[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60647-60650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21796]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-088]


Certain Steel Racks and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that certain exporters under review sold certain steel racks 
and parts thereof (steel racks) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during 
the period of review (POR) September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021. 
Additionally, Commerce preliminarily determines that Hebei Minmetals 
Co., Ltd. (Hebei Minmetals) and Xiamen Luckyroc Industry Co., Ltd., 
(Luckyroc) had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We 
invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of 
review.

DATES: Applicable October 6, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill or Elizabeth Bremer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518 and (202) 
482-4987, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 2, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on steel racks from China.\1\ After receiving 
review requests, Commerce initiated this review for 31 companies.\2\ On 
April 26, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary 
results by a total of 120 days, to September 30, 2022.\3\ For 
additional background information, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 86 FR 49311 (September 2, 2021); and Certain Steel Racks and 
Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty 
Order; and Countervailing Duty Order 84 FR 48584 (September 16, 
2019) (collectively, Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 61121 (November 5, 2021).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Steel Racks and Parts Thereof from 
the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated April 26, 2022.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Steel Racks and Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China; 
and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is steel racks and parts 
thereof, assembled, to any extent, or unassembled, including but not 
limited to, vertical components (e.g., uprights, posts, or columns), 
horizontal or diagonal components (e.g., arms or beams), braces, 
frames, locking devices (e.g., end plates and beam connectors), and 
accessories (including, but not limited to, rails, skid channels, skid 
rails, drum/coil beds, fork clearance bars, pallet supports, row 
spacers, and wall ties).
    Merchandise covered by the Order is classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 
7326.90.8688, 9403.20.0081, 9403.90.8041, and 9403.99.9041.\5\ Subject 
merchandise may also be classified under subheadings 7308.90.3000, 
7308.90.6000, 7308.90.9590, and 9403.20.0090. The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and U.S. customs purposes only. The written 
description of the scope is dispositive.
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    \5\ On February 9, 2022, Commerce received a request from U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to update the ACE Case Reference 
File (CRF) for certain steel racks and parts thereof from the 
People's Republic of China. Specifically, CBP requested that 
Commerce add a certain Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number to 
case numbers A570-088 to reflect the 2022 updates to the HTS. On May 
4, 2022, Commerce added the HTS number 9403.99.9041 to the CRF for 
case A-570-088. See Memorandum, ``Request from Customs and Border 
Protection to Update the ACE AD/CVD Case Reference File: Certain 
Steel Racks and Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China 
(A-570-088, C-570-089),'' dated May 4, 2022.
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    A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    On December 2 and 6, 2021, Hebei Minmetals and Luckyroc timely 
filed certifications that they did not export or sell subject 
merchandise during the POR and that there were no suspended entries of 
their subject merchandise into the United States during the POR. Based 
on an analysis of information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP), and each company's certification, we preliminarily determine 
that Hebei Minmetals and Luckyroc did not export or sell subject 
merchandise to, nor was their subject merchandise entered into, the 
United States during the POR.\6\
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    \6\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    Consistent with Commerce's practice, we are not rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to Hebei Minmetals and Luckyroc, but 
intend to complete the review of these companies and issue appropriate 
liquidation and assessment instructions to CBP based on the final 
results of review.\7\
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    \7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011); see also the 
``Assessment Rates'' section, infra.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We 
calculated export prices for the mandatory respondents Nanjing

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Dongsheng Shelf Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dongsheng) and Nanjing 
Ironstone Storage Equipment Co., Ltd. (Ironstone) in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. Further, because China is a non-market economy 
(NME) country within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we 
calculated NV in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
Appendix I 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Separate Rates

