Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 46971-46973 [E9-22023]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–941
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving
and Racks from the People’s Republic
of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Notice of Antidumping
Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the
International Trade Commission
(‘‘ITC’’), the Department is issuing an
antidumping duty order on certain
kitchen appliance shelving and racks
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). On September 2, 2009, the ITC
notified the Department of its
affirmative determination of material
injury to a U.S. industry. See Certain
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks
from China (Investigation No. 731–TA–
1154 (Final), USITC Publication 4098,
(August 2009).
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Hancock or Kathleen Marksberry, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1394 or (202) 482–
7906, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, (‘‘Act’’), the Department
published the final determination of
sales at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) in
the antidumping investigation of certain
kitchen appliance shelving and racks
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). See Certain Kitchen Appliance
Shelving and Racks From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR
36656 (July 24, 2009) (‘‘Final
Determination’’).
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order consists of
shelving and racks for refrigerators,
freezers, combined refrigerator–freezers,
other refrigerating or freezing
equipment, cooking stoves, ranges, and
ovens (‘‘certain kitchen appliance
shelving and racks’’ or ‘‘the
merchandise under order’’). Certain
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kitchen appliance shelving and racks
are defined as shelving, baskets, racks
(with or without extension slides, which
are carbon or stainless steel hardware
devices that are connected to shelving,
baskets, or racks to enable sliding), side
racks (which are welded wire support
structures for oven racks that attach to
the interior walls of an oven cavity that
does not include support ribs as a
design feature), and subframes (which
are welded wire support structures that
interface with formed support ribs
inside an oven cavity to support oven
rack assemblies utilizing extension
slides) with the following dimensions:
-- shelving and racks with dimensions
ranging from 3 inches by 5 inches
by 0.10 inch to 28 inches by 34
inches by 6 inches; or
-- baskets with dimensions ranging
from 2 inches by 4 inches by 3
inches to 28 inches by 34 inches by
16 inches; or
-- side racks from 6 inches by 8 inches
by 0.1 inch to 16 inches by 30
inches by 4 inches; or
-- subframes from 6 inches by 10
inches by 0.1 inch to 28 inches by
34 inches by 6 inches.
The merchandise under order is
comprised of carbon or stainless steel
wire ranging in thickness from 0.050
inch to 0.500 inch and may include
sheet metal of either carbon or stainless
steel ranging in thickness from 0.020
inch to 0.2 inch. The merchandise
under order may be coated or uncoated
and may be formed and/or welded.
Excluded from the scope of this order is
shelving in which the support surface is
glass.
The merchandise subject to this order
is currently classifiable in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) statistical
reporting numbers 8418.99.8050,
8418.99.8060, 7321.90.5000,
7321.90.6090, and 8516.90.8000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this order is dispositive.
Amendment to the Final Determination
On July 27, 2009, New King Shan
(Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. (‘‘New King Shan’’)
filed timely allegations that the
Department made various ministerial
errors in the Final Determination and
requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224,
that the Department correct the alleged
ministerial errors in the calculation of
its margin. Specifically, New King Shan
alleged that (1) the Department failed to
adjust for different currencies in
calculating its indirect selling expenses
(‘‘ISEs’’); (2) the Department
miscalculated the ISE ratios; and (3) the
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Department’s decision to value steel
wire rod using the JPC data for 6mm and
8mm steel wire rod was based on a
failure to examine all of the data on the
record. On August 3, 2009, Petitioners
submitted comments in rebuttal to New
King Shan’s ministerial error comments.
No other parties in this proceeding
submitted comments on the
Department’s final margin calculations.
A ministerial error is defined as an
error ‘‘in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
type of unintentional error which the
{Department} considers ministerial.’’
