[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15827-15840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04540]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with January anniversary
dates. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are initiating
those administrative reviews.
DATES: Applicable March 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various AD and CVD orders
with January anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by Commerce discussed below
refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting time.
Respondent Selection
In the event that Commerce limits the number of respondents for
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to
requests made for the orders identified below, except for the
administrative review of the AD order on wooden bedroom furniture from
the People's Republic of China (China), Commerce intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for
U.S. imports during the period of review (POR). We intend to place the
CBP data on the record within five days of publication of the
initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent
selection within 35 days of publication of the initiation Federal
Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent
selection should be submitted within seven days after the placement of
the CBP data on the record of this review. Parties wishing to submit
rebuttal comments should submit those comments within five days after
the deadline for the initial comments.
In the event that Commerce decides it is necessary to limit
individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection
under section 777A(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), the following guidelines regarding collapsing of companies for
purposes of respondent selection will apply. In general, Commerce has
found that determinations concerning whether particular companies
should be ``collapsed'' (e.g., treated as a single entity for purposes
of calculating AD rates) require a substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this review and will not collapse
companies at the respondent selection phase unless there has been a
determination to collapse certain companies in a previous segment of
this AD proceeding (e.g., investigation, administrative review, new
shipper review, or changed circumstances review). For any company
subject to this review, if Commerce determined, or continued to treat,
that company as collapsed with others, Commerce will assume that such
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, Commerce will not
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify which companies subject to
review previously were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the
proceeding in which they were collapsed. Further, if companies are
requested to complete the Quantity and Value (Q&V) Questionnaire for
purposes of respondent selection, in general, each company must report
volume and value data separately for itself. Parties should not include
data for any other party, even if they believe they should be treated
as a single entity with that other party. If a company was collapsed
with another company or companies in the most recently completed
segment of this proceeding where Commerce considered collapsing that
entity, complete Q&V data for that collapsed entity must be submitted.
Respondent Selection--Wooden Bedroom Furniture From China
In the event that Commerce limits the number of respondents
individually examined in the administrative review of the AD order on
wooden bedroom furniture from China, for purposes of the January 1,
2023, through December 31, 2023, POR, Commerce intends to select
respondents based on volume data contained in responses to a Q&V
Questionnaire. All parties under review are hereby notified that they
must timely respond to the Q&V Questionnaire. Commerce's Q&V
Questionnaire, along with certain additional questions, will be
available in a document package at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/prc-WBF-document-Package.pdf on the date that this notice is published
in the Federal Register. Responses to the Q&V Questionnaire must be
filed with the respondents' Separate Rate Application or Separate Rate
Certification (see the Separate Rates section below) and their
responses to the additional questions, and must be received by Commerce
by no later than 30 days after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. Please be advised that due to the time constraints
imposed by the statutory and regulatory deadlines for completing AD
administrative reviews, Commerce does not intend to grant any
extensions for the submission of a response to the Q&V Questionnaire.
Notice of No Sales
With respect to AD administrative reviews, we intend to rescind the
review where there are no suspended entries for a company or entity
under review and/or where there are no suspended entries under the
company-specific case number for that company or entity. Where there
may be suspended entries, if a producer or exporter named in this
notice of initiation had no exports,
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sales, or entries during the POR, it may notify Commerce of this fact
within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register
for Commerce to consider how to treat suspended entries under that
producer's or exporter's company-specific case number.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a
review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that Commerce may extend this time if it is
reasonable to do so. Determinations by Commerce to extend the 90-day
deadline will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Deadline for Particular Market Situation Allegation
Section 504 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 amended
the Act by adding the concept of a particular market situation (PMS)
for purposes of constructed value under section 773(e) of the Act.\1\
Section 773(e) of the Act states that ``if a particular market
situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or
other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost of
production in the ordinary course of trade, the administering authority
may use another calculation methodology under this subtitle or any
other calculation methodology.'' When an interested party submits a PMS
allegation pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce will respond
to such a submission consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). If
Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section 773(e) of the Act, then
it will modify its dumping calculations appropriately.
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\1\ See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law 114-
27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015).
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Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) sets
a deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting factual
information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of the Act,
Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual
information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should
an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new
factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do
so no later than 20 days after submission of initial responses to
section D of the questionnaire.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market economy (NME) countries,
Commerce begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies within
the country are subject to government control and, thus, should be
assigned a single AD deposit rate. It is Commerce's policy to assign
all exporters of merchandise subject to an administrative review in an
NME country this single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it
is sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a
separate rate, Commerce analyzes each entity exporting the subject
merchandise. In accordance with the separate rates criteria, Commerce
assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents
can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government
control over export activities.