    In all proceedings involving an NME country, Commerce maintains a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies are subject to government 
control and, thus, should be assessed a single weighted-average dumping 
margin unless the company can affirmatively demonstrate an absence of 
government control, both in law (de jure) and in fact (de facto), with 
respect to its exports (i.e., can affirmatively demonstrate that it is 
eligible for a separate rate).\8\ Commerce has preliminarily determined 
that information placed on the record by Dongsheng, Ironstone, and 
Nanjing Kingmore Logistics Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 
demonstrates that these companies are eligible for separate rate 
status.\9\
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    \8\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, InPart: Certain Lined 
Paper Products from the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 53079, 
53082 (September 8, 2006); see also Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the 
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 29303, 29307 (May 22, 2006).
    \9\ Commerce has determined that Jiangsu Nova Intelligent 
Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd. is not subject to this proceeding. See 
Commerce's Letter, ``Steel Racks from the People's Republic of 
China: Rejection of Jiangsu Nova's Separate Rate Application,'' 
dated September 30, 2022.
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    However, Commerce has preliminarily determined that each of the 
companies whose name is listed in Appendix II to this notice has not 
demonstrated its eligibility for a separate rate because it did not 
file a separate rate application or separate rate certification with 
Commerce. Therefore, we have preliminarily treated the companies listed 
in Appendix II as part of the China-wide entity.
    Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, the 
China-wide entity is not under review. Accordingly, the weighted-
average dumping margin determined for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
144.50 percent) is not subject to change in this review. For additional 
information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Dumping Margin for the Non-Individually Examined Company Granted a 
Separate Rate

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what 
weighted-average dumping margin to apply to companies not selected for 
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an 
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. 
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act for guidance 
regarding establishing a weighted-average dumping margin for 
respondents which were not individually examined in an administrative 
review.
    Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base 
the all-others rate in an investigation on the weighted average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the 
individually examined respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Where the weighted-
average dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies 
is zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable 
method'' to establish the estimated all-others rate.
    Because the preliminary weighted-average dumping margins calculated 
for the individually examined companies (Dongsheng and Ironstone) in 
this administrative review is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 
on facts available, we have preliminarily assigned Nanjing Kingmore 
Logistics Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Kingmore)--which has been 
found to be eligible for a separate rate, but was not selected for 
individual examination--a dumping margin equal to the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins (based on the publicly ranged total 
sales quantities) calculated for Dongsheng and Ironstone, consistent 
with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\10\ For 
additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Steel Racks and Parts Thereof from the 
People's Republic of China: Calculation of the Weighted-Average 
Dumping Margin for Respondents Not Selected for Individual 
Examination,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margins to 
the companies listed below for the period September 1, 2020, through 
August 31, 2021:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Nanjing Dongsheng Shelf Manufacturing Co., Ltd..............       39.16
Nanjing Ironstone Storage Equipment Co., Ltd................       27.95
Review-Specific Rate Applicable to the Following Non-
 Examined Company:
    Nanjing Kingmore Logistics Equipment Manufacturing Co.,        35.30
     Ltd....................................................
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations performed for these preliminary results of review under 
Administrative Protective Order within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

