[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19185-19186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07887]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 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 countervailing duty order on multilayered
wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China
(China) for the period of review January 1, 2023, through December 31,
2023.
DATES: Applicable May 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Schueler or Laurel Smalley,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9175
or (202) 482-3456, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 8, 2011, Commerce issued a countervailing duty order on
wood flooring from China.\1\ On December 3, 2024, Commerce published in
the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered
wood flooring from the People's Republic of China for the period of
review January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.\2\ We received
timely requests for an administrative review from Riverside Plywood
Corporation, including its cross-owned affiliates Baroque Timber
Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.; and
Zhongshan Lianjia Flooring Co., Ltd., (collectively, Riverside Plywood)
\3\ and seven other Chinese producers and/or exporters of multilayered
wood flooring.\4\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated an administrative review with respect to these eight
companies on January 27, 2025, in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\5\ For the reasons explained
below, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to all
eight companies.
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011);
and Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484
(February 3, 2012), wherein the scope of the order was modified
(collectively, Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 89 FR 95737 (December 3, 2024).
\3\ See Riverside Plywood's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated December 31, 2024.
\4\ See Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd. and Hunchun Xingjia
wooden Flooring Inc's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,''
dated December 28, 2024; see also Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.
et al.'s, ``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated December 30,
2024.
\5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
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Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Riverside Plywood withdrew its
request for an administrative review by the established deadline.\6\ No
other party requested an administrative review of Riverside Plywood or
its cross-owned affiliates. As a result, Commerce is rescinding this
review with respect to Riverside Plywood, including its cross-owned
affiliates, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\6\ See Riverside Plywood's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
an Administrative Review,'' dated April 9, 2025.
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On February 11, 2025, Commerce notified interested parties that, in
the absence of suspended entries during the POR, we intended to rescind
this administrative review with respect to the following seven
producers and/or exporters pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3): (1)
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC; (2) HaiLin LinJing Wooden
Products Co., Ltd.; (3) Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.; (4)
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.; (5) Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.; (6)
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.; and (7) Zhejiang Shiyou Timber
Co., Ltd.\7\ No party commented on our Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
Therefore, we find that there are no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise for these seven companies based on our review of the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data on the record.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated February 11, 2025 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of a countervailing duty order when
Commerce concludes that there were no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for an exporter or producer.\8\ Normally,
upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the countervailing duty assessment rate for the review
period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted,
there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct
CBP to liquidate at the calculated countervailing duty assessment rate
for the review period.\10\ As noted above, there were no entries of
subject merchandise during the POR from any of the seven companies
remaining under review. Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable,
suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, and because
the sole remaining respondent timely withdrew its request for review,
we are rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) and (3).
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\8\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Rescission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January
24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
As Commerce has proceeded to a rescission of this administrative
review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly, the current
cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a 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 January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or conversion to
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judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: April 30, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-07887 Filed 5-5-25; 8:45 am]
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