All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must
complete, as appropriate, either a Separate Rate Application or
Certification, as described below. In addition, all firms that wish to
qualify for separate rate status in the administrative review of the AD
order on wooden bedroom furniture from China, must complete, as
appropriate, either a Separate Rate Application or Certification, and
respond to the additional questions and the Q&V Questionnaire at
https://access.trade.gov/Resources/prc-WBF-document-Package.pdf.
For these administrative reviews, in order to demonstrate separate
rate eligibility, Commerce requires entities for whom a review was
requested, that were assigned a separate rate in the most recent
segment of this proceeding in which they participated, to certify that
they continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The
Separate Rate Certification form will be available on Commerce's
website at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on
the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. In responding
to the certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate
Certifications are due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days after
publication of this Federal Register notice. For the administrative
review of the AD order on wooden bedroom furniture from China, Separate
Rate Certifications, as well as a response to the additional questions
and the Q&V Questionnaire in the document package, are due to Commerce
no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal
Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a Separate
Rate Certification applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-
owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and export subject
merchandise to the United States.
Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a
completed segment of the proceeding \2\ should timely file a Separate
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure,
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their
official company name,\3\ should timely file a Separate Rate
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this
proceeding. The Separate Rate Application will be available on
Commerce's website at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice.
In responding to the Separate Rate Application, refer to the
instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Applications
are due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days after publication of
this Federal Register notice. For the administrative review of the AD
order on wooden bedroom furniture from China, Separate Rate
Applications, as well as a response to the additional questions and the
Q&V Questionnaire in the document package, are due to Commerce no later
than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal Register
notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a Separate Rate
Application applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned
firms, and foreign sellers
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that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United States.
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\2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
\3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application.
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a
Separate Rate Certification.
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Exporters and producers must file a timely Separate Rate
Application or Certification if they want to be considered for
individual examination. Furthermore, exporters and producers who submit
a Separate Rate Application or Certification and subsequently are
selected as mandatory respondents will no longer be eligible for
separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.
Furthermore, this notice constitutes public notification to all
firms for which an administrative review of the AD order on wooden
bedroom furniture from China has been requested, that are seeking
separate rate status in the review, that they must submit a timely
filed Separate Rate Application or Certification (as appropriate) as
described above, and a timely filed response to the additional
questions and the Q&V Questionnaire in the document package in order to
receive consideration for separate-rate status. In other words,
Commerce will not give consideration to any timely filed Separate Rate
Application or Certification from a party who failed to respond in a
timely manner to the additional questions and the Q&V Questionnaire.
All information submitted by respondents in the administrative review
of the AD order on wooden bedroom furniture from China is subject to
verification. As noted above, the Separate Rate Application and the
Separate Rate Certification will be available on Commerce's website and
the additional questions and the Q&V Questionnaire will be available at
https://access.trade.gov/Resources/prc-WBF-document-Package.pdf on the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating
administrative reviews of the following AD and CVD orders and findings.
We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than
January 31, 2025.
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Period to be reviewed
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AD Proceedings
CANADA: Softwood Lumber A-122-857.............. 1/1/23-12/31/23
0752615 B.C. Ltd.; Fraserview
Remanufacturing Inc.; Fraserview Cedar
Products.
10104704 Manitoba Ltd; Woodstock Forest
Product
1074712 BC Ltd.; Quadra Cedar
5214875 Manitoba Ltd.
54 Reman
9224-5737 Quebec inc.; A.G. Bois
AA Trading Ltd.
Absolute Lumber Products Ltd.
Adwood Manufacturing Ltd
AJ Forest Products Ltd.
Aler Forest Products Ltd.
All American Forest Products Inc.
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.
Anglo American Cedar Products Ltd.; Anglo-
American Cedar Products Ltd.
Antrim Cedar Corporation
Aquila Cedar Products Ltd.
Arbec Lumber Inc.; Arbec Bois Doeuvre Inc.
Aspen Pacific Industries Inc.
Aspen Planers Ltd.
B&L Forest Products Ltd.
B.B. Pallets Inc.; Les Palettes B.B.Inc.
Babine Forest Products Limited
Bakerview Forest Products Inc.
Bardobec Inc.
Barrette-Chapais Ltee
BarretteWood Inc.
Beno[icirc]t & Dionne Produits Forestiers
Ltee; Beno[icirc]t & Dionne Forest
Products Ltd.
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd.
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc.
Bois Aise de Montreal Inc.
Bois Bonsa[iuml] Inc.
Bois Daaquam Inc.; Daaquam Lumber Inc.
Bois D'oeuvre Cedrico Inc.; Cedrico Lumber
Inc.
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc.;
SPEC Wood & Marketing Solution; SPEC Wood
and Marketing Solutions Inc.
Bois Weedon Inc.
Boisaco Inc.
Boscus Canada Inc.
Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd.
BPWood Ltd.
Bramwood Forest Inc.
Brink Forest Products Ltd.
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.
