[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25209-25212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10950]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-117]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that exporters subject to this review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR), February 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024. Further, Commerce is
also rescinding this review with respect to 20 of the 38 companies/
company groupings under review. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of review.
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DATES: Applicable June 16, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Hannah Lee, 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) 482-1766 or (202)
482-1216, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wood mouldings and millwork products
(millwork products) from China.\1\ After receiving multiple review
requests,\2\ Commerce initiated this review.\3\ In May 2024, various
companies/company groupings submitted no shipment certifications.\4\
Also in May 2024, various companies filed separate rate applications or
certifications, along with responses to Commerce's quantity and value
questionnaire. In June and July 2024, interested parties timely
withdrew review requests of four companies for which no other party
requested review.\5\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 7366, 7367
(February 2, 2024).
\2\ See the Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated February 29, 2024; see also Yinfeng's Letter,
``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated February 29, 2024; Bel
Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian et al.'s Letter,
``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated February 29, 2024;
Jeld-Wen. Inc.'s Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,''
dated February 29, 2024; Composite Technology International
Limited's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated
February 29,2024;) Perfect Window Fashions Co., Ltd. (Perfect
Window's) Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review,'' dated
February 29, 2024; Foutiou Frames Limited's Letter, ``Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated February 28, 2024; and Zhangzhou
Wangjiamei Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.'s Letter, ``Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated February 27, 2024.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 24780 (April 9, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Jim Fine Wooden Products Co., Ltd. (Jim Fine's) Letter,
``Submission of Jim Fine's No Shipment Certification,'' dated May 6;
see also Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.'s (Jiangsu Wenfeng's)
Letter, ``Separate Rate Certification and No Shipment
Certification'', dated May 7, 2024; Baixing's Letter, ``No Sales
Certification & Separate Rate Certification,'' dated May 9, 2024;
and); Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Ltd.'s
(Zhangping Kimura's) Letter, ``No Sales Certification & Separate
Rate Certification,'' dated May 9, 2024.
\5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated July 8, 2024; see also Letters,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review'', dated June 25,
2024 and July 8, 202{4{time} .
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On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ On November 5, 2024,
Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of
this review until March 7, 2025.\7\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by an
additional 90 days.\8\ The deadline for the preliminary results of this
review is now June 5, 2025.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November
5, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is wood mouldings and millwork
products. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication
of the notice of initiation of the requested review in the Federal
Register. Interested parties timely withdrew all review requests for
four companies for which Commerce initiated this review. Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this
review of the Order with respect to all the companies listed in
Appendix III.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(a), ``{g{time} enerally, the amount of
duties to be assessed is determined in a review of the order covering a
discrete period of time.'' Thus, normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, suspended entries of subject merchandise are
liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\9\ Therefore, in order to apply the final antidumping
duty liability that was determined in an administrative review for a
particular company, there must be at least one suspended entry of that
company's subject merchandise that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the antidumping duty
assessment rate calculated for the review period. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), Commerce may rescind an administrative review if it
concludes that, during the period covered by the review, there were no
entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise, as the case may
be.\10\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ 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).
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Because the entry data that we obtained from CBP showed no
suspended entries of subject merchandise from the 20 companies
identified in Appendix IV, on October 1, 2024, we notified parties of
our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to those
companies.\11\ No one commented on our intent to rescind this review
with respect to these companies. Therefore, in the absence of any
suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR from the
companies listed in Appendix IV, we are rescinding this administrative
review with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated October 1, 2024.
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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). Because
China is a non-market economy (NME) country within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we
calculated normal value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary
results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates
In the Initiation Notice, we informed parties that all firms for
which an NME review was initiated that wished to qualify for separate
rate status must complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate
application or a separate rate certification.\12\
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\12\ See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 24781.
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We preliminarily determine that both mandatory respondents,
Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd. (Longquan Jiefeng) and Zhejiang Senya
Board Industry Co., Ltd. (Senya Board) (collectively, Longquan Jiefeng/
Senya Board) \13\ and Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd.
(Yinfeng)/Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood
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Machining Co., Ltd. (Mangrove) (collectively, Yinfeng/Mangrove), as
well as 12 other companies have demonstrated separate rate
eligibility.\14\
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\13\ We have determined that it is appropriate to treat
affiliates Longquan Jiefeng and Senya Board as a single entity for
purposes of this administrative review. For further discussion, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See Appendix II.
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China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\15\ Under this policy,
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity,
the entity is not under review and the weighted average dumping margin
assigned to the China-wide entity is not subject to change as a result
of this administrative review.
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\15\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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\16\ See Appendix II.
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Estimated
weighted-
Exporter average
dumping margin
(percent)
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Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd./Zhejiang Senya Board 140.79
Industry Co., Ltd......................................
Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian 101.70
Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining Co., Ltd...
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate 109.42
Rate \16\..............................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\17\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\18\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\19\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\20\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\21\
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\20\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests 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. Issues raised in
the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold
the hearing at a date and time to be determined. An electronically
filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Assessment Rate
Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this
review.\22\ We will instruct CBP to liquidate POR entries of subject
merchandise exported by the companies for which we rescinded the review
at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry or withdrawal
from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). We will issue this instruction to CBP no earlier than
35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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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
statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective 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 by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for any previously investigated or
reviewed China or non-China exporter that has a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter's existing cash deposit
rate; (2) for all China
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exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate,
including those exporters that failed to establish their separate rate
eligibility in this review, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
dumping margin assigned to the China-wide entity, which is 220.87
percent; and (3) for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise
that do not have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal
to the 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.
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 case and rebuttal 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.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this 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, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 5, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Single Entity Determinations
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate Rate
1. Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
2. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd. Youxi Fujian
3. Composite Technology International Limited
4. Fotiou Frames Limited
5. Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd.
6. Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi County
Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.
7. Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd.
8. Sanming Lintong Trading Co., Ltd.
9. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
10. Sun Valley Shado Co., Ltd.
11. Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
12. Zhangzhou Wanjiamei Industry & Trade. Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Rescinded From Review for Which All Review Requests Were
Withdrawn
1. Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co., Ltd.
2. Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry Limited
3. Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
4. Nanjing Hualianxing Electronics Co., Ltd.
Appendix IV
Companies Rescinded From Review Which Have No Reviewable Entries
1. Baixing Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian
2. Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co., Ltd.
3. Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry Limited Company
4. Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co. Ltd.
5. Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Ltd.
6. Homebuild Industries Co., Ltd.
7. Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry Development Co., Ltd.
8. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.
9. Jim Fine Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
10. Omni One Co., Limited
11. Perfect Window Fashions Co., Ltd.
12. Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
13. Raoping HongRong Handicrafts Co., Ltd. (d.b.a. Chen Chui Global
Corp.).
14. Sanming Lintong Trading Co., Ltd.
15. Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd.
16. Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd.
17. Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd.
18. Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
19. Wuxi Boda Bamboo & Wood Industrial Co., Ltd
20. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
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