[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20666]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-051, C-570-052]


Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Scope Determination and Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Orders; Extension of Deadline To Certify Certain Entries

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

DATES: Applicable September 12, 2022.

SUMMARY: On July 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published a notice of a preliminary scope determination and affirmative 
preliminary circumvention determination in the Federal Register 
concerning the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 
orders on certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the 
People's Republic of China (China). This notice informs parties that 
Commerce has extended the deadline for certain exporters and importers 
to certify entries of hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) that were entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 17, 2020, and until August 
28, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce 
established a certification program and a deadline for certain 
exporters and importers to certify that entries of hardwood plywood 
exported from Vietnam that entered, or were withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after June 17, 2020, and until August 28, 2022, 
are not subject to the AD/CVD orders on hardwood plywood from China.\1\ 
The deadline for exporters and importers to complete these 
certifications was September 12, 2022.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Scope Determination and Affirmative 
Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 45753, 45756-58 (July 29, 2022) 
(Preliminary Determination); see also 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); and Certain Hardwood Plywood 
Products from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 
Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018).
    \2\ See Preliminary Determination, 87 FR 45756.
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Extension

    On September 12, 2022, Commerce issued a memorandum via Enforcement 
and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (i.e., ACCESS) notifying interested parties 
that the deadline for the certifications to be complete was extended by 
80 days.\3\ Also on September 12, 2022, Commerce transmitted 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notifying CBP 
of the extended deadline.\4\ The deadline for exporters and importers 
to complete the certification requirements established in the 
Preliminary Determination is now December 1, 2022. We note that the 36 
companies that Commerce precluded from participating in this 
certification program in the Preliminary Determination are still 
precluded from participating in the certification program we 
established for applicable exports of hardwood plywood from Vietnam.\5\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline to Certify Certain 
Entries of Hardwood Plywood and Response to Request to Modify Cash 
Deposit Instructions,'' dated September 12, 2022.
    \4\ See CBP Message 2255409, ``Notice of amended deadline for 
certifications in the Vietnam-wide circumvention inquiry of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain hardwood 
plywood products and veneered panels from the People's Republic of 
China (A-570-051, C-570-052 and A-552-006, C-552-007),'' dated 
September 12, 2022; see also CBP Message 2255410, ``Notice of 
amended deadline for certifications in the scope inquiry of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain hardwood 
plywood products and veneered panels from the People's Republic of 
China (A-570-051 and C-570-052),'' dated September 12, 2022.
    \5\ See Preliminary Determination at Appendix V.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 CFR 351.225(f) and 
(h).\6\
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    \6\ Commerce significantly revised its scope regulations on 
September 20, 2021, with an effective date of November 4, 2021. See 
Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021). The 
amendments to 19 CFR 351.225 apply to scope inquiries for which a 
scope ruling application is filed, as well as any scope inquiry 
self-initiated by Commerce, on or after November 4, 2021. The newly 
promulgated 19 CFR 351.226 applies to circumvention inquiries for 
which a circumvention request is filed, as well as any circumvention 
inquiry self-initiated by Commerce, on or after November 4, 2021. We 
note that these scope and circumvention inquiries were initiated 
prior to the effective date of the new regulations, and, thus, any 
reference to the regulations is to the prior version of the 
regulations.

    Dated: September 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-20666 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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