[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51410-51411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18285]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-118]


Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic 
of China: Amended Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determination

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the scope of 
the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of wood mouldings and 
millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) to conform with the scope published in the preliminary 
determinations of the companion antidumping duty (AD) investigations of 
millwork products from Brazil and China, where appropriate. The period 
of investigation is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable August 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, 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) 482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published its CVD Preliminary Determination on June 12, 
2020.\1\
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    \1\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary AffirmativeCountervailing Duty 
Determination and Alignment of Final Determination with Final 
Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 35900 (June 12, 2020) (CVD 
Preliminary Determination).
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    On August 12, 2020, Commerce published the Brazil and China AD 
Preliminary Determinations within which the scope of the investigations 
was amended to exclude certain products, and to clarify the inclusion 
of certain products, based upon comments received from interested 
parties.\2\
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    \2\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from Brazil: 
Preliminary Negative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination, 85 FR 48667 (August 12, 
2020); and Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and 
Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 48669 (August 12, 2020) 
(collectively, AD Preliminary Determinations); see also Memorandum, 
``Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from Brazil and the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated 
August 5, 2020, which was placed on the records of the AD and CVD 
investigations.
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Amended Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are millwork products 
from China. We are amending the scope of the CVD investigation to 
conform with the scope of the companion AD investigations, where 
appropriate, as indicated below. The following products are not subject 
to the scope of the investigation:
     Lumber (solid, edge-glued or fingered-jointed);
     Stair stringers;
     Countertop/butcherblocks; and,
     Unassembled wooden kitchen cabinets and unassembled wooden 
bathroom cabinets, including their wood moulding components, which are 
covered under another CVD order.
    Furthermore, the following products are subject to the 
investigation:
     Screen/surfaced on four sides (S4S) and/or surface one 
side, two edges (S1S2E) stock/boards that are finger-jointed or edge-
glued; and,
     Wood moulding door components which enter as part of 
unassembled door kits.
    The above exclusions and clarifications were first enumerated in 
the AD Preliminary Determinations. For a complete description of the 
amended scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

Suspension of Liquidation

    We have not revised the estimated cash deposit rates published in 
the CVD Preliminary Determination. In accordance with section 
703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
continue to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as 
described in the amended scope of the investigation, entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, and to continue to 
require a cash deposit, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d). Additionally, 
because certain products are now excluded from the scope of the 
investigation, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate suspension of 
liquidation of those excluded products, and to refund any cash deposits 
previously posted with respect to them.

Public Comment

    Commerce has set a separate deadline for scope comments in the AD 
and CVD millwork products investigation proceedings.\3\ The current 
deadline for case briefs regarding scope issues is 30

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days after the publication of the AD Preliminary Determinations, which 
is September 11, 2020, and the deadline for rebuttal briefs regarding 
scope issues is seven days after scope case briefs are due, which is 
September 18, 2020.\4\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities. Case and rebuttal briefs regarding scope issues must be 
filed on the AD and CVD records.
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    \3\ See AD Preliminary Determinations at ``Public Comment.''
    \4\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
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Notifications

