Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, 11394-11397 [E6-3172]
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entries at the all–others rate in effect on
the date of entry.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon completion of the
final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of SSB from
India entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:
1) The cash deposit rate for the
reviewed company will be the rate
established in the final results of this
administrative review (except no cash
deposit will be required if its weighted–
average margin is de minimis, i.e., less
than 0.5 percent); 2) for merchandise
exported by manufacturers or exporters
not covered in this review but covered
in the original LTFV investigation or a
previous review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the most recent rate
published in the final determination or
final results for which the manufacturer
or exporter received an individual rate;
3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, the previous review, or
the original investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; and 4) if neither the
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm
covered in this or any previous reviews,
the cash deposit rate will be 12.45
percent, the ‘‘all others’’ rate established
in the LTFV investigation. See LTFV
Final Determination.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these
results of review in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–3171 Filed 3–6–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–890
Notice of Initiation of Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from
the People’s Republic of China
AGENCY:Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) received timely requests
to conduct an administrative review of
AGENCY:
the antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). The
anniversary month of this order is
January. In accordance with the
Department’s regulations, we are
initiating this administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–0414 or (202) 482–
3434, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b) (2002), during the
anniversary month of January, for an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the PRC
covering 137 entities. Subsequently, 30
requesters withdrew their requests for
review. The Department is now
initiating an administrative review of
the order covering the remaining 107
companies.
Initiation of Review
In accordance with section 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the PRC. We
intend to issue the final results of this
review not later than January 31, 2007.
Antidumping Duty Proceeding
Period to be Reviewed
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CHINA:1.
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
Wooden Bedroom Furniture A–570–890 ...................................................................................................................
• Art Heritage International Ltd., Super Art Furniture Co. Ltd., Artwork Metal & Plastic Co., Ltd., Jibson Industries, Always Loyal International*.
• Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai.
• Best King International Limited, Best King International Ltd., Bouvrie International Limited.
• Birchfield Design Group, Inc., Birchfield Design (Asia), Ltd., Dongguan Birchfield Gifts Co., Ltd., Dongguan
Longreen Birchfield Arts & Craft Co., Ltd..
• Chiu’s Faithful Furniture (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Faithful International Trading (Hong Kong) Company
Limited.
• Conghua J.L. George Timber & Co..
• Dalian Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• DaLian Pretty Home Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dawn Smart Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Decca Furniture Limited and other affiliates of Decca Holdings Limited.
• Deqing Ace Furniture & Crafts Limited.
• Der Cheng Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dong Guan Hua Ban Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co., Ltd., Glory Oceanic Co., Ltd.*.
• Dongguan Dihao Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd..
• Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co., Ltd., Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd., Engmost Investment Ltd.*.
• Dongguan Mingsheng Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dongguan New Technology Import & Export Co., Ltd..
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• Dongguan Sea Eagle Furniture Co., Ltd., Kalanter (Hong Kong) Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Dongguan Sunpower Enterprise Co., Ltd..
• Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd, Shanghai Sunrise Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Fairmont Designs *.
• Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture Limited.
• Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.*.
• Ever Spring Furniture Co., Ltd., S.Y.C. Family *.
• Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited and its affiliates *.
• Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd., Fujian Wonder Pacific Inc., Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd., Jiangsu
Dare Furniture Co. Ltd.*.
• Fujian Senda Foreign Trade Co., Ltd..
• Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co., Ltd., Team Prospect International Ltd.*.
• Guangdong New Four Seas Furniture Manufacturing, Ltd., Four Seas Furniture Manufacturing Ltd..
• Guangzhou Lucky Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings, Ltd., Pyla HK Ltd., Maria Yee, Inc..
• Hainan Rulai Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Honest Furniture Company Ltd..
• Hong Yu Furniture (Shenzhen).
• Huizhou Jadom Furniture Co., Ltd., Jadom Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Hung Fai Wood Products Factory Ltd..
• Hwangho New Century Furniture (Dongguan) Corp. Ltd., Trade Rich Furniture (Dongguan) Corp., Ltd., Hwang
Ho International Holdings Limited.
• Inni Furniture.
• Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co., Ltd., Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• King Kei Trading Co. Ltd. King Kei Furniture Factory, Jiu Ching Trading Co., Ltd..
• King Wood Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Kong Fong Furniture.
