Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of New Shipper Review, 48905-48907 [E9-23234]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–552–801
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Extension of Time Limits for the
Preliminary Results of the New Shipper
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
September 25, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Barrientos, 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)
482–2243.
Background
The antidumping duty order on
certain frozen fish fillets from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(‘‘Vietnam’’) was published in the
Federal Register on August 12, 2003.
See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR
47909 (August 12, 2003). On February 6,
2009, we received a timely request for
a new shipper review from NTSF
Seafoods Joint Stock Company
(‘‘NTSF’’) in accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(c) and 351.214(d)(2). On March
24, 2009, the Department issued a notice
of initiation of new shipper review of
certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam
covering the period of August 1, 2008,
- January 31, 2009. See Certain Frozen
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping
Duty New Shipper Review, 74 FR 57058,
(March 27, 2009). The preliminary
results are currently due no later than
September 20, 2009.
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Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’),
provides that the Department will issue
the preliminary results of a new shipper
review of an antidumping duty order
within 180 days after the day on which
the review was initiated. See also 19
CFR 351.214 (i)(1). The Act further
provides that the Department may
extend that 180–day period to 300 days
if it determines that the case is
extraordinarily complicated. See also 19
CFR 351.214 (i)(2).
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Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary
Results
The Department determines that this
new shipper review involves
extraordinarily complicated
methodological issues such as the
examination of importer information
and the evaluation of the bona fide
nature of NTSF’s sales. In addition, the
Department needs additional time to
evaluate the affiliations amongst NTSF
and other entities. Therefore, in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2), the
Department is extending the time limit
for these preliminary results by 120
days, until no later than January 18,
2010. The final results continue to be
due 90 days after the publication of the
preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4474 and (202)
482–4551, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
published the Preliminary Results for
this new shipper review on June 30,
2009. In the Preliminary Results, the
Department stated that interested parties
were to submit case briefs within 30
days of publication of the Preliminary
Results and rebuttal briefs within five
days after the due date for filing case
briefs. See Preliminary Results, at 74 FR
31249. No interested party submitted a
case or rebuttal brief.
Dated: September 17, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Scope of the Order
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–890
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2009.
SUMMARY: On June 30, 2009, the
Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published the
preliminary results of the new shipper
review (‘‘NSR’’) of the antidumping
duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) covering sales of subject
merchandise made by Shanghai Fangjia
Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Fangjia’’). See
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Results of New Shipper Review, 74 FR
31244 (June 30, 2009) (‘‘Preliminary
Results’’). In accordance with 19 CFR
351.309(c)(ii), we gave interested parties
an opportunity to comment on the
Preliminary Results and received none.
Accordingly, we have not made changes
to the Preliminary Results and continue
to determine that Fangjia has not made
sales at less than normal value (‘‘NV’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Stolz or Lori Apodaca, AD/CVD
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Period of Review
The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is
January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008.
The product covered by the order is
wooden bedroom furniture. Wooden
bedroom furniture is generally, but not
exclusively, designed, manufactured,
and offered for sale in coordinated
groups, or bedrooms, in which all of the
individual pieces are of approximately
the same style and approximately the
same material and/or finish. The subject
merchandise is made substantially of
wood products, including both solid
wood and also engineered wood
products made from wood particles,
fibers, or other wooden materials such
as plywood, strand board, particle
board, and fiberboard, with or without
wood veneers, wood overlays, or
laminates, with or without non–wood
components or trim such as metal,
marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other
resins, and whether or not assembled,
completed, or finished.
The subject merchandise includes the
following items: (1) wooden beds such
as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds;
(2) wooden headboards for beds
(whether stand–alone or attached to side
rails), wooden footboards for beds,
wooden side rails for beds, and wooden
canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night
stands, dressers, commodes, bureaus,
mule chests, gentlemen’s chests,
bachelor’s chests, lingerie chests,
wardrobes, vanities, chessers,
chifforobes, and wardrobe–type
cabinets; (4) dressers with framed glass
mirrors that are attached to,
incorporated in, sit on, or hang over the
dresser; (5) chests–on-chests,1
1 A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-ofdrawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be
in two or more sections), with one or two sections
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highboys,2 lowboys,3 chests of drawers,4
chests,5 door chests,6 chiffoniers,7
hutches,8 and armoires;9 (6) desks,
computer stands, filing cabinets, book
cases, or writing tables that are attached
to or incorporated in the subject
merchandise; and (7) other bedroom
furniture consistent with the above list.