See section 735(e) of the Act; see also
19 CFR 351.224(f).
After analyzing all interested party
comments and rebuttals, we have
determined, in accordance with section
735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e),
that we made a ministerial error in our
calculations for the Final Determination
with respect to New King Shan. For a
detailed discussion of this ministerial
error, as well as the Department’s
analysis of this error and other
allegations raised, see Memorandum to
James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9,
through Catherine Bertrand, Program
Manager, from Kathleen Marksberry,
Case Analyst: Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Kitchen
Appliance Shelving and Racks from the
People’s Republic of China: Analysis of
Ministerial Error Allegations, dated
concurrent with this Federal Register
notice.
Additionally, in the Final
Determination, we determined that
several companies qualified for a
separate rate. See Final Determination,
74 FR 36660. Because the only other
mandatory respondent, Guangdong
Wireking Housewares & Hardwares Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘Wireking’’), received a margin
based on total adverse facts available
(‘‘AFA’’) in the Final Determination, the
separate rate for these companies was
New King Shan’s calculated rate. See
id.; see also Memorandum to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Import Administration from John M.
Andersen, Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations: Certain
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks
from the People’s Republic of China:
Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Determination, (July 20, 2009)
at Comment 17A (‘‘Issues and Decision
Memo’’). Therefore, because the margin
for New King Shan has changed since
the Final Determination the separate
rate has changed as well, it is now 43.09
percent. The revised dumping margins
are listed in the chart below. See
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Memorandum to the File through
Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager,
from Kathleen Marksberry, Analyst;
Investigation of Certain Kitchen
Appliance Shelving and Racks from the
People’s Republic of China: Amended
Final Analysis of New King Shan (Zhu
Hai) Co., Ltd., dated concurrent with
this Federal Register notice.
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) to suspend liquidation on all
entries of subject merchandise from the
PRC. We will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated amount by which the normal
value exceeds the U.S. price as
indicated in the chart below. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Additionally, in the Final
Determination, the Department noted
that it has continued to find in its CVD
Final that the products under
investigation, exported and produced by
Wireking, benefitted from an export
subsidy. See Final Determination, 74 FR
at 36660–61; Certain Kitchen Appliance
Shelving and Racks from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 74
FR 37012 (July 27, 2009) (‘‘CVD Final’’).
The following subsidies were
determined in the CVD Final: Income
Tax reduction for Export Oriented FIEs:
countervailable subsidy of 0.94 percent;
and Local Income Tax Reduction for
‘‘Productive’’ FIEs: countervailable
subsidy of 0.23 percent. In the CVD
Final, Wireking’s rate was assigned to
the All–Others rate as it was the only
rate that was not zero, de minimis, or
based on total facts available.
Accordingly, as the countervailing duty
rate for New King Shan, Marmon Retail
Services Asia, Hangzhou Dunli Import &
Export Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Weixi Group
Co., is the All–Others rate, which
includes two countervailable export
subsidies, we will instruct CBP to
require an antidumping duty cash
deposit or the posting of a bond for each
entry equal to the weighted–average
margin indicated above for these
companies adjusted for the
countervailing duties imposed to offset
export subsidies determined in the CVD
Final. The adjusted cash deposit rate for
New King Shan is 41.92 percent and, as
the antidumping duty cash deposit rate
assigned to the separate rate companies
is New King Shan’s rate, the adjusted
cash deposit rate for Marmon Retail
Services Asia, Hangzhou Dunli Import &
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Export Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Weixi Group
Co. also is 41.92 percent.
ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER
Antidumping Duty Order
On September 2, 2009, in accordance
with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified the Department of its final
determination in this investigation. In
its determination, the ITC found two
domestic like products: (1) refrigeration
shelving; and (2) oven racks, covering
the scope of subject merchandise subject
to the investigation. The ITC determined
that imports of refrigeration shelving
from the PRC caused material injury to
a domestic industry, and oven racks
from the PRC threaten material injury to
a domestic industry. Since the ITC made
different affirmative injury
determinations for both domestic like
products, the Department must instruct
U.S. Customs and Border protection to
assess antidumping duties on entries of
oven racks separately from refrigerator
shelves. When we make a
determination, either for one or more
than one class or kind of merchandise,
our determination that there is dumping
or subsidization is specific to each class
or kind of merchandise. In this case, we
calculated final determination dumping
margins for a single class or kind of
merchandise.