• Kong Fong Mao Iek Hong.
• Kunwa Enterprises Company.
• Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd., Samson Holding Ltd., Samson International Enterprises, Legacy Classic Furniture, Universal Furniture International Inc.*.
• Langfang TianCheng Furniture, Huari Furniture*.
• Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., King Rich International, Ltd.*.
• Locke Furniture Factory, Kai Chan Furniture Co. Ltd., Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise Ltd., Taiwan Kai
Chan*.
• Maestro Wood Product Factory.
• Mandarin Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..
• Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd..
• Million Kind Co., Ltd..
• Million Kind Furniture Co., Ltd. Million Kind Co., Ltd..
• NanTong YangZi Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Nathan International Ltd., Nathan Rattan Factory, Nathan China Group*.
• Ngai Kun Trading.
• Ningbo Furniture Industries Ltd., Ningbo Fubang Furniture Industries Limited, Techniwood Industries Limited,
Techniwood (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Ningbo Techniwood Furniture Industries Limited*.
• Placetech Co., Ltd..
• Po Ying Industrial Co..
• Profit Force Limited.
• Protrend Metal & Plastics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..
• Putian Ou Dian Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Qingdao Beiyuan–Shengli Furniture Co., Ltd., Qingdao Beiyuan Industry Trading Co. Ltd..
• Qingdao Shengchang Wooden Co., Ltd..
• RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co., Ltd., RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Group*.
• Rui Feng Woodwork (Dongguan) Co., Rui Feng Lumber Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.*.
• Senyuan Furniture Group.
• Shanghai Aosen Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Shenyang Kunyu Wood Industry Co., Ltd..
• Shenzhen Dafuhao Industrial Development Co., Ltd..
• Shenzhen Shen Long Hang Industry Co., Ltd..
• Shenzhen Tiancheng Furniture Co., Ltd., Winbuild Industrial Ltd., Red Apple Furniture Co., Ltd., Red Apple
Trading Co., Ltd..
• Sino Concord (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd., Sino Concord International Corp..
• Speedy International Ltd..
• Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Starcorp Furniture Co., Ltd., Orin*.
• Sunforce Furniture (Hui–Yang) Co., Ltd., SunFung Wooden Factory, Sun Fung Co., Shin Feng Furniture Co.
Ltd., Stupendous International Co. Ltd.*.
• T.J. Maxx International Co., Ltd..
• Tianjin First Wood Co., Ltd..
• Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• Time Crown (U.K.) International Ltd., China United International Co..
• Top Art Furniture.
• Top Goal Development Co., Top Goal Furniture Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen).
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Period to be Reviewed
• Tradewinds Furniture Ltd., Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (HK Ltd.) Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd.*.
• Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Trendex Industries Ltd., Trendex Industries Ltd., (BVI), Dongguan Chunsan Wood Products Co., Ltd.,
Kunshan Junsen Furniture Co., Ltd.*.
• Triple J Enterprises Co..
• Triple J Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..
• Wan Bao Cheng Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd..
• Wanhengton Nueevder (Furniture) Manufacture Co., Ltd., Dongguan Wanhengton Industry Co., Ltd.*.
• WBE Industries (Hui–Yang) Co., Ltd..
• Winmost Enterprises Limited.
• Winny Universal, Ltd..
• Xilinmen Group Co., Ltd..
• Yihua Timber Industries Co., Ltd., New Classic Home Furnishings, Inc.*.
• Yixinglong Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Yongxin Industrial (Holdings) Limited.
• Zhejiang Niannianhong Industrial Co., Ltd..
• Zhongshan Fine Furniture.
• Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co., Ltd..
• Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd., King Group Furniture*.
• Zhongshan Winly Furniture Ltd..
• Zhongshan Winny Furniture Ltd..
• Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd..
* These companies received a separate rate in the prior segment (the less–than-fair–value-investigation) of this
proceeding..
1 If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC
that have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporter
is a part.
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Sampling
Section 777A(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), directs
the Department to calculate individual
dumping margins for each known
exporter and producer of the subject
merchandise. Where it is not practicable
to examine all known producers/
exporters of subject merchandise,
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act permits the
Department to examine either (1) a
sample of exporters, producers or types
of products that is statistically valid
based on the information available at
the time of selection; or (2) exporters
and producers accounting for the largest
volume of the subject merchandise from
the exporting country that can be
reasonably examined.