Burrows Lumber (CD) Ltd., Theo A. Burrows
Lumber Company Limited
Busque & Laflamme Inc.
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co. Ltd.
Canada Pallet Corp.
Canadian Bavarian Millwork & Lumber Ltd.
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Canadian Forest Products Ltd.; Canfor Wood
Products Marketing Ltd.; Canfor
Corporation
Canasia Forest Industries Ltd.
Canyon Lumber Company Ltd.
Careau Bois inc.
Carl Wood Lumber Ltd.
Carrier & Begin Inc.
Carrier Forest Products Ltd.
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carter Forest Products Inc.
Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd.
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd.
Cedarcoast Lumber Products
Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.
Cedarline Industries Ltd.
Central Alberta Pallet Supply
Central Cedar Ltd.
Central Forest Products Inc.
Centurion Lumber Ltd.
Chaleur Forest Products Inc.
Chaleur Forest Products LP
Channel-ex Trading Corporation
CHAP Alliance, Inc.
Chinook Wood Products Ltd.
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd.
Clermond Hamel Ltee
CLG Enterprises Inc.
CNH Products Inc.
Coast Clear Wood Ltd.
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd.
Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd.; Teal
Cedar Products Ltd.; The Teal Jones Group
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd.
Comox Valley Shakes Ltd. (2019); Comox
Valley Shakes (2019) Ltd.
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc.
Coulson Manufacturing Ltd.
Cowichan Lumber Ltd.
CS Manufacturing Inc.; Cedarshed
CWP--Industriel Inc.
CWP--Montreal Inc.
D & D Pallets Ltd.
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.
Deep Cove Forest Products, Inc.
Delco Forest Products Ltd.
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.
DH Manufacturing Inc.
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd.
Distribution Rioux Inc.
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.
Downie Timber Ltd.
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
EACOM Timber Corporation
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Edgewood Forest Products Inc.
Elrod Cartage Ltd.
ER Probyn Export Ltd.
Falcon Lumber Ltd.
Fontaine Inc.
Foothills Forest Products Inc.
Forest Products Mauricie LP; Societe en
commandite Scierie Opitciwan; Resolute
Growth Canada Inc.; Resolute FP Canada
Inc.; Resolute-LP Engineered Wood
Larouche Inc.; Resolute-LP Engineered Wood
St-Prime Limited Partnership
Fort St. James Forest Products Limited
Partnership
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd.
FraserWood Industries Ltd.
Furtado Forest Products Ltd.
Galloway Lumber Company Ltd.
Glandell Enterprises Inc.
Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd.
Goldwood Industries Ltd.
Goodfellow Inc.
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
Greendale Industries Inc.
GreenFirst Forest Products (QC) Inc.
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Greenwell Resources Inc.
Griff Building Supplies Ltd.
Groupe Crete Chertsey Inc.
Groupe Crete Division St-Faustin Inc.
Groupe Lebel Inc.
Groupe Lignarex Inc.
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.
Haida Forest Products Ltd.
Halo Sawmill, a division of Delta Cedar
Specialties Ltd.; Halo Sawmill
Manufacturing
Limited Partnership
Hampton Tree Farms, LLC; Hampton Lumber
Sales Canada
Hornepayne Lumber LP
Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.
Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.
Imperial Cedar Products Ltd.
Independent Building Materials Distribution
Inc.
Interfor Corporation; Interfor Sales &
Marketing Ltd.
Intertran Holdings Ltd.; Richmond Terminal
Island Cedar Products Ltd.
Ivor Forest Products Ltd.
J&G Log Works Ltd.
J.D. Irving, Limited
J.H. Huscroft Ltd.
Jan Woodlands (2001) Inc.
Jasco Forest Products Ltd.
Jazz Forest Products Ltd.
Jhajj Lumber Corporation
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kan Wood Ltd.
Kebois Ltee; Kebois Ltd.
Kelfor Industries Ltd.
Kermode Forest Products Ltd.
Keystone Timber Ltd.
Kings Wood Products Inc.
Kirkland Lake Forest Products Inc.
La Crete Sawmills Ltd.
Lafontaine Lumber Inc.
Langevin Forest Products Inc.
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited
Leisure Lumber Ltd.
Les Bardeaux Lajoie Inc.
Les Bois d'oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier Inc.
Les Bois Martek Lumber
Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc.
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltee; Les
Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltd.
Les Industries P.F. Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee; D&G
Forest Products Ltd.
Les Produits Forestiers Sitka Inc.; Sitka
Forest Products Inc.
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.
Lignum Forest Products LLP
Linwood Homes Ltd.
Lonestar Lumber lnc.
Lulumco Inc.
Madera Forest Products INC
Magnum Forest Products Ltd.
Maibec Inc.
Mainland Sawmill, a division of Terminal
Forest Products; Terminal Forest Products
Ltd.
