[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61059-61060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16758]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-092]


Mattresses From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on mattresses from 
the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR)

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December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable July 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey 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) 482-2972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 16, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on mattresses from China.\1\ On December 1, 
2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On 
December 29, 2023, Commerce received a timely request from domestic 
interested parties Corsicana Mattress Company, Future Foam Inc., FXI, 
Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Serta 
Simmons Bedding, LLC, and Tempur Sealy International, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners), in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(b)(1), to conduct an administrative review of the Order for 44 
companies.\3\
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    \1\ See Mattresses from the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 68395 (December 16, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 83917 (December 
1, 2023).
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review 
of Antidumping Order,'' dated December 29, 2023.
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    On February 8, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports 
of mattresses exported by 44 companies, in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i).\4\ On February 27, 2024, we placed on the record U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for entries of mattresses from 
China during the POR, showing no reviewable POR entries and invited 
interested parties to comment.\5\ No interested party submitted 
comments to Commerce regarding the CBP data.
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 8641 (February 8, 2024) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs and Border Protection 
Data,'' dated February 27, 2024.
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    On April 2, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its 
intent to rescind the instant review in full because there were no 
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by any of the 44 
companies listed in the Initiation Notice during the POR and invited 
interested parties to comment.\6\ No interested party submitted 
comments to Commerce in response to this notice.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,'' 
dated April 2, 2024.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order when 
there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
for which liquidation is suspended.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the 
antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the review period.\8\ 
Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be 
a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to 
liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the 
review period.\9\ As noted above, there were no entries of subject 
merchandise for any of the 44 companies listed in the Initiation Notice 
during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this 
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut- 
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 
24, 2023); and Lightweight Thermal Paper from Japan: Rescission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 18373 (March 13, 
2024).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 24, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-16758 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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