[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51413-51415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18245]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Rescission of 2019 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that Kunshan Jujia Decoration Design Co., Ltd. (Jujia) did not make a 
bona fide sale for antidumping duty purposes during the period of 
review (POR) January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. Therefore, 
Commerce is preliminarily rescinding this review. Interested parties 
are invited to comment on the preliminary results of the review.

DATES: Applicable August 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Bremer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 27, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of 
a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom 
furniture from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ Commerce 
subsequently issued an antidumping duty questionnaire, and supplemental 
questionnaires, to Jujia and received timely responses thereto. For 
additional background, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 85 FR 
11342 (February 27, 2020).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Rescission of the 2019 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).

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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture, 
subject to certain exceptions. Imports of subject merchandise are 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings: 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 9403.50.9080, 
9403.90.7005, 9403.90.7080, 9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, 
9403.90.8041, 7009.92.1000 and 7009.92.5000. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and custom purposes, the 
written product description in the order remains dispositive. For a 
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
75l(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.214. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 
adopted by this notice. A list of sections in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is attached in the Appendix to this notice. 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. 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.

Preliminary Rescission of the Antidumping New Shipper Review

    As discussed in the Bona Fide Sales Analysis Memorandum,\3\ 
Commerce preliminarily finds that the sale made by Jujia is not a bona 
fide sale. Commerce reached this conclusion based on the totality of 
the circumstances surrounding the reported sale, including, among other 
things, the sales price and quantity. Because Jujia made no bona fide 
sales during the POR, we are preliminarily rescinding this review.\4\ 
Because the factual information used in our bona fides analysis of 
Jujia's sale involves business proprietary information, a full 
discussion of our analysis is in the proprietary Bona Fide Sales 
Analysis Memorandum.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``2019 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review 
of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Bona Fide Sales Analysis for Kunshan Jujia Decoration 
Design Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Bona Fide Sales Analysis Memorandum).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results of this review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed no later than seven days after the time limit for filing 
case briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding are requested to submit with each brief: (1) A 
statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a 
table of authorities.\6\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes.\7\ All submissions, with limited 
exceptions, must be filed electronically using ACCESS.\8\ 
Electronically filed comments must be received successfully in its 
entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time (ET) on the due date. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\9\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Temporary Rule Modifying 
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID- 19; Extension of Effective 
Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \9\ See Temporary Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested 
parties of the hearing date and time to be determined. Interested 
parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to 
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed 
electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address, 
and telephone number; (2) the number of hearing participants; and (3) a 
list of the issues to be discussed in the hearing. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs.
    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this review, which 
will include the results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs 
and rebuttal briefs received, no later than 90 days after the date 
these preliminary results of review are issued pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    If Commerce issues a final rescission of this review, it will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate the 
relevant entry at the China-wide rate.
    If Commerce does not proceed to a final rescission of this new 
shipper review, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.202(b)(1), it will calculate an 
importer-specific assessment rate based on the final results of this 
review. However, pursuant to Commerce's refinement to its assessment 
practice in non-market economy cases, for entries that were not 
reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by Jujia, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate.\10\
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    \10\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    If Commerce proceeds to a final rescission of this review, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the China-wide rate for Jujia because 
Commerce will not have determined an individual margin of dumping for 
Jujia. If Commerce determines an individual margin of dumping for 
Jujia, it will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits, effective upon 
the publication of the final results of review, equal to the calculated 
dumping margin.

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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Joseph A. Laroski Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix

List of Issues Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Conclusion

[FR Doc. 2020-18245 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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