Manitou Forest Products Ltd.
Manning Forest Products Ltd.; Sundre Forest
Products Inc.; Blue Ridge Lumber Inc.;
West Fraser Mills Ltd.
Marcel Lauzon Inc.
Marwood Ltd.
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.
Metrie Canada Ltd.
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd.
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.
Mill & Timber Products Ltd.
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Mirax Lumber Products Ltd.
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.
Modern Terminal Ltd.
Monterra Lumber Mills Limited
Morwood Forest Products Inc.
Multicedre Ltee
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Murray Brothers Lumber Company Ltd.
Nagaard Sawmill Ltd.
Nakina Lumber Inc.
National Forest Products Ltd.
Nicholson and Cates Ltd.
Nickel Lake Lumber
Norsask Forest Products Inc.
Norsask Forest Products Limited Partnership
North American Forest Products Ltd.
(located in Abbotsford, British Columbia)
North American Forest Products Ltd.
(located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick)
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
Northland Forest Products Ltd.
NSC Lumber Ltd.
Oakwood Manufacturing A Division of Weston
Forest Products Inc.
Olympic Industries Inc.
Olympic Industries ULC
Oregon Canadian Forest Products; Oregon
Canadian Forest Products Inc.
Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd.
Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.
Pacific NorthWest Lumber Ltd.
Pacific Pallet Ltd.
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.
PalletSource Inc.
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.
Partap Forest Products Ltd.
Partap Industries
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
Peak Industries (Cranbrook) Ltd.
Phoenix Forest Products Inc.
Pine Ideas Ltd.
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd.
Plaster Rock Lumber Corporation
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.
Portbec Forest Products Ltd.; Les Produits
Forestiers Portbec Ltee
Power Wood Corp.
Precision Cedar Products Corp.
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc.
Produits Matra Inc.
Promobois G.D.S. Inc.
R.A. Green Lumber Ltd.
RBC Timber Products
Rembos Inc.
Rene Bernard Inc.
Rick Dubois
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.
River City Remanufacturing Inc.
Riverside Forest Products Inc.
S&R Sawmills Ltd.
S&W Forest Products Ltd.
San Group
San Industries Ltd.
Sapphire Lumber Company
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.
Scierie St-Michel Inc.
Scierie West Brome Inc.
Scott Lumber Sales; Scott Lumber Sales Ltd.
Sechoirs de Beauce Inc.
Shakertown Corp.
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd.
Silvaris Corporation
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
Skana Forest Products Ltd.
Skeena Sawmills Ltd.
Smart Wood Forest Products Ltd.
Smartlam LLC
Sonora Logging Ltd.
Source Forest Products
South Beach Trading Inc.
South Coast Reman Ltd.; Southcoast Millwork
Ltd.
South Fraser Container Terminals
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc.;
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc. (SBC)
Spruceland Millworks Inc.
Star Lumber Canada Ltd.
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Suncoast Industries Inc.
Suncoh Custom Lumber Ltd.
Sundher Timber Products Inc.
Surplus G Rioux
Surrey Cedar Ltd.
Swiftwood Forest Products Ltd.
T&P Trucking Ltd.
Taan Forest Limited Partnership; Taan
Forest Products
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
Tall Tree Lumber Company
Temrex Forest Products LP; Produits
Forestiers Temrex SEC.
Tenryu Canada Corporation
TG Wood Products Ltd.
The Wood Source Inc.
Tolko Industries Ltd.; Tolko Marketing and
Sales Ltd.; Gilbert Smith Forest Products
Ltd.
Top Quality Lumber Ltd.
Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.
Triad Forest Products Ltd.
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc.
Tyee Timber Products Ltd.
Universal Lumber Sales Ltd.
Usine Sartigan Inc.
Vaagen Fibre Canada ULC
Valley Cedar 2 Inc.
Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd.
Vancouver Urban Timberworks Ltd.; Van Urban
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.
Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd.
Visscher Lumber Inc.
W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc.
Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd.
Watkins Sawmills Ltd.
West Bay Forest Products Ltd.
West Coast Panel Cutters
Western Forest Products Inc.
Western Lumber Sales Limited
Western Timber Products, Inc.
Westminster Industries Ltd.
Weston Forest Products Inc.
Westrend Exteriors Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
White River Forest Products L.P.
Winton Homes Ltd.
Woodline Forest Products Ltd.
Woodtone Specialties Inc.
WWW Timber Products Ltd.
GERMANY: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks, A-428- 1/1/23-12/31/23
847...........................................
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH
INDIA: Polyester Textured Yarn, A-533-885...... 1/1/23-12/31/23
AYM Syntex Ltd.
ITALY: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks, A-475-840 1/1/23-12/31/23
Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.
Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A.