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Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 
30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review in the Federal Register.\11\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed with 
Commerce no later than seven days after case briefs are due and may 
respond only to arguments raised in the case briefs.\12\ A table of 
contents, list of authorities used, and an executive summary of issues 
should accompany any briefs submitted to Commerce. The summary should 
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.\13\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 
Requests for a hearing should contain: (1) the requesting party's name, 
address, and telephone number; (2) the number of individuals associated 
with the requesting party that will attend the hearing and whether any 
of those individuals is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the 
issues the party intends to discuss at the hearing. Oral arguments at 
the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce will announce the 
date and time of the hearing. Parties should confirm the date and time 
of the hearing two days before the scheduled hearing date.
    All submissions to Commerce, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using 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 on the due date.\14\ Note 
that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until 
further notice.\15\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements); 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing 
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263 
(July 6, 2011).
    \15\ 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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Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results of review in the Federal 
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results of review, Commerce will 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.\16\ 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).
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    For the individually examined respondents whose rate is not zero or 
de minimis, we will calculate importer or customer-specific assessment 
rates in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\17\ Where the respondent 
reported reliable entered values, we intend to calculate importer or 
customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by dividing the total 
amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed U.S. sales to the 
importer or customer by the total entered value of the merchandise sold 
to the importer/customer.\18\ Where the respondent did not report 
entered values, we will calculate importer or customer-specific 
assessment rates by dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for 
all reviewed U.S. sales to the importer or customer by the total 
quantity of those sales. We also will calculate an estimated ad valorem 
importer or customer-specific assessment rate to determine whether the 
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, we will use the per-
unit assessment rate where entered values were not reported.\19\
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    \17\ We applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted 
in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average 
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \19\ Id.
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    Where an importer or customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate 
is not zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to collect the 
appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either the 
respondent's ad valorem weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis, or an importer or customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate 
is zero or de minimis,\20\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \20\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For the companies not individually examined in this administrative 
review that qualified for a separate rate and whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis, the assessment rate for 
antidumping duties will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
determined for the non-individually examined company in the final 
results of this review.\21\ If the weighted-average dumping margin 
determined for a non-individually examined company is zero or de 
minimis, then we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \21\ See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014-2015, 81 
FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum at 10-11, unchanged in Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; Final Determination of No Shipments; 2014-
2015, 81 FR 54042 (August 15, 2016).
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    For companies not eligible for a separate rate, which are therefore 
considered to be part of the China-wide entity, the assessment rate 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide 
entity,\22\ i.e., 144.50 percent.
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    \22\ See Order.
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    Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice,\23\ 
where sales of subject merchandise exported by an individually examined 
respondent were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted by the 
respondent, but the merchandise was entered into the United States 
during the POR, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries of such 
merchandise at the assessment rate for antidumping duties for the 
China-wide entity. Additionally, where Commerce determines that an 
exporter under review had no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR, any suspended entries of subject merchandise that entered 
under that exporter's CBP case number during the POR will be liquidated 
at the assessment rate for antidumping duties for the China-wide 
entity.
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    \23\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full 
discussion of this practice.
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    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the

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assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the review and for future cash deposits of estimated antidumping 
duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on, or after, the date of publication of the notice of 
the final results of this administrative review in the Federal 
Register, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for 
an exporter granted a separate rate in the final results of this 
review, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margin established in the final results of this review for the 
company (except, if the rate is de minimis, then a cash deposit rate of 
zero will be required); (2) for a previously investigated or reviewed 
exporter of subject merchandise not listed in the final results of 
review that has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the exporter's existing cash deposit rate; (3) for all China 
exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
assigned to the China-wide entity, which is 144.50 percent; and (4) for 
a non-China exporter of subject merchandise that does not have a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin applicable to the China exporter(s) that 
supplied that non-China exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to 
comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: September 30, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
VI. Selection of Respondents
VII. Discussion of Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Preliminary Determined To Not Be Eligible for a Separate Rate

1. Ateel Display Industries (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
2. CTC Universal (Zhangzhou) Industrial Co., Ltd.
3. David Metal Craft Manufactory Ltd.
4. Fujian Ever Glory Fixtures Co., Ltd.
5. Guangdong Wireking Housewares and Hardware Co., Ltd.
6. Hebei Wuxin Garden Products Co., Ltd.
7. Huanghua Xinxing Furniture Co., Ltd.
8. i-Lift Equipment Ltd.
9. Johnson (Suzhou) Metal Products Co., Ltd.
10. Master Trust (Xiamen) Import and Export Co., Ltd.
11. Ningbo Xinguang Rack Co., Ltd.
12. Redman Corporation
13. Redman Import & Export Limited
14. Suzhou (China) Sunshine Hardware & Equipment Imp. & Exp. Co. 
Ltd.
15. Tianjin Master Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd.
16. Xiamen Baihuide Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17. Xiamen Ever Glory Fixtures Co., Ltd.
18. Xiamen Golden Trust Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
19. Xiamen Kingfull Imp and Exp Co., Ltd. (d.b.a) Xiamen Kingfull 
Displays Co., Ltd.
20. Xiamen LianHong Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
21. Xiamen Luckyroc Storage Equipment Manufacture Co., Ltd.
22. Xiamen Meitoushan Metal Products Co., Ltd.
23. Xiamen Power Metal Display Co., Ltd.
24. Xiamen XinHuiYuan Industrial & Trade Co., Ltd.
25. Xiamen Yiree Display Fixtures Co., Ltd.
26. Zhangjiagang Better Display Co., Ltd.

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