Due to the large number of firms
requested for an administrative review
and the Department’s experience
regarding the resulting administrative
burden to review each company for
which a request has been made, the
Department is considering exercising its
authority to limit the number of
respondents selected for review by
sampling. See Section 777A(c) of the
Act.
Should the Department determine to
sample, it will follow the procedures
outlined below. The Department will 1)
Issue a letter to the interested parties
detailing the proposed sampling
methodology and the deadline for
submitting comments thereon, 2) after
analyzing the parties’ comments,
finalize its sampling methodology, 3)
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notify the parties and invite them to
send a representative to witness the
sampling selection, 4) conduct the
sampling exercise, 5) notify all
interested parties of the selection
outcome of the sampling exercise
(selected respondents will be issued the
full antidumping questionnaire), and 6)
record the results in a memo to the file.
Withdrawl of Request for
Administrative Review
For this particular administrative
review, due to the time constraints
imposed by our statutory deadlines, and
the need to preserve the statistical
validity of the sampling methodology, it
is unlikely that the Department will be
able to grant any extensions to the 90–
day time limit for withdrawals of
request for review pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving Non–Market
Economy (‘‘NME’’) countries, the
Department begins with a rebuttable
presumption that all companies within
the country are subject to government
control and, thus, should be assigned a
single antidumping duty deposit rate. It
is the Department’s policy to assign all
exporters of merchandise subject to
investigation 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
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government control of its export
activities to be entitled to a separate
rate, the Department analyzes each
entity exporting the subject
merchandise under a test arising from
the Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the
People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 20588
(May 6, 1991) (‘‘Sparklers’’), as
amplified by Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon
Carbide from the People’s Republic of
China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2,1994)
(‘‘Silicon Carbide’’). In accordance with
the separate–rates criteria, the
Department 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.
The Department recently modified the
process by which exporters and
producers may obtain separate–rate
status in NME investigations. See Policy
Bulletin 05.1: Separate–Rates Practice
and Application of Combination Rates
in Antidumping Investigations
Involving Non–Market Economy
Countries, (April 5, 2005), available on
the Department’s website at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05–1.pdf. The
process now requires the submission of
a separate–rate status application.
Due to the large number of firms
requesting an administrative review in
this proceeding, the Department is
requiring all firms listed above that wish
to qualify for separate–rate status in this
administrative review to complete, as
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appropriate, either a separate–rate status
application or certification, as described
below. If the Department determines to
select the mandatory respondents
through sampling in this administrative
review, the Department will require all
potential respondents to demonstrate
their eligibility for a separate rate. The
Department then will make the
separate–rate determinations and allow
only those respondents with separate–
rate status to be included in the
sampling pool. For those respondents
that are determined later in this segment
to have provided inaccurate information
regarding their separate–rate status, the
Department may apply facts available
with an adverse inference.
For this administrative review, in
order to demonstrate separate–rate
eligibility, the Department requires
entities for whom a review was
requested that were assigned a separate
rate in the previous segment of this
proceeding to certify that they continue
to meet the criteria for obtaining a
separate rate. The certification form will
be available on the Department’s
website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the
date of publication of this Federal
Register. In responding to the
certification, please follow the
‘‘Instructions for Filing the
Certification’’ in the Separate Rate
Certification. Certifications are due to
the Department no later than March 30,
2006. The deadline and requirement for
submitting a Certification applies
equally to NME–owned firms, wholly
foreign–owned firms, and foreign sellers
who purchase the subject merchandise
and export it to the United States.
For entities that have not previously
been assigned a separate rate, to
demonstrate eligibility for such, the
Department requires a separate–rate
status application. The separate–rate
status application will be available on
the Department’s website at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of publication
of this Federal Register. In responding
to the separate–rate status application,
refer to the instructions contained in the
application. Separate–rate status
applications are due to the Department
no later than April 18, 2006. The
deadline and requirement for submitting
a separate–rate status application
applies equally to NME–owned firms,
wholly foreign–owned firms, and
foreign sellers that purchase the subject
merchandise and export it to the United
States. Further, if the Department
decides to select mandatory respondents
by sampling, due to the time constraints
imposed by our statutory deadlines and
the need to preserve the statistical
validity of the sampling methodology,
the Department may be unable to grant
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any extensions for the submission of
separate–rate certifications or
applications.
