[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27099-27101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09816]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-107]
Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof From the
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, Rescission and Intent To Rescind Administrative
Review, in Part; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the companies subject to this countervailing duty (CVD)
administrative review of wooden cabinets and vanities and components
thereof (cabinets) from the People's Republic of China (China) received
countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), August 12,
2019, through December 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 6, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 21, 2020, Commerce published the CVD order on cabinets
from China.\1\ On April 1, 2021, Commerce published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the
POR.\2\ In April 2021, we received timely requests from multiple
parties to conduct an administrative review of the Order. On June 11,
2021, we published a notice of initiation for this administrative
review.\3\ For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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 http://access.trade.gov. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\1\ See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from
the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 85 FR
22134 (April 21, 2020) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 86 FR 17137 (April 1, 2021).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 31282, 31296 (June 11, 2021); see also
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 86 FR 41821, 41825 (August 3, 2021).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and
Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019-2020,'' dated December 7, 2021.
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On December 7, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review by 120 days to May 2, 2022.
Scope of the Order
The scope of the Order covers cabinets from China. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from
the People's Republic of China; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Methodology
We are conducting this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in
part, on
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adverse facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics included in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I to this
notice.
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\6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Commerce received withdrawal
requests with respect to the 52 companies listed in Appendix II.
Because the withdrawal requests were timely filed and no other parties
requested a review of these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the Order for the
52 companies listed in Appendix II.\7\
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\7\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); and
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
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Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a
CVD order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\9\ Therefore, for an
administrative review of a company to be conducted, there must be a
reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the CVD assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\10\
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\8\ Id.
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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According to the CBP import data, the following four companies
subject to this review did not have reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended: (1)
Guangzhou Nuolande Import and Export Co., Ltd.; (2) Linyi Kaipu
Furniture Co., Ltd.; (3) Shandong Longsen Woods Co., Ltd.; and (4)
Zhoushan For-strong Wood Co., Ltd. Accordingly, in the absence of
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we
intend to rescind this administrative review with respect to these four
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Preliminary Rate for Non-Selected Companies
There are two companies for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or
found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent: (1) Jiangsu
Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co., Ltd., and (2) Senke Manufacturing
Company. For these non-selected companies, we are basing the subsidy
rate on the subsidy rate calculated for Dalian Hualing Wood Co., Ltd.,
the only mandatory respondent with a preliminary subsidy rate that is
not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.\11\ This
methodology to establish the non-selected subsidy rate is consistent
with our practice with regard to the all-others rate, pursuant to
section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act.
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\11\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6.
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Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this administrative review, we preliminarily find
that the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the
period August 12, 2019, through December 31, 2020:
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Subsidy rate--2019 Subsidy rate--2020
Company (percent ad valorem) (percent ad valorem)
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Dalian Hualing Wood Co., Ltd.................................. 22.29 16.91
Nantong Aershin Cabinet Co., Ltd.\12\......................... 229.40 229.40
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Jiangsu Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co., Ltd................. 22.29 16.91
Senke Manufacturing Company................................... 22.29 16.91
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Assessment Rates
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\12\ This company was selected as a mandatory respondent but did
not respond to Commerce's initial questionnaire. Accordingly, the
rate for this company was based on facts available with an adverse
inference pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a
detailed discussion, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review,
consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For the 52 companies
for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at the rate
equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption,
during the period August 12, 2019, through December 31, 2020, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
For the companies remaining in the review, Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends, upon
publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts calculated
in the final results of this review for the respective companies listed
above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
final results of this administrative review. If the rate calculated in
the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be
required on shipments of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the final results of this review.
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For all non-reviewed companies, CBP will continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate
(i.e., 20.93 percent) \13\ or the most recent company-specific rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\13\ See Order, 85 FR at 22135.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties within five days after public
announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 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 date for filing
case briefs.\14\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding 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.\15\ Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\16\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\17\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will
inform parties of the scheduled date and time for the hearing.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their case briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
VI. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
VII. Diversification of China's Economy
VIII. Subsidies Valuation
IX. Benchmarks and Discount Rates
X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
XI. Analysis of Programs
XII. Recommendation
Appendix II--List of Companies for Which Requests for Review Were
Timely Withdrawn
1. Anhui Swanch Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
2. Anhui Xinyuanda Cupboard Co., Ltd.
3. Dalian Jiaye Wood Products Co., Ltd.
4. Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co., Ltd.
5. Dandong Laroyal Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
6. Foremost Worldwide Co., Ltd.
7. Fujian Dushi Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
8. Fujian Senyi Kitchen Cabinet Co., Ltd.
9. Fuzhou CBM Import & Export Co., Ltd.
10. Fuzhou Minlian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
11. Hangzhou Entop Houseware Co., Ltd.
12. Hangzhou Hoca Kitchen & Bath Products Co., Ltd.
13. Hangzhou Home Dee Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.
14. Hangzhou Royo Import & Export Co., Ltd.
15. Heyond Cabinet Co., Ltd.
16. Honsoar New Building Material Co., Ltd.
17. HS Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd.
18. Jiang Su Rongxin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
19. Jiang Su Rongxin Cabinets Ltd.
20. Jiangsu Beichen Wood Co., Ltd.
21. Jiangsu Sunwell Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
22. Jiangsu Weisen Houseware Co., Ltd.
23. KM Cabinetry Co., Limited
24. Kunshan Baiyulan Furniture Co., Ltd.
25. Linyi Bomei Furniture Co., Ltd.
26. Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
27. Morewood Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
28. Pizhou Ouyme Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
29. Qingdao Shousheng Industry Co., Ltd.
30. Qufu Xinyu Furniture Co., Ltd.
31. Rizhao Foremost Landbridge Wood Industries Co., Ltd.
32. Rizhao Foremost Woodwork Manufacturing Company Ltd.
33. Shandong Huanmei Wood Co., Ltd.
34. Shanghai Beautystar Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
35. Shanghai Zifeng International Trading Co., Ltd.
36. Sheen Lead International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
37. Shenzhen Pengchengzhirong Trade Co., Ltd.
38. Shouguang Fushi Wood Co., Ltd.
39. Shouguang Jinxiangyuan Home Furnishing Co., Ltd.
40. Shouguang Sanyang Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
41. Suzhou Siemo Wood Import & Export Co., Ltd.
42. Tech Forest Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
43. The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd.
44. Weifang Fuxing Wood Co., Ltd.
45. Weihai Jarlin Cabinetry Manufacture Co., Ltd.
46. Xiamen Adler Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
47. Xiamen Goldenhome Co., Ltd.
48. Xuzhou Yihe Wood Co., Ltd.
49. Yichun Dongmeng Wood Co., Ltd.
50. Yixing Pengjia Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
51. Zhangzhou OCA Furniture Co., Ltd.
52. Zhongshan KM Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
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