise during the POR that were produced 
and/or exported by those entities.
    For the respondents which were not selected for individual 
examination in this review and which qualified for a separate rate, the 
assessment rate will be equal to 42.57 percent, the simple average of 
the separate rates we assigned to Jiangsu Senmao and Sino-Maple.
    Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice in non-market 
economy cases, for the companies which Commerce determined had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries made under 
those exporters' case numbers (i.e., at the exporters' rates) will be 
liquidated at the China-wide rate.\13\
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    \13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Assessment 
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of administrative review for 
shipments of the 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 companies that 
have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that established in 
these final results (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then no 
cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese 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; (3) 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 that for the 
China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, effective 
upon publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a 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 POR. 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.

Administrative Protective Orders

    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 APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 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 sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: July 29, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes From the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Sino-
Maple
    Comment 2: The AFA Rate
    Comment 3: The Separate Rate
    Comment 4: Intermediate Input Methodology

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    Comment 5: Deduction of Irrecoverable Value-Added Tax (VAT)
    Comment 6: Yihua Timber's Separate Rate Eligibility
    Comment 7: Initiation of Jiaxing Brilliant
    Comment 8: Spelling Variations of Zhejiang Dadongwu's Name
    Comment 9: Keri Wood's No Shipment Claim
    Comment 10: Rescission of Review With Respect to Baroque Timber
    Comment 11: Jilin Forest's Separate Rate Eligibility
    Comment 12: Scholar Home's Separate Rate Eligibility
    Comment 13: Jiechen's No Shipment Claim
    Comment 14: Certain Separate Rate Applicants' Eligibility
    Comment 15: Alleged ``Fraudulently Declared'' Entries
    Comment 16: Misuse of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
Case Numbers
    Comment 17: China-Wide Entity Companies in the CBP Instructions
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

No Shipments

Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guhua Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd.
Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd.
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd.
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.
Karly Wood Product Limited
Kingman Floors Co., Ltd.
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd.
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd.

China-Wide Entity

Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood 
Industrial Co., Ltd.
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd.
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.
Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd.
GTP International Ltd.
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd.
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., 
Ltd.)
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd.
Huaxin Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd.
Huber Engineering Wood Corp.
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd.
Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd.
Kornbest Enterprises Limited
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Les Planchers Mercier, Inc.
Liaoning Daheng Timber Group Co., Ltd.
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd.
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co., Ltd.
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Shandong Puli Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Demeija Timber Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (also known as The Lizhong 
Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai)
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.
Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co.
Tech Wood International Ltd.
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry
Zhejiang AnJi Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jesonwood Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.

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