ST9 Gas + Oil, LLC
SOUTH AFRICA: Ferrovanadium, A-791-815......... 1/1/23-12/31/23
Bushveld Minerals Limited
Bushveld Vanchem
Glencore South Africa
Rhovan-Bakwena Vanadium Venture
THAILAND: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 1/1/23-12/31/23
Strand, A-549-820.............................
Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Certain 1/1/23-12/31/23
Hardwood Plywood Products, A-570-051..........
Anhui Hoda Wood Co., Ltd.
Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd
Bizlink Technology Inc.
BTR New Material Group Co., Ltd.
Celtic Co., Ltd
China Friend Limited
Cosco Star International Co., Ltd.
Dalian Sicily Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Eagle Industries Company Limited
First Part Manufacturing Limited
Fujian Yuansheng Wood., Ltd
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd
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Golden Bridge Industries
Golder International Trade Co., Ltd
Govina Investment Joint Stock Company
Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company
Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
Happy Wood Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
Huainan Mengping Import and Export Co., Ltd
Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Top Point International Co., Ltd
Jiaxing Gsun Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd
Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co., Ltd
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd.
Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited
Linyi City Dongfang Fukai Wood Industry
Co., Ltd
Linyi City Shenrui International Trade Co.,
Ltd
Linyi Dahua Wood Co., Ltd
Linyi Dongstar Import & Export Co., Ltd
Linyi Evergreen Wood Co., Ltd.
Linyi Glary Plywood Co., Ltd.
Linyi Hengsheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Linyi Huasheng Yongbin Wood Co., Ltd.
Linyi Jiahe Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Linyi Linhai Wood Co., Ltd
Linyi Mingzhu Wood Co., Ltd
Phihong Technology Co., Ltd.
Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd
Linyi Sanfortune Wood Co., Ltd.
Lianyungang Yuantai International Trade
Co., Ltd
Qingdao Good Faith Import and Export Co.,
Ltd
Qingdao Top P&Q International Corp.
Shandong Qishan International Trading Co.,
Ltd
Shanghai Brightwood Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Futuwood Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Luli Trading Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Kedali Industry Co., Ltd
Suining Pengxiang Wood Co., Ltd
Sumec International Technology Co., Ltd
Sun Chain Trading Co., Ltd.
Suqian Hopeway International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
Suzhou Dongsheng Wood Co., Ltd
Suzhou Fengshuwan Import and Exports Trade
Co., Ltd
Suzhou Oriental Dragon Import and Export
Co., Ltd.
Thang Long Wood Panel Company
Xuzhou Andefu Wood Co., Ltd
Xuzhou DNT Commercial Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Eastern Huatai International Trading
Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Jiangheng Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Longyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Pinlin International Trade Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Shengping Imp and Exp Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Shelter Import & Export Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Shuner Import & Export Trade Co. Ltd
Xuzhou Timber International Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Zhejiang Xingke Wood Co., Ltd
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Potassium 1/1/23-12/31/23
Permanganate, A-570-001.......................
Chongqing Changyuan Chemical Corporation
Limited
Chongqing Changyuan Group Limited
Pacific Accelerator Limited
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Wooden Bedroom 1/1/23-12/31/23
Furniture, A-570-890..........................
Dongguan Chengcheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Eurosa Furniture Co., (PTE) Ltd.RE
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd.
Golden Well International (HK), Ltd.
Zhangzhou XMB Furniture Product Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings Ltd.
Pyla HK Ltd.
Maria Yee, Inc.
Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture
Co., Ltd.
Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co.,
Ltd.
Jiangsu Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co.,
Ltd.
Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd.
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Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co. Ltd.
Fortune Glory Industrial, Ltd. (HK Ltd.)
Nathan International Ltd.
Nathan Rattan Factory
Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd.
PuTian JingGong Furniture Co., Ltd.
Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd.
Rui Feng Lumber Development Co., Ltd.
Dorbest Ltd.
Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co.,
Ltd.
Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co.,
Ltd.
Golden Lion International Trading Ltd.
Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Carven Industries Ltd. (BVI)
Carven Industries Ltd. (HK)
Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Tradewinds Furniture Ltd. (successor-in-
interest to Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co.)
Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.)
Wanvog Furniture (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Yushea Furniture Co., Ltd.
Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc.
Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co. Ltd.
Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co.
Ltd.
Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific & Educational
Equipment Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial
Co., Ltd.
Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd.
CVD Proceedings
CANADA: Softwood Lumber, C-122-858 \4\......... 1/1/23-12/31/23
0752615 B.C Ltd; Fraserview Remanufacturing
Inc, dba Fraserview Cedar Products
10104704 Manitoba Ltd O/A Woodstock Forest
Products
1074712 BC Ltd. (Quadra Cedar)
5214875 Manitoba Ltd.; AM Lumber Brokerage
54 Reman
9224-5737 Quebec Inc. (aka A.G. Bois)
Absolute Lumber Products, Ltd.
Adwood Manufacturing Ltd.
AJ Forest Products Ltd.
Aler Forest Products, Ltd.