The scope of the order excludes the
following items: (1) seats, chairs,
benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds,
stools, and other seating furniture; (2)
mattresses, mattress supports (including
box springs), infant cribs, water beds,
and futon frames; (3) office furniture,
such as desks, stand–up desks,
computer cabinets, filing cabinets,
credenzas, and bookcases; (4) dining
room or kitchen furniture such as dining
tables, chairs, servers, sideboards,
buffets, corner cabinets, china cabinets,
and china hutches; (5) other non–
bedroom furniture, such as television
cabinets, cocktail tables, end tables,
occasional tables, wall systems, book
cases, and entertainment systems; (6)
bedroom furniture made primarily of
wicker, cane, osier, bamboo or rattan; (7)
side rails for beds made of metal if sold
separately from the headboard and
footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in
which bentwood parts predominate;10
(9) jewelry armories;11 (10) cheval
mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a slightly
larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
2 A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers
usually composed of a base and a top section with
drawers, and supported on four legs or a small chest
(often 15 inches or more in height).
3 A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers,
not more than four feet high, normally set on short
legs.
4 A chest of drawers is typically a case containing
drawers for storing clothing.
5 A chest is typically a case piece taller than it
is wide featuring a series of drawers and with or
without one or more doors for storing clothing. The
piece can either include drawers or be designed as
a large box incorporating a lid.
6 A door chest is typically a chest with hinged
doors to store clothing, whether or not containing
drawers. The piece may also include shelves for
televisions and other entertainment electronics.
7 A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest
of drawers normally used for storing undergarments
and lingerie, often with mirror(s) attached.
8 A hutch is typically an open case of furniture
with shelves that typically sits on another piece of
furniture and provides storage for clothes.
9 An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or
wardrobe (typically 50 inches or taller), with doors,
and with one or more drawers (either exterior below
or above the doors or interior behind the doors),
shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for
storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used
to hold television receivers and/or other audiovisual entertainment systems.
10 As used herein, bentwood means solid wood
made pliable. Bentwood is wood that is brought to
a curved shape by bending it while made pliable
with moist heat or other agency and then set by
cooling or drying. See Customs’ Headquarters’
Ruling Letter 043859, dated May 17, 1976.
11 Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for
the purpose of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24″ in
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mirrors;12 (11) certain metal parts;13 (12)
mirrors that do not attach to,
incorporate in, sit on, or hang over a
dresser if they are not designed and
marketed to be sold in conjunction with
a dresser as part of a dresser–mirror set;
(13) upholstered beds14 and (14) toy
boxes.15
width, 18″ in depth, and 49″ in height, including
a minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or
felt-like material, at least one side door (whether or
not the door is lined with felt or felt-like material),
with necklace hangers, and a flip-top lid with inset
mirror. See Issues and Decision Memorandum from
Laurel LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office Director,
Concerning Jewelry Armoires and Cheval Mirrors in
the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wooden
Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of
China, dated August 31, 2004. See also Wooden
Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of
China: Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Revocation in Part, 71
FR 38621 (July 7, 2006).
12 Cheval mirrors are any framed, tiltable mirror
with a height in excess of 50″ that is mounted on
a floor-standing, hinged base. Additionally, the
scope of the order excludes combination cheval
mirror/jewelry cabinets. The excluded merchandise
is an integrated piece consisting of a cheval mirror,
i.e., a framed tiltable mirror with a height in excess
of 50 inches, mounted on a floor-standing, hinged
base, the cheval mirror serving as a door to a
cabinet back that is integral to the structure of the
mirror and which constitutes a jewelry cabinet line
with fabric, having necklace and bracelet hooks,
mountings for rings and shelves, with or iwthout a
owrking lock and key to secure the contents of the
jewelry cabinet back to the cheval mirror, and no
drawers anywhere on the integrated piece. The fully
assembled piece must be at least 50 inches in
height, 14.5 inches in width, and 3 inches in depth.