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the International Trade Commission of its amended determination. This 
determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 703(f) and 
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Amended Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise subject to this investigation consists of wood 
mouldings and millwork products that are made of wood (regardless of 
wood species), bamboo, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or of wood and 
composite materials (where the composite materials make up less than 
50 percent of the total merchandise), and which are continuously 
shaped wood or finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork 
blanks (whether or not resawn). The merchandise subject to this 
investigation can be continuously shaped along any of its edges, 
ends, or faces.
    The percentage of composite materials contained in a wood 
moulding or millwork product is measured by length, except when the 
composite material is a coating or cladding. Wood mouldings and 
millwork products that are coated or clad, even along their entire 
length, with a composite material, but that are otherwise comprised 
of wood, LVL, or wood and composite materials (where the non-coating 
composite materials make up 50 percent or less of the total 
merchandise) are covered by the scope.
    The merchandise subject to this investigation consists of wood, 
LVL, bamboo, or a combination of wood and composite materials that 
is continuously shaped throughout its length (with the exception of 
any endwork/dados), profiled wood having a repetitive design in 
relief, similar milled wood architectural accessories, such as 
rosettes and plinth blocks, and finger-jointed or edge-glued 
moulding or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn). The scope 
includes continuously shaped wood in the forms of dowels, building 
components such as interior paneling and jamb parts, and door 
components such as rails, stiles, interior and exterior door frames 
or jambs (including split, flat, stop applied, single- or double-
rabbeted), frame or jamb kits, and packaged door frame trim or 
casing sets, whether or not the door components are imported as part 
of a door kit or set.
    The covered products may be solid wood, laminated, finger-
jointed, edge-glued, face-glued, or otherwise joined in the 
production or remanufacturing process and are covered by the scope 
whether imported raw, coated (e.g., gesso, polymer, or plastic), 
primed, painted, stained, wrapped (paper or vinyl overlay), any 
combination of the aforementioned surface coatings, treated, or 
which incorporate rot-resistant elements (whether wood or 
composite). The covered products are covered by the scope whether or 
not any surface coating(s) or covers obscures the grain, textures, 
or markings of the wood, whether or not they are ready for use or 
require final machining (e.g., endwork/dado, hinge/strike machining, 
weatherstrip or application thereof, mitre) or packaging.
    All wood mouldings and millwork products are included within the 
scope even if they are trimmed; cut-to-size; notched; punched; 
drilled; or have undergone other forms of minor processing.
    Subject merchandise also includes wood mouldings and millwork 
products that have been further processed in a third country, 
including but not limited to trimming, cutting, notching, punching, 
drilling, coating, or any other processing that would not otherwise 
remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if 
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope product.
    Excluded from the scope of this investigation are countertop/
butcherblocks, exterior fencing, exterior decking and exterior 
siding products (including solid wood siding, non-wood siding (e.g., 
composite or cement), and shingles) that are not LVL or finger 
jointed; finished and unfinished doors; flooring; parts of stair 
steps (including newel posts, balusters, easing, gooseneck, risers, 
treads, rail fittings and stair stringers); picture frame components 
three feet and under in individual lengths; and lumber whether 
solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued. To be excluded from the scope, 
finger-jointed or edge-glued lumber must have a nominal thickness 
greater than 1.5 inches and a certification stamp from an American 
Lumber Standard Committee-certified grading bureau. The exclusion 
for lumber whether solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued does not 
apply to screen/``surfaced on 4 sides'' (S4S) and/or ``surface 1 
side, 2 edges'' (SlS2E) stock (also called boards) that are finger-
jointed, edge-glued mouldings, or millwork blanks (whether or not 
resawn).
    Excluded from the scope of this investigation are all products 
covered by the scope of the countervailing duty order on Hardwood 
Plywood from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Hardwood 
Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing 
Duty Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018).
    Excluded from the scope of this investigation are all products 
covered by the scope of the countervailing duty order on 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China. See 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011).
    Excluded from the scope of this investigation are all products 
covered by the scope of the countervailing duty order on Wooden 
Cabinets and Vanities from the People's Republic of China. See 
Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the 
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 85 FR 22134 
(April 21, 2020).
    Imports of wood mouldings and millwork products are primarily 
entered under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) numbers: 4409.10.4010, 4409.10.4090, 4409.10.4500, 
4409.10.5000, 4409.22.4000, 4409.22.5000, 4409.29.4100, and 
4409.29.5100. Imports of wood mouldings and millwork products may 
also enter under HTSUS numbers: 4409.10.6000, 4409.10.6500, 
4409.22.6000, 4409.22.6500, 4409.29.6100, 4409.29.6600, 
4418.20.4000, 4418.20.8030, 4418.20.8060, 4418.99.9095 and 
4421.99.9780. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of this investigation is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2020-18285 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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