All American Forest Products Inc.
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.
Anglo-American Cedar Products, Ltd.
Antrim Cedar Corporation
Aquila Cedar Products Ltd.
Arbec Lumber Inc. (aka Arbec Bois Doeuvre
Inc.)
Aspen Pacific Industries Inc.
Aspen Planers Ltd.
B&L Forest Products Ltd.
B.B. Pallets Inc. (aka Les Palettes B.B.
Inc.)
Babine Forest Products Limited
Bakerview Forest Products Inc.
Bardobec Inc.
Barrette-Chapais Ltee
BarretteWood inc.
Benoit & Dionne Produits Forestiers Ltee
(aka Benoit & Dionne Forest Products Ltd.)
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd.
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc.
Bois Aise de Montreal Inc.
Bois Bonsai Inc.
Bois D'oeuvre Cedrico Inc. (aka Cedrico
Lumber Inc.)
Bois Daaquam inc. (aka Daaquam Lumber Inc.)
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc. (aka
SPEC Wood & Marketing Solution or SPEC
Wood and Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Bois Weedon Inc.
Boisaco Inc.
Boscus Canada Inc.
Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd.
BPWood Ltd.
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Bramwood Forest Inc.
Brink Forest Products Ltd.
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.
Burrows Lumber (CD) Ltd., Theo A. Burrows
Lumber Company Limited (aka Burrows Lumber
Inc.)
Busque & Laflamme Inc.
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co., Ltd.
Canadian Bavarian Millwork & Lumber Ltd.
Canadian Forest Products, Ltd.; Canfor
Corporation; Canfor Wood Products
Marketing, Ltd.
Canasia Forest Industries Ltd.
Canyon Lumber Company, Ltd.
CarlWood Lumber Ltd.
Carrier & Begin Inc.
Carrier Forest Products Ltd.
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carter Forest Products Inc.
Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd.
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd.
Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.
Cedarline Industries Ltd.
Central Alberta Pallet Supply
Central Cedar Ltd.
Central Forest Products Inc.
Centurion Lumber Ltd.
Chaleur Forest Products Inc.
Chaleur Forest Products LP
Channel-ex Trading Corporation
CHAP Alliance Inc.
Chinook Wood Products Ltd.
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd
Clermond Hamel Ltee
CLG Enterprises Inc.
CNH Products Inc.
Coast Clear Wood Ltd.
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd.
Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd.; Teal
Cedar Products Ltd., dba The Teal Jones
Group
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd.
Comox Valley Shakes (2019) Ltd.
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc.
Coulson Manufacturing Ltd.
Cowichan Lumber Ltd.
CS Manufacturing Inc., dba Cedarshed
CWP--Montreal inc.
CWP Industriel Inc. (aka CWP--Industriel
Inc.)
D & D Pallets Ltd.
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.
Deep Cove Forest Products, Inc.
Delco Forest Products Ltd.
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.
DH Manufacturing Inc.
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd.
Distribution Rioux Inc.
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.
Downie Timber Ltd.
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
EACOM Timber Corporation
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Edgewood Forest Products Inc.
Elrod Cartage Ltd.
ER Probyn Export Ltd.
Falcon Lumber Ltd.
Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les
Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee;
Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc.
Foothills Forest Products Inc.
Fort St. James Forest Products Limited
Partnership
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd.
FraserWood Industries Ltd.
Furtado Forest Products Ltd.
Galloway Lumber Company Ltd.
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.
Glandell Enterprises Inc.
Goldwood Industries Ltd.
Goodfellow Inc.
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
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Greendale Industries Inc.
GreenFirst Forest Products (QC) Inc.
Greenwell Resources Inc.
Griff Building Supplies Ltd.
Groupe Crete Chertsey Inc.
Groupe Crete Division St-Faustin Inc.
Groupe Lebel Inc.
Groupe Lignarex inc.
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.
Haida Forest Products Ltd.
Halo Sawmill Manufacturing Limited
Partnership
Hampton Tree Farms, LLC, dba Hampton Lumber
Sales Canada
Hornepayne Lumber LP
Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.
Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.
Independent Building Materials Distribution
Inc.
Interfor Corporation
Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd.
Intertran Holdings Ltd., dba Richmond
Terminal
Island Cedar Products Ltd
Ivor Forest Products Ltd.
J&G Log Works Ltd.
J.D. Irving, Limited; Irving Paper Limited;
Miramichi Timber Holdings Limited;
Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd.; St. George
Pulp & Paper Limited; The New Brunswick
Railway Company
J.H. Huscroft Ltd.
Jan Woodlands (2001) Inc.
Jasco Forest Products Ltd.
Jazz Forest Products Ltd.
Jhajj Lumber Corporation
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kan Wood, Ltd.
Kebois Ltee/Ltd
Kelfor Industries Ltd.
Kermode Forest Products Ltd.
