[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9486-9489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03151]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-117]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic
of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping
Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on wood mouldings and
millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of
China (China). In addition, Commerce is amending its final affirmative
determination.
DATES: Applicable February 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samuel Glickstein, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-5307,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 4, 2021, Commerce published its affirmative Final
Determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of
millwork products from China.\1\ On January 5, 2021, Commerce received
a ministerial error allegation with respect to its Final
Determination.\2\ See the ``Amendment to Final Determination'' section
of this notice for further discussion. On February 10, 2021, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final determination, pursuant to section
735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that an
industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of LTFV imports of
millwork products from China.\3\
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\1\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 86 FR 63 (January 4, 2021) (Final Determination).
\2\ See Coalition of American Millwork Producers' Letter, ``Wood
Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's Republic of China:
Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated January 5, 2021.
\3\ See ITC Notification Letter, Investigations, Inv. Nos. 701-
TA-636 and 731-TA-1470 (Final) (February 10, 2021) (ITC Notification
Letter).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are millwork products from
China. For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the
appendix to this notice.
Amendment to Final Determination
A ministerial error is defined as an error in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial.\4\ Pursuant to section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e) and (f), Commerce is amending the Final Determination to
reflect the correction of a ministerial error in the final estimated
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp
Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining
Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng/Mangrove).\5\ In addition, because Yinfeng/
Mangrove's estimated weighted-average dumping margin is the basis for
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for 42 non-selected
separate rate companies, and its highest transaction margin is the
basis for the estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined for
the China-wide entity, we are also revising the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for the separate rate companies and the China-
wide entity rate in the Final Determination.\6\
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\4\ See section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Final Determination of Sales at Less-Than-
Fair-Value: Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated January
11, 2021 (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
\6\ See infra, section on ``Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins''; see also Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Antidumping Duty Order
On February 10, 2021, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination in this
investigation, in
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which it found that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of millwork products from China.\7\ In
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing this
antidumping duty order. Because the ITC determined that imports of
millwork products from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment
of antidumping duties.
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\7\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of millwork products from China. With the exception of
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of millwork products from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after
August 12, 2020, the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determination.\8\
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\8\ See 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)
(Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant
entries of millwork products from China. These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the table
below, adjusted by the export subsidy offset. Given that the
provisional measures period has expired, as explained below, effective
on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP must require, at the
same time as importers would deposit estimated normal customs duties on
this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below.\9\
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\9\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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The China-wide entity rate applies to all exporter-producer
combinations not specifically listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of millwork products from China, Commerce extended the four-month
period to six months in this investigation. Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination in this investigation on August 12, 2020.\10\
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\10\ See Preliminary Determination.
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination, ended on February 8,
2021. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice,\11\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of millwork products from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after February 8, 2021, the
final day on which the provisional measures were in effect, until and
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date
of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal
Register.
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\11\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Estimated Cash deposit
weighted- rate (adjusted
Exporter Producer average for subsidy
dumping margin offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./ Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading 45.49 34.76
Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi
Machining Co., Ltd. City Mangrove Wood Machining
Co., Ltd.
Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo Wooden Industry Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd. Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd... Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood 45.49 34.76
Products Co., Ltd.
Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co., Ltd...... Cao County Hengda Wood Products 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd.................... Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd...... 45.49 34.76
Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd........ Fujian Hongjia Craft Products 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd................. Fujian Province Youxi County 45.49 34.76
Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood Industry Co., Ltd Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood 45.49 34.76
Industry Co., Ltd.
Fujian Province Youxi County Chang Sheng Wood Fujian Province Youxi County 45.49 34.76
Machining Co., Ltd. Chang Sheng Wood Machining Co.,
Ltd.
Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co., Ltd..... Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood 45.49 34.76
Limited Company. Industry Limited Company.
Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd... Fujian Wangbin Decorative 45.49 34.76
Material Co., Ltd.