Quantity and Value Questionnaire
In advance of issuance of the
antidumping questionnaire, we will also
be requiring all parties for whom a
review is requested to respond to a
Quantity and Value (‘‘Q&V’’)
questionnaire, which will request
information on the respective quantity
and U.S. dollar sales value of all exports
to the United States of wooden bedroom
furniture during the period of June 24,
2004, through December 31, 2005.
Additionally, in the event sampling is
employed, in order to determine a
sampling method that is representative
of the sales under review, the
Department will require that each
company complete the economic
characteristics section of the Q&V
questionnaire. The Q&V questionnaire
will be available on the Department’s
website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the
date of publication of this Federal
Register. The responses to the Q&V
questionnaire are due to the Department
no later than April 7, 2006. Due to the
time constraints imposed by our
statutory and regulatory deadlines, and
the need to preserve the statistical
validity of the sampling methodology,
the Department may not be able to grant
any extensions for the submission of the
Q&V questionnaire. In responding to the
Q&V questionnaire, refer to the
instructions contained in the Q&V
questionnaire.
Notice
This notice constitutes public
notification to all firms requested for
review and seeking separate–rate status
in this administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the PRC that
they must submit a separate–rate status
application or certification (as
appropriate) as described above, and a
complete response to the Q&V
questionnaire within the time limits
established in this notice of initiation of
administrative review in order to
receive consideration for separate–rate
status. In other words, the Department
will not give consideration to any
separate–rates certification or separate
rate–status application made by parties
that fail to timely respond to the Q&V
questionnaire or fail to timely submit
the requisite separate–rate certification
or application. All information
submitted by respondents in this
administrative review is subject to
verification. To allow the possibility for
sampling and to complete this segment
within the statutory time frame, the
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Department will be limited in its ability
to extend deadlines on the above
submissions. As noted above, the
separate–rate certification, the separate–
rate status application, and the Q&V
questionnaire will be available on the
Department’s website at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of publication
of this Federal Register. However,
because this is the first administrative
review in which the Department is
applying these procedures, the
Department will also issue, as a courtesy
to the parties, a letter of notification of
these requirements to the parties
requested for review.
Interested parties must submit
applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Instructions for filing such applications
may be found on the Department’s
website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov.
This initiation and notice are in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act (19 USC 1675(a)), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: February 28, 2006.
Wendy J. Frankel,
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, for
Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–3172 Filed 3–6–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(C–580–837)
Notice of Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Cut–to-Length
Carbon–Quality Steel Plate from the
Republic of Korea
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain cut–to-length carbon–quality
steel plate (CLT plate) from the Republic
of Korea (Korea) for the period January
1, 2004, through December 31, 2004, the
period of review (POR). For information
on the net subsidy rate for the reviewed
company, see the ‘‘Preliminary Results
of Review’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
See the ‘‘Public Comment’’ section of
this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tipten Troidl or Eric B. Greynolds, AD/
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-890
Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of
China
AGENCY: AGENCY:Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') received timely
requests to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC''). The anniversary month of this order is January. In
accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating this
administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202)
482-0414 or (202) 482-3434, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b) (2002), during the anniversary month of January, for an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC covering 137 entities. Subsequently, 30
requesters withdrew their requests for review. The Department is now
initiating an administrative review of the order covering the remaining
107 companies.
Initiation of Review
In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are
initiating an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC. We intend to issue the final
results of this review not later than January 31, 2007.
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Art Heritage International Ltd.,
Super Art Furniture Co. Ltd., Artwork
Metal & Plastic Co., Ltd., Jibson
Industries, Always Loyal International*..
Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai.
Best King International Limited,
Best King International Ltd., Bouvrie
International Limited....................
Birchfield Design Group, Inc.,
Birchfield Design (Asia), Ltd., Dongguan
Birchfield Gifts Co., Ltd., Dongguan
Longreen Birchfield Arts & Craft Co.,
Ltd......................................
Chiu's Faithful Furniture
(Shenzhen) Company Limited, Faithful
International Trading (Hong Kong) Company
Limited..................................