Keystone Timber Ltd.
Kings Wood Products Inc.
Kirkland Lake Forest Products Inc.
L'Atelier de Readaptation au travil de
Beauce Inc.
La Crete Sawmills Ltd.
Lafontaine Lumber Inc.
Langevin Forest Products Inc.
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited
Leisure Lumber Ltd.
Les Bardeaux Lajoie Inc.
Les Bois d'oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier Inc.
Les Bois Martek Lumber
Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc.
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltd./Ltee
Les Industries P.F. Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers Sitka Inc. (aka
Sitka Forest Products Inc.)
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.
Lignum Forest Products LLP
Linwood Homes Ltd.
Lonestar Lumber lnc.
Lulumco inc.
Magnum Forest Products, Ltd.
Maibec Inc.
Mainland Sawmill, a division of Terminal
Forest Products Ltd.
Manitou Forest Products Ltd
Marwood Ltd.
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.
Metrie Canada Ltd.
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd.
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.
Mill & Timber Products Ltd.
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Mirax Lumber Products Ltd.
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.; J.F.S.R.
Inc.; Gestion C.A. Rancourt Inc.; Gestion
J.F. Rancourt Inc.; Gestion Suzie Rancourt
Inc.; Gestion P.H.Q. Inc.; 9331-3419
Quebec Inc.; 9331-3468 Quebec Inc.; SPQ
Inc.
Monterra Lumber Mills Limited
Morwood Forest Products Inc.
Multicedre ltee
Murray Brothers Lumber Company Ltd
Nakina Lumber Inc.
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National Forest Products Ltd.
Nicholson and Cates Ltd.
NorSask Forest Products Inc.
NorSask Forest Products Limited Partnership
North American Forest Products Ltd.
(located in Abbotsford, British Columbia)
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
Northland Forest Products Ltd.
Oakwood Manufacturing, A Division of Weston
Forest Products Inc.
Olympic Industries, Inc.; Olympic
Industries Inc-Reman Code; Olympic
Industries ULC; Olympic Industries ULC-
Reman; Olympic Industries ULC-Reman Code
Oregon Canadian Forest Products Inc., dba
Oregon Canadian Forest Products
Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd.
Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.
Pacific NorthWest Lumber Ltd.
Pacific Pallet, Ltd.
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.
PalletSource Inc.
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.
Partap Forest Products Ltd.
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
Peak Industries (Cranbrook) Ltd.
Phoenix Forest Products Inc.
Pine Ideas Ltd.
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd.
Plaster Rock Lumber Corporation
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.
Portbec Forest Products Ltd (aka Les
Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee)
Power Wood Corp.
Precision Cedar Products Corp.
Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka Kenora
Forest Products)
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc.
Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c. (aka
Temrex Forest Products LP)
Produits Matra Inc.; Sechoirs de Beauce
Inc.; Bois Ouvre de Beauceville (1992),
Inc.
Promobois G.D.S. Inc.
R.A. Green Lumber Ltd.
Rayonier A.M. Canada GP
RBC Timber Products
Rembos Inc.
Rene Bernard inc.
Resolute FP Canada Inc.; 9192-8515 Quebec
Inc.; Abitibi-Bowater Canada Inc.; Bowater
Canadian Ltd.; Produits Forestiers Maurice
SEC.; Resolute Forest Products Inc.
Rick Dubois
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.
River City Remanufacturing Inc.
Riverside Forest Products Inc.
S&R Sawmills Ltd.
S&W Forest Products Ltd.
San Group
San Industries Ltd.
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.
Scierie St-Michel Inc.
Scierie West Brome Inc.
Scott Lumber Sales Ltd.
Shakertown Corp.
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd.
Silvaris Corporation
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
Skana Forest Products Ltd.
Skeena Sawmills Ltd.
Source Forest Products
South Beach Trading Inc.
South Coast Reman Ltd.
South Fraser Container Terminals
Southcoast Millwork Ltd.
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc. (aka
SBC)
Spruceland Millworks Inc.
Star Lumber Canada Ltd.
Suncoast Industries Inc.
Suncoh Custom Lumber Ltd.
Sundher Timber Products Inc.
Surplus G Rioux
Surrey Cedar Ltd.
Taan Forest Limited Partnership (aka Taan
Forest Products)
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
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Tall Tree Lumber Company
Tenryu Canada Corporation
Terminal Forest Products Ltd.
TG Wood Products
The Wood Source Inc.
Tolko Industries Ltd.; Tolko Marketing and
Sales Ltd.; Meadow Lake OSB Limited
Partnership
Top Quality Lumber Ltd.
Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.
Triad Forest Products Ltd.
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc.
Tyee Timber Products Ltd.
Universal Lumber Sales Ltd.
Usine Sartigan Inc.
Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC
Valley Cedar 2 Inc.
Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd.