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Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd...... Fujian Ruisen International 45.49 34.76
Industrial Co., Ltd.
Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry 45.49 34.76
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd................. Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd... 45.49 34.76
Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd........... Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., 45.49 34.76
Ltd.
Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry Development Co., Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry 45.49 34.76
Ltd. Development Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd................. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd... 45.49 34.76
Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial Co., Ltd........ Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Lianyungang Tianke New Energy Technology Co., Lianyungang Tianke New Energy 45.49 34.76
Ltd. Technology Co., Ltd.
Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd............... Zhejiang Senya Board Industry 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd......... Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Nanping Qiangmei Import & Export Co., Ltd..... Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood 45.49 34.76
Company, Ltd.
Oppein Home Group Inc......................... Oppein Home Group Inc........... 45.49 34.76
Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......... Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., 45.49 34.76
Ltd.
Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood Goods Co., Ltd. Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood 45.49 34.76
Goods Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sanhe Dacheng International Trade Co., Yongan Tenlong Bamboo & Wood 45.49 34.76
Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Rizhao Duli Trade Co., Ltd.................... Rizhao Jiayue Industry & Trading 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Rizhao Guantong Woodworking Co., Ltd.......... Shouguang Luli Wood Industry 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd./Rizhao Forest
International Trading Co., Ltd./
Xiamen Oubai Industry & Trade
Co., Ltd.
Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd............. Sanming Shitong Wood Industry 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd............ Shandong Jicheng Decorative 45.49 34.76
Material Co., Ltd.
Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd....... Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry 45.49 34.76
Co., Ltd.
Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd........................ Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd.......... 45.49 34.76
Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd.......... Shuyang Zhongding Decoration 45.49 34.76
Materials Co., Ltd.
Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.. Suqian Sulu Import & Export 45.49 34.76
Trading Co., Ltd.
The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd............... The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd. 45.49 34.76
Xiamen Jinxi Building Material Co., Ltd....... Zhangzhou City Jinxi Building 45.49 34.76
Material Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Goodwill Resource Co., Ltd............. Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood 45.49 34.76
Company, Ltd./Lianyungang
Tianke New Energy Technology
Co., Ltd./Fujian Sanming City
Donglai Wood Co., Ltd./
Zhangzhou Fukangyuan Industry
and Trade Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd..................... Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd....... 45.49 34.76
Zhangping San Chuan Industrial & Trade Co., Zhangping San Chuan Industrial & 45.49 34.76
Ltd. Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Green Wood Industry and Trade Co., Zhangzhou Green Wood Industry 45.49 34.76
Ltd. and Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry and Trade Co., Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry 45.49 34.76
Ltd. and Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.......... Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., 45.49 34.76
Ltd.
China-Wide Entity............................. ................................ 231.60 220.87
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
millwork products from China pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently
in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This amended final determination and antidumping duty order are
published in accordance with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: February 10, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order 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
order 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 order 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 obscure the grain, textures, or
markings of the wood, whether or not they are ready for use or
require final machining (e.g., endwork/dado,
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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 this order if performed in
the country of manufacture of the in-scope product.
Excluded from the scope of this order are countertop/
butcherblocks imported as a full countertop/butcherblock panel,
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 of 1.5
inches or greater and a certification stamp from an American Lumber
Standard Committee-certified grading agency. 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
and/or edge-glued, or to finger-jointed and/or edge-glued moulding
or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn). Accordingly, S4S and
S1S2E stock/boards that are not finger-jointed or edge glued are
excluded from the scope of this order.
Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Hardwood Plywood from
the People's Republic of China. See Certain Hardwood Plywood
Products from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty
Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018).
Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People's Republic of China. See Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order, 76 FR 76690 (December 8, 2011).
Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered
by the scope of the antidumping 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: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126 (April 21, 2020).
Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Wooden Bedroom
Furniture from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of
China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005).
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 the order is dispositive.
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