Refrigeration Shelving
Because the ITC determined that
imports of refrigeration shelving from
the PRC are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, all unliquidated entries of
such refrigeration shelving from the
PRC, entered or withdrawn from
warehouse, are also subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, the Department will also direct CBP
to assess antidumping duties on all
unliquidated entries of refrigeration
shelving from the PRC entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after March 5, 2009,
the date on which the Department
published its preliminary determination
notice in the Federal Register (74 FR
9591).
Oven Racks
According to section 736(b)(2) of the
Act, duties shall be assessed on subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the ITC’s
notice of final determination if that
determination is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied
by a finding that injury would have
resulted without the imposition of
suspension of liquidation of entries
since the Department’s preliminary
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determination. In addition, section
736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to
refund any cash deposits or bonds of
estimated antidumping duties posted
since the preliminary antidumping
determination if the ITC’s final
determination is threat–based.
Because the ITC’s final determination
for oven racks is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied
by a finding that injury would have
resulted but for the imposition of
suspension of liquidation of entries
since the Certain Kitchen Appliance
Shelving and Racks from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 74 FR 9591 (March 5, 2009)
(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’), section
736(b)(2) of the Act is applicable.
Therefore, the Department will direct
CBP to assess, upon further advice,
antidumping duties on all unliquidated
entries of oven racks from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination of threat of material
injury in the Federal Register. See 1–
Hydroxyethylidene–1, 1–Diphosphonic
Acid from India and the People’s
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 74 FR 19197, 19198 (April 28,
2009). In addition, section 736(b)(2) of
the Act requires CBP to refund any cash
deposits or bonds of estimated
antidumping duties posted since the
preliminary antidumping determination
and prior to the ITC’s notice of final
determination.
Therefore, the Department will direct
CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation for entries of oven racks
from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption before
the date on which the ITC published its
notice of final determination of threat of
material injury in the Federal Register,
and to release any bond or other
security, and refund any cash deposit,
posted to secure the payment of
estimated antidumping duties with
respect to these entries.
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, the Department will also direct CBP
to assess antidumping duties on all
unliquidated entries of oven racks from
the PRC entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date on which the ITC published its
notice of final determination of threat of
material injury in the Federal Register.
Effective on the date of publication of
the ITC’s final affirmative injury
determination, CBP will require, at the
same time as importers would normally
deposit estimated duties on this subject
merchandise (e.g., both refrigeration
shelving and oven racks), a cash deposit
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equal to the estimated weighted–average
antidumping duty margins as listed
below. See section 735(c)(3) of the Act.
The ‘‘PRC–wide’’ rate applies to all
exporters of subject merchandise not
Exporter
Producer
Guangdong Wireking Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Foshan
Shunde Wireking Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd.) ....................................
New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. ....................................................................
Marmon Retail Services Asia ..............................................................................
Hangzhou Dunli Import & Export Co., Ltd. ..........................................................
Jiangsu Weixi Group Co. .....................................................................................
PRC–wide Entity (including Asber Enterprise Co., Ltd. (China)) ........................
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
certain kitchen appliance shelving and
racks from the PRC pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may
contact the Department’s Central
Records Unit, Room 1117 of the main
Commerce building, for copies of an
updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance
with section 736(a) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.211.
Dated: September 8, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Application(s) for Duty–Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of
whether instruments of equivalent
scientific value, for the purposes for
which the instruments shown below are
intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be postmarked on or before October 5,
2009. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 A.M.
and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 09–048. Applicant:
North Dakota State University, 1301
12th Ave. North, Fargo, ND 58102.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
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specifically listed. The weighted–
average dumping margins are as follows:
Guangdong Wireking Housewares &
Hardware Co., Ltd.
New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd.
Leader Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (a/k/a
Marmon Retail Services Asia)
Hangzhou Dunli Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Weixi Group Co.