Vancouver Urban Timberworks Ltd. (aka Van
Urban)
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.
Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd.
Visscher Lumber Inc.
W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc.
Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd.
Watkins Sawmills Ltd.
West Bay Forest Products Ltd.
West Coast Panel Cutters
West Fraser Mills Ltd.; Blue Ridge Lumber
Inc.; Manning Forest Products, Ltd.;
Sundre Forest Products Inc.; Sunpine Inc.;
West Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd.; West
Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Western Forest Products Inc.
Western Lumber Sales Limited
Westminster Industries Ltd.
Weston Forest Products Inc.
Westrend Exteriors Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
White River Forest Products L.P.
Winton Homes Ltd.
Woodline Forest Products Ltd.
Woodstock Forest Products
Woodtone Specialties Inc.
GERMANY: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks, C-428- 1/1/23-12/31/23
848...........................................
BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH
Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH
INDIA: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks, C-533-894 1/1/23-12/31/23
A. Finkl & Sons
Ellwood City Forge Companny
Ellwood National Steel Company
Ellwood Quality Steels Company
ITALY: Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks, C-475-841 1/1/23-12/31/23
Forge Monchieri S.p.A
Lucchini Mam[eacute] Forge S.p.A.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Certain 1/1/23-12/31/23
Hardwood Plywood Products, C-570-052..........
Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd
Eagle Industries Company Limited
Golden Bridge Industries
Govina Investment Joint Stock Company
Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company
Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd.
Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited
Thang Long Wood Panel Company
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Suspension Agreements
None.\4\
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\4\ Commerce received requests for review for the following
companies: Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee (aka D&G Forest Products
Ltd.); Marcel Lauzon Inc.; North American Forest Products Ltd.
(located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick); and Scierie Alexandre
Lemay & Fils Inc. Because these companies are excluded from the CVD
order, we have not initiated an administrative review for those
companies. See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice
of Reinstatement of Exclusion from the Countervailing Duty Order,
December 7, 2023 (88 FR 85225).
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Duty Absorption Reviews
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of
the publication of an AD order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a determination
under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or suspended
investigation (after sunset review), Commerce, if requested by a
domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of publication of
the notice of initiation of the review, will determine whether ADs have
been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to the review if the
subject merchandise is sold in the United States
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through an importer that is affiliated with such exporter or producer.
The request must include the name(s) of the exporter or producer for
which the inquiry is requested.
Gap Period Liquidation
For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the relevant ``gap'' period of the order (i.e., the
period following the expiry of provisional measures and before
definitive measures were put into place), if such a gap period is
applicable to the POR.
Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with the procedures
outlined in Commerce's regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures
apply to administrative reviews included in this notice of initiation.
Parties wishing to participate in any of these administrative reviews
should ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures
(e.g., the filing of separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19
CFR 351.103(d)).
Factual Information Requirements
Commerce's regulations identify five categories of factual
information in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are summarized as follows:
(i) evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence
placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other than factual
information described in (i)-(iv). These regulations require any party,
when submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection
of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted and, if the
information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual
information already on the record, to provide an explanation
identifying the information already on the record that the factual
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The regulations, at 19
CFR 351.301, also provide specific time limits for such factual
submissions based on the type of factual information being submitted.
Please review the Final Rule,\5\ available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-07-17/pdf/2013-17045.pdf, prior to submitting
factual information in this segment. Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).\6\
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\5\ See Certification of Factual Information To Import
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
\6\ Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final
Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).
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Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information using
the formats provided at the end of the Final Rule.\7\ Commerce intends
to reject factual submissions in any proceeding segments if the
submitting party does not comply with applicable certification
requirements.
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\7\ See section 782(b) of the Act; see also Final Rule; and the
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Extension of Time Limits Regulation
Parties may request an extension of time limits before a time limit
established under Part 351 expires, or as otherwise specified by
Commerce.\8\ In general, an extension request will be considered
untimely if it is filed after the time limit established under Part 351
expires. For submissions which are due from multiple parties
simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it
is filed after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. Examples include, but are
not limited to: (1) case and rebuttal briefs, filed pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309; (2) factual information to value factors under 19 CFR
351.408(c), or to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR
351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal,
clarification and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR
351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments concerning the selection of a surrogate
country and surrogate values and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning CBP
data; and (5) Q&V questionnaires. Under certain circumstances, Commerce
may elect to specify a different time limit by which extension requests
will be considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple
parties simultaneously. In such a case, Commerce will inform parties in
the letter or memorandum setting forth the deadline (including a
specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be
considered timely. This policy also requires that an extension request
must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission, and clarifies the
circumstances under which Commerce will grant untimely-filed requests
for the extension of time limits. Please review the Final Rule,
available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to submitting factual information in these segments.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.302.
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These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: February 28, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-04540 Filed 3-4-24; 8:45 am]
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