Conghua J.L. George Timber & Co..
Dalian Guangming Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*....................................
Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*....................................
DaLian Pretty Home Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dawn Smart Furniture Co., Ltd....
Decca Furniture Limited and other
affiliates of Decca Holdings Limited.....
Deqing Ace Furniture & Crafts
Limited..................................
Der Cheng Furniture Co., Ltd.....
Dong Guan Hua Ban Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Glory Oceanic Co., Ltd.*...........
Dongguan Dihao Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dongguan Landmark Furniture
Products Ltd.............................
Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Engmost Investment Ltd.*...........
Dongguan Mingsheng Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dongguan New Technology Import &
Export Co., Ltd..........................
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Dongguan Sea Eagle Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Kalanter (Hong Kong) Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dongguan Sunpower Enterprise Co.,
Ltd......................................
Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co.,
Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd,
Shanghai Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.,
Fairmont Designs *.......................
Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture
Limited..................................
Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd.*...............................
Ever Spring Furniture Co., Ltd.,
S.Y.C. Family *..........................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited
and its affiliates *.....................
Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*....................................
Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd.,
Fujian Wonder Pacific Inc., Fuzhou Huan
Mei Furniture Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Dare
Furniture Co. Ltd.*......................
Fujian Senda Foreign Trade Co.,
Ltd......................................
Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co.,
Ltd., Team Prospect International Ltd.*..
Guangdong New Four Seas Furniture
Manufacturing, Ltd., Four Seas Furniture
Manufacturing Ltd........................
Guangzhou Lucky Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings,
Ltd., Pyla HK Ltd., Maria Yee, Inc.......
Hainan Rulai Furniture Co., Ltd..
Honest Furniture Company Ltd.....
Hong Yu Furniture (Shenzhen).....
Huizhou Jadom Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Jadom Furniture Co., Ltd...........
Hung Fai Wood Products Factory
Ltd......................................
Hwangho New Century Furniture
(Dongguan) Corp. Ltd., Trade Rich
Furniture (Dongguan) Corp., Ltd., Hwang
Ho International Holdings Limited........
Inni Furniture...................
Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture
Decoration Co., Ltd., Jiangmen Kinwai
International Furniture Co., Ltd.*.......
King Kei Trading Co. Ltd. King
Kei Furniture Factory, Jiu Ching Trading
Co., Ltd.................................
King Wood Furniture Co., Ltd.....
Kong Fong Furniture..............
Kong Fong Mao Iek Hong...........
Kunwa Enterprises Company........
Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd.,
Samson Holding Ltd., Samson International
Enterprises, Legacy Classic Furniture,
Universal Furniture International Inc.*..
Langfang TianCheng Furniture,
Huari Furniture*.........................
Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.,
King Rich International, Ltd.*...........
Locke Furniture Factory, Kai Chan
Furniture Co. Ltd., Kai Chan (Hong Kong)
Enterprise Ltd., Taiwan Kai Chan*........
Maestro Wood Product Factory.....
Mandarin Furniture (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd.................................
Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture
Company Ltd..............................
Million Kind Co., Ltd............
Million Kind Furniture Co., Ltd.
Million Kind Co., Ltd....................
NanTong YangZi Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Nathan International Ltd., Nathan
Rattan Factory, Nathan China Group*......
Ngai Kun Trading.................
Ningbo Furniture Industries Ltd.,
Ningbo Fubang Furniture Industries
Limited, Techniwood Industries Limited,
Techniwood (Macao Commercial Offshore)
Limited, Ningbo Techniwood Furniture
Industries Limited*......................
Placetech Co., Ltd...............
Po Ying Industrial Co............
Profit Force Limited.............
Protrend Metal & Plastics
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd......................
Putian Ou Dian Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Qingdao Beiyuan-Shengli Furniture
Co., Ltd., Qingdao Beiyuan Industry
Trading Co. Ltd..........................
Qingdao Shengchang Wooden Co.,
Ltd......................................
RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co.,
Ltd., RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Group*....
Rui Feng Woodwork (Dongguan) Co.,
Rui Feng Lumber Development (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd.*...............................
Senyuan Furniture Group..........
Shanghai Aosen Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Shenyang Kunyu Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd......................................
Shenzhen Dafuhao Industrial
Development Co., Ltd.....................