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Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to inspect semiconductor
devices and micro sensors; study
nanoparticles, nanotubes, polymers and
composites; and to create micro to
nanoscale channels for fluidics research.
Justification for Duty–Free Entry: No
instruments of same general category are
manufactured in the United States.
Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: August 18, 2009.
Docket Number: 09–049. Applicant:
Washington State University, 220
French Administration Building, P.O.
Box 641020, Pullman, WA 99164.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to inspect semiconductor
devices and micro sensors; study
nanoparticles, nanotubes, polymers and
composites; and to create micro to
nanoscale channels for fluidics research.
Justification for Duty–Free Entry: No
instruments of same general category are
manufactured in the United States.
Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: August 18, 2009.
Docket Number: 09–050. Applicant:
Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall,
Stanford, CA 94305. Instrument:
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, the Netherlands. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used for
‘‘spectrum imaging’’ of elemental
distributions at the sub–nano level, to
gather three–dimensional structural
information of nano–sized crystals as
well as to measure electrostatic and
magnetic fields in a variety of samples.
Justification for Duty–Free Entry: No
instruments of same general category are
manufactured in the United States.
Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: August 18, 2009.
Dated: September 8, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–942]
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving
and Racks From the People’s Republic
of China: Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 2, 2009, the
U.S. International Trade Commission
(‘‘ITC’’) notified the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) of its
affirmative determinations of material
injury to the U.S. refrigeration shelving
industry and threat of material injury to
the U.S. oven racks industry. See
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and
Racks from China, USITC Pub. 4098,
Investigation 701–TA–458 and 731–TA–
1154 (Final) (August 2009). Based on
affirmative final determinations by the
Department and the ITC, the
Department is issuing this
countervailing duty order on certain
kitchen appliance shelving and racks
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’).
DATES:
Effective Date: September 14,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yasmin Nair or Scott Holland, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3813 and (202)
482–1279, respectively.
Background
On July 27, 2009, the Department
published its final determination in the
countervailing duty investigation of
certain kitchen appliance shelving and
racks from the PRC. See Certain Kitchen
Shelving and Racks from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Affirmative
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-941
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Notice of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on
certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from the People's Republic
of China (``PRC''). On September 2, 2009, the ITC notified the
Department of its affirmative determination of material injury to a
U.S. industry. See Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from
China (Investigation No. 731-TA-1154 (Final), USITC Publication 4098,
(August 2009).
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Kathleen Marksberry,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1394 or (202) 482-7906, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended, (``Act''), the Department published the final
determination of sales at less than fair value (``LTFV'') in the
antidumping investigation of certain kitchen appliance shelving and
racks from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Certain
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks From the People's Republic of
China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR
36656 (July 24, 2009) (``Final Determination'').
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order consists of shelving and racks for
refrigerators, freezers, combined refrigerator-freezers, other
refrigerating or freezing equipment, cooking stoves, ranges, and ovens
(``certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks'' or ``the merchandise
under order''). Certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks are
defined as shelving, baskets, racks (with or without extension slides,
which are carbon or stainless steel hardware devices that are connected
to shelving, baskets, or racks to enable sliding), side racks (which
are welded wire support structures for oven racks that attach to the
interior walls of an oven cavity that does not include support ribs as
a design feature), and subframes (which are welded wire support
structures that interface with formed support ribs inside an oven
cavity to support oven rack assemblies utilizing extension slides) with
the following dimensions:
-- shelving and racks with dimensions ranging from 3 inches by 5
inches by 0.10 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches; or
-- baskets with dimensions ranging from 2 inches by 4 inches by 3
inches to 28 inches by 34 inches by 16 inches; or
-- side racks from 6 inches by 8 inches by 0.1 inch to 16 inches by
30 inches by 4 inches; or
-- subframes from 6 inches by 10 inches by 0.1 inch to 28 inches by
34 inches by 6 inches.
