[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 137 (Thursday, July 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43207-43208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15310]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is partially rescinding 
the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
multilayered wood flooring (Wood flooring) from the People's Republic 
of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018 through 
December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable July 16, 2020.

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 6, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
wood flooring from China.\1\ Pursuant to requests from interested 
parties, Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to 
166 companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Subsequent to the initiation of the 
administrative review, the petitioner and a domestic interested party 
\3\ timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review of 162 
companies, as discussed below. As a result, all review requests were 
withdrawn for 91 of these 162 companies.\4\ There are active review 
requests on the record for the remaining 71 companies.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 66880 (December 6, 2019).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 6896 (February 6, 2020) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ The petitioner is American Manufacturers of Multilayered 
Wood Flooring. The domestic interested party is AHF, LLC.
    \4\ We note that Riverside Plywood Corporation has reported that 
Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd. (Suzhou Times) is a cross-owned 
company and Commerce has treated Suzhou Times as a cross-owned 
company of Riverside Plywood Corporation in previous administrative 
reviews. Therefore, because Riverside Plywood Corporation remains 
under review, we are not rescinding the administrative review for 
Suzhou Times based on the petitioner's request to rescind the review 
for Suzhou Times. See Riverside Plywood Corporation's June 4, 2020 
Affiliation Response.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation.\5\ All requests for an 
administrative review were withdrawn by the established deadline, June 
25, 2020, for the companies listed in the Appendix.\6\ As a result, 
Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these companies, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The instant review will continue 
with respect to the remaining companies in our initiation notice.\7\
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    \5\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce decided to toll all deadlines in 
administrative reviews by 50 days. See Memorandum, ``Tolling of 
Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews in Response to Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' 
dated April 24, 2020. Therefore, Commerce tolled the deadline for 
the withdrawal of the requests for this administrative review until 
June 25, 2020.
    \6\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood 
Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 
for Review--CY 2018 CVD Review Period,'' dated May 6, 2020; and 
Petitioner's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China: Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated June 25, 2020.
    \7\ See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 6898.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing duties 
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).

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Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding 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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 10, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix

Companies Rescinded From Review

1. A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.
2. American Pacific Plywood, Inc.
3. Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.
4. Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
5. Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
6. Changbai Mountain Development And Protection Zone Hongtu Wood 
Industrial Co., Ltd.
7. Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.
8. Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd.
9. Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.
10. Dalian Deerfu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
11. Dalian Guhua Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
12. Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd.
13. Dalian Jinda Wood Products Corporation
14. Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
15. Dalian Meisen Woodworking
16. Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.
17. Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co. Ltd.
18. Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
19. Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.
20. Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd.
21. Furnco International Shanghai Company
22. Gaotang Weilong Industry and Trade
23. Gold Seagull Shanghai Flooring
24. GTP International Ltd.
25. Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited
26. Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.
27. Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd.
28. Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd.
29. HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd.
30. Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (DBA Dasso Industrial Group 
Co., Ltd.)
31. Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
32. Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd.
33. Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd.
34. Huaxin Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd.
35. Huber Engineering Wood Corp.
36. Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd.
37. Huzhou Daruo Import And Export
38. Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd.
39. Huzhou Laike Import and Export Co.
40. Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.
41. Jesonwood Forest Products ZJ
42. Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
43. Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd.
44. Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., Ltd.
45. Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd.
46. Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd.
47. Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd.
48. Liaoning Daheng Timber Group
49. Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
50. Max Choice Wood Industry
51. Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
52. Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
53. Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
54. Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd.
55. Power Dekor North America Inc.
56. PT. Tanjung Kreasi Parquet Industry
57. Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd.
58. Qingdao Wisdom International
59. Samling Riverside Co., Ltd.
60. Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
61. Shandong Puli Trading Co., Ltd.
62. Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd.
63. Shanghai Demeija Timber Co., Ltd.
64. Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.
65. Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.
66. Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (a/k/a The Lizhong Wood 
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai)
67. Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd.
68. Shanghai Shenlin Corporation
69. Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.
70. Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.
71. Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd.
72. Suifenhe Chengfeng Trading Co., Ltd.
73. Sunyoung Wooden Products
74. Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.
75. Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co.
76. The Greenville Flooring Co., Ltd.
77. Topocean Consolidation Service
78. Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
79. Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd.
80. Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry
81. Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo And Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
82. Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd.
83. Zhejiang Dadongwu Auto Elect Motor
84. Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
85. Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd.
86. Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd.
87. Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd.
88. Zhejiang Jesonwood Co., Ltd.
89. Zhejiang Jiaye Flooring
90. Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.
91. Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.

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