Shenzhen Shen Long Hang Industry
Co., Ltd.................................
Shenzhen Tiancheng Furniture Co.,
Ltd., Winbuild Industrial Ltd., Red Apple
Furniture Co., Ltd., Red Apple Trading
Co., Ltd.................................
Sino Concord (Zhangzhou)
Furniture Co., Ltd., Sino Concord
International Corp.......................
Speedy International Ltd.........
Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Shanghai Starcorp Furniture
Co., Ltd., Orin*.........................
Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang)
Co., Ltd., SunFung Wooden Factory, Sun
Fung Co., Shin Feng Furniture Co. Ltd.,
Stupendous International Co. Ltd.*.......
T.J. Maxx International Co., Ltd.
Tianjin First Wood Co., Ltd......
Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture
Co., Ltd.*...............................
Time Crown (U.K.) International
Ltd., China United International Co......
Top Art Furniture................
Top Goal Development Co., Top
Goal Furniture Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen)......
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Tradewinds Furniture Ltd.,
Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (HK Ltd.)
Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd.*.......
Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture
Co., Ltd.................................
Trendex Industries Ltd., Trendex
Industries Ltd., (BVI), Dongguan Chunsan
Wood Products Co., Ltd., Kunshan Junsen
Furniture Co., Ltd.*.....................
Triple J Enterprises Co..........
Triple J Furniture (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd.................................
Wan Bao Cheng Group Hong Kong
Co., Ltd.................................
Wanhengton Nueevder (Furniture)
Manufacture Co., Ltd., Dongguan
Wanhengton Industry Co., Ltd.*...........
WBE Industries (Hui-Yang) Co.,
Ltd......................................
Winmost Enterprises Limited......
Winny Universal, Ltd.............
Xilinmen Group Co., Ltd..........
Yihua Timber Industries Co.,
Ltd., New Classic Home Furnishings, Inc.*
Yixinglong Furniture Co., Ltd....
Yongxin Industrial (Holdings)
Limited..................................
Zhejiang Niannianhong Industrial
Co., Ltd.................................
Zhongshan Fine Furniture.........
Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co.,
Ltd......................................
Zhongshan Golden King Furniture
Industrial Co., Ltd., King Group
Furniture*...............................
Zhongshan Winly Furniture Ltd....
Zhongshan Winny Furniture Ltd....
Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden Arts &
Crafts Co., Ltd..........................
* These companies received a separate rate
in the prior segment (the less-than-fair-
value-investigation) of this proceeding..
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC
that have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered
by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named
exporter is a part.
Sampling
Section 777A(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), directs the Department to calculate individual dumping margins
for each known exporter and producer of the subject merchandise. Where
it is not practicable to examine all known producers/exporters of
subject merchandise, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act permits the
Department to examine either (1) a sample of exporters, producers or
types of products that is statistically valid based on the information
available at the time of selection; or (2) exporters and producers
accounting for the largest volume of the subject merchandise from the
exporting country that can be reasonably examined.
Due to the large number of firms requested for an administrative
review and the Department's experience regarding the resulting
administrative burden to review each company for which a request has
been made, the Department is considering exercising its authority to
limit the number of respondents selected for review by sampling. See
Section 777A(c) of the Act.
Should the Department determine to sample, it will follow the
procedures outlined below. The Department will 1) Issue a letter to the
interested parties detailing the proposed sampling methodology and the
deadline for submitting comments thereon, 2) after analyzing the
parties' comments, finalize its sampling methodology, 3) notify the
parties and invite them to send a representative to witness the
sampling selection, 4) conduct the sampling exercise, 5) notify all
interested parties of the selection outcome of the sampling exercise
(selected respondents will be issued the full antidumping
questionnaire), and 6) record the results in a memo to the file.
Withdrawl of Request for Administrative Review
For this particular administrative review, due to the time
constraints imposed by our statutory deadlines, and the need to
preserve the statistical validity of the sampling methodology, it is
unlikely that the Department will be able to grant any extensions to
the 90-day time limit for withdrawals of request for review pursuant to
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving Non-Market Economy (``NME'') countries,
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to
investigation 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, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), as amplified by
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide
from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2,1994)
(``Silicon Carbide''). In accordance with the separate-rates criteria,
the Department 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.