The merchandise under order is comprised of carbon or stainless
steel wire ranging in thickness from 0.050 inch to 0.500 inch and may
include sheet metal of either carbon or stainless steel ranging in
thickness from 0.020 inch to 0.2 inch. The merchandise under order may
be coated or uncoated and may be formed and/or welded. Excluded from
the scope of this order is shelving in which the support surface is
glass.
The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'')
statistical reporting numbers 8418.99.8050, 8418.99.8060, 7321.90.5000,
7321.90.6090, and 8516.90.8000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Amendment to the Final Determination
On July 27, 2009, New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. (``New King
Shan'') filed timely allegations that the Department made various
ministerial errors in the Final Determination and requested, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct the alleged ministerial
errors in the calculation of its margin. Specifically, New King Shan
alleged that (1) the Department failed to adjust for different
currencies in calculating its indirect selling expenses (``ISEs''); (2)
the Department miscalculated the ISE ratios; and (3) the Department's
decision to value steel wire rod using the JPC data for 6mm and 8mm
steel wire rod was based on a failure to examine all of the data on the
record. On August 3, 2009, Petitioners submitted comments in rebuttal
to New King Shan's ministerial error comments. No other parties in this
proceeding submitted comments on the Department's final margin
calculations.
A ministerial error is defined as an error ``in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type
of unintentional error which the {Department{time} considers
ministerial.'' See section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR
351.224(f).
After analyzing all interested party comments and rebuttals, we
have determined, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.224(e), that we made a ministerial error in our calculations
for the Final Determination with respect to New King Shan. For a
detailed discussion of this ministerial error, as well as the
Department's analysis of this error and other allegations raised, see
Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, through Catherine
Bertrand, Program Manager, from Kathleen Marksberry, Case Analyst:
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving
and Racks from the People's Republic of China: Analysis of Ministerial
Error Allegations, dated concurrent with this Federal Register notice.
Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that
several companies qualified for a separate rate. See Final
Determination, 74 FR 36660. Because the only other mandatory
respondent, Guangdong Wireking Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd.
(``Wireking''), received a margin based on total adverse facts
available (``AFA'') in the Final Determination, the separate rate for
these companies was New King Shan's calculated rate. See id.; see also
Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration from John M. Andersen, Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations: Certain
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of
China: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Determination,
(July 20, 2009) at Comment 17A (``Issues and Decision Memo'').
Therefore, because the margin for New King Shan has changed since the
Final Determination the separate rate has changed as well, it is now
43.09 percent. The revised dumping margins are listed in the chart
below. See
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Memorandum to the File through Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager,
from Kathleen Marksberry, Analyst; Investigation of Certain Kitchen
Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China:
Amended Final Analysis of New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd., dated
concurrent with this Federal Register notice.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend
liquidation on all entries of subject merchandise from the PRC. We will
also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the estimated
amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price as indicated in
the chart below. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain
in effect until further notice.
Additionally, in the Final Determination, the Department noted that
it has continued to find in its CVD Final that the products under
investigation, exported and produced by Wireking, benefitted from an
export subsidy. See Final Determination, 74 FR at 36660-61; Certain
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 74 FR 37012
(July 27, 2009) (``CVD Final''). The following subsidies were
determined in the CVD Final: Income Tax reduction for Export Oriented
FIEs: countervailable subsidy of 0.94 percent; and Local Income Tax
Reduction for ``Productive'' FIEs: countervailable subsidy of 0.23
percent. In the CVD Final, Wireking's rate was assigned to the All-
Others rate as it was the only rate that was not zero, de minimis, or
based on total facts available. Accordingly, as the countervailing duty
rate for New King Shan, Marmon Retail Services Asia, Hangzhou Dunli
Import & Export Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Weixi Group Co., is the All-Others
rate, which includes two countervailable export subsidies, we will
instruct CBP to require an antidumping duty cash deposit or the posting
of a bond for each entry equal to the weighted-average margin indicated
above for these companies adjusted for the countervailing duties
imposed to offset export subsidies determined in the CVD Final. The
adjusted cash deposit rate for New King Shan is 41.92 percent and, as
the antidumping duty cash deposit rate assigned to the separate rate
companies is New King Shan's rate, the adjusted cash deposit rate for
Marmon Retail Services Asia, Hangzhou Dunli Import & Export Co., Ltd.,
Jiangsu Weixi Group Co. also is 41.92 percent.
ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER
Antidumping Duty Order
On September 2, 2009, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination in this
investigation. In its determination, the ITC found two domestic like
products: (1) refrigeration shelving; and (2) oven racks, covering the
scope of subject merchandise subject to the investigation. The ITC
determined that imports of refrigeration shelving from the PRC caused
material injury to a domestic industry, and oven racks from the PRC
threaten material injury to a domestic industry. Since the ITC made
different affirmative injury determinations for both domestic like
products, the Department must instruct U.S. Customs and Border
protection to assess antidumping duties on entries of oven racks
separately from refrigerator shelves. When we make a determination,
either for one or more than one class or kind of merchandise, our
determination that there is dumping or subsidization is specific to
each class or kind of merchandise. In this case, we calculated final
determination dumping margins for a single class or kind of
merchandise.
Refrigeration Shelving
Because the ITC determined that imports of refrigeration shelving
from the PRC are materially injuring a U.S. industry, all unliquidated
entries of such refrigeration shelving from the PRC, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse, are also subject to the assessment of
antidumping duties.
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will also
direct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of
refrigeration shelving from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after March 5, 2009, the date on which
the Department published its preliminary determination notice in the
Federal Register (74 FR 9591).
Oven Racks
According to section 736(b)(2) of the Act, duties shall be assessed
on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of
final determination if that determination is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would
have resulted without the imposition of suspension of liquidation of
entries since the Department's preliminary determination. In addition,
section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to refund any cash deposits
or bonds of estimated antidumping duties posted since the preliminary
antidumping determination if the ITC's final determination is threat-
based.
Because the ITC's final determination for oven racks is based on
the threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that
injury would have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of
liquidation of entries since the Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and
Racks from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 9591 (March 5, 2009)
(``Preliminary Determination''), section 736(b)(2) of the Act is
applicable. Therefore, the Department will direct CBP to assess, upon
further advice, antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of oven
racks from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of
final determination of threat of material injury in the Federal
Register. See 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid from India and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 19197,
19198 (April 28, 2009). In addition, section 736(b)(2) of the Act
requires CBP to refund any cash deposits or bonds of estimated
antidumping duties posted since the preliminary antidumping
determination and prior to the ITC's notice of final determination.
Therefore, the Department will direct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation for entries of oven racks from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before the date
on which the ITC published its notice of final determination of threat
of material injury in the Federal Register, and to release any bond or
other security, and refund any cash deposit, posted to secure the
payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to these entries.
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will also
direct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of
oven racks from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date on which the ITC published its notice
of final determination of threat of material injury in the Federal
Register.
Effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers
would normally deposit estimated duties on this subject merchandise
(e.g., both refrigeration shelving and oven racks), a cash deposit
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equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as
listed below. See section 735(c)(3) of the Act. The ``PRC-wide'' rate
applies to all exporters of subject merchandise not specifically
listed. The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Exporter Producer WA Margin
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Guangdong Wireking Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. Guangdong Wireking Housewares & 95.99
(a/k/a Foshan Shunde Wireking Housewares & Hardware Hardware Co., Ltd.
Co., Ltd.).........................................
New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd.................... New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Co., Ltd. 43.09
Marmon Retail Services Asia......................... Leader Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (a/k/a 43.09
Marmon Retail Services Asia)
Hangzhou Dunli Import & Export Co., Ltd............. Hangzhou Dunli Industry Co., Ltd. 43.09
Jiangsu Weixi Group Co.............................. Jiangsu Weixi Group Co. 43.09
PRC-wide Entity (including Asber Enterprise Co., ....................................... 95.99
Ltd. (China))......................................
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from the PRC pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the
Department's Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of the main Commerce
building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.
Dated: September 8, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-22023 Filed 9-9-09; 4:15 am]
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