The Department recently modified the process by which exporters and
producers may obtain separate-rate status in NME investigations. See
Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rates Practice and Application of
Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations Involving Non-Market
Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005), available on the Department's
website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. The process now
requires the submission of a separate-rate status application.
Due to the large number of firms requesting an administrative
review in this proceeding, the Department is requiring all firms listed
above that wish to qualify for separate-rate status in this
administrative review to complete, as
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appropriate, either a separate-rate status application or
certification, as described below. If the Department determines to
select the mandatory respondents through sampling in this
administrative review, the Department will require all potential
respondents to demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate. The
Department then will make the separate-rate determinations and allow
only those respondents with separate-rate status to be included in the
sampling pool. For those respondents that are determined later in this
segment to have provided inaccurate information regarding their
separate-rate status, the Department may apply facts available with an
adverse inference.
For this administrative review, in order to demonstrate separate-
rate eligibility, the Department requires entities for whom a review
was requested that were assigned a separate rate in the previous
segment of this proceeding to certify that they continue to meet the
criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The certification form will be
available on the Department's website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the
date of publication of this Federal Register. In responding to the
certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Certifications are
due to the Department no later than March 30, 2006. The deadline and
requirement for submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase the
subject merchandise and export it to the United States.
For entities that have not previously been assigned a separate
rate, to demonstrate eligibility for such, the Department requires a
separate-rate status application. The separate-rate status application
will be available on the Department's website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of publication of this Federal Register. In responding to
the separate-rate status application, refer to the instructions
contained in the application. Separate-rate status applications are due
to the Department no later than April 18, 2006. The deadline and
requirement for submitting a separate-rate status application applies
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign
sellers that purchase the subject merchandise and export it to the
United States. Further, if the Department decides to select mandatory
respondents by sampling, due to the time constraints imposed by our
statutory deadlines and the need to preserve the statistical validity
of the sampling methodology, the Department may be unable to grant any
extensions for the submission of separate-rate certifications or
applications.
Quantity and Value Questionnaire
In advance of issuance of the antidumping questionnaire, we will
also be requiring all parties for whom a review is requested to respond
to a Quantity and Value (``Q&V'') questionnaire, which will request
information on the respective quantity and U.S. dollar sales value of
all exports to the United States of wooden bedroom furniture during the
period of June 24, 2004, through December 31, 2005. Additionally, in
the event sampling is employed, in order to determine a sampling method
that is representative of the sales under review, the Department will
require that each company complete the economic characteristics section
of the Q&V questionnaire. The Q&V questionnaire will be available on
the Department's website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of
publication of this Federal Register. The responses to the Q&V
questionnaire are due to the Department no later than April 7, 2006.
Due to the time constraints imposed by our statutory and regulatory
deadlines, and the need to preserve the statistical validity of the
sampling methodology, the Department may not be able to grant any
extensions for the submission of the Q&V questionnaire. In responding
to the Q&V questionnaire, refer to the instructions contained in the
Q&V questionnaire.
Notice
This notice constitutes public notification to all firms requested
for review and seeking separate-rate status in this administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from
the PRC that they must submit a separate-rate status application or
certification (as appropriate) as described above, and a complete
response to the Q&V questionnaire within the time limits established in
this notice of initiation of administrative review in order to receive
consideration for separate-rate status. In other words, the Department
will not give consideration to any separate-rates certification or
separate rate-status application made by parties that fail to timely
respond to the Q&V questionnaire or fail to timely submit the requisite
separate-rate certification or application. All information submitted
by respondents in this administrative review is subject to
verification. To allow the possibility for sampling and to complete
this segment within the statutory time frame, the Department will be
limited in its ability to extend deadlines on the above submissions. As
noted above, the separate-rate certification, the separate-rate status
application, and the Q&V questionnaire will be available on the
Department's website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/ on the date of
publication of this Federal Register. However, because this is the
first administrative review in which the Department is applying these
procedures, the Department will also issue, as a courtesy to the
parties, a letter of notification of these requirements to the parties
requested for review.
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Instructions for filing such applications may be found on the
Department's website at https://ia.ita.doc.gov.
This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Act (19 USC 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: February 28, 2006.
Wendy J. Frankel,
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-3172 Filed 3-6-06; 8:45 am]
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