See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke
Order in Part, 72 FR 948 (January 9, 2007).
13 Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture
parts made of wood products (as defined above)
that are not otherwise specifically named in this
scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds, wooden
footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and
wooden canopies for beds) and that do not possess
the essential character of wooden bedroom
furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or
unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheading 9403.90.7000.
14 Upholstered beds that are completely
upholstered, i.e., containing filling material and
completely covered in sewn genuine leather,
synthetic leather, or natural or synthetic decorative
fabric. To be excluded, the entire bed (headboards,
footboards, and side rails) must be upholstered
except for bed feet, which may be of wood, metal,
or any other material and which are no more than
nine inches in height from the floor. See Wooden
Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part,
72 FR 7013 (February 14, 2007).
15 To be excluded the toy box must: (1) Be wider
than it is tall; (2) have dimensions within 16 inches
to 27 inches in height, 15 inches to 18 inches in
depth, and 21 inches to 30 inches in width; (3) have
a hinged lid that encompasses the entire top of the
box; (4) not incorporate any doors or drawers; (5)
have slow-closing safety hinges; (6) have air vents;
(7) have no locking mechanism; and (8) comply
with American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standard F963-03. Toy boxes are boxes
generally designed for the purpose of storing
children’s items such as toys, books, and
playthings. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from
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Imports of subject merchandise are
classified under subheading
9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ‘‘wooden
. . . beds’’ and under subheading
9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as ‘‘other
. . . wooden furniture of a kind used in
the bedroom.’’ In addition, wooden
headboards for beds, wooden footboards
for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and
wooden canopies for beds may also be
entered under subheading 9403.50.9040
of the HTSUS as ‘‘parts of wood’’ and
framed glass mirrors may also be
entered under subheading 7009.92.5000
of the HTSUS as ‘‘glass mirrors . . .
framed.’’ This order covers all wooden
bedroom furniture meeting the above
description, regardless of tariff
classification. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of this
proceeding is dispositive.
New Shipper Status
No party has contested the bona fide
nature of Fangjia’s sale(s) during the
POR. Therefore, for these final results
we find, as in the Preliminary Results,
that the new shipper sale made by
Fangjia was made on a bona fide basis.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of information
on the record of the instant NSR and
because we did not receive comments
from the interested parties, we have not
made changes to the Preliminary Results
margin calculations.
Surrogate Country
Since the Preliminary Results, no
additional information has been placed
on the record of this segment of the
proceeding and no interested party has
commented on the selection of the
Philippines as the surrogate country.
Therefore, we continue to determine
that the Philippines is the appropriate
surrogate country for the final results of
this NSR.
Separate Rates
The Department found in the
Preliminary Results that Fangjia
demonstrated a lack of de jure and de
facto government control with respect to
its export activities, and preliminarily
determined that it was eligible for a
the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review and Determination
to Revoke Order in Part, 74 FR 8506 (February 25,
2009). Further, as determined in the scope ruling
memorandum ‘‘Wooden Bedroom Furniture from
the People’s Republic of China: Scope Ruling on a
White Toy Box,’’ dated July 6, 2009, the
dimensional ranges used to identify the toy boxes
that are excluded from the wooden bedroom
furniture order apply to the box itself rather than
the lid.
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separate rate. See Preliminary Results, at
74 FR at 31247. No information has
been placed on the record of this
segment of the proceeding since the
Preliminary Results to contradict our
preliminary separate–rate
determination. Therefore, for the final
results, we continue to determine that
Fangjia is eligible for a separate rate.
Final Results of the New Shipper
Review
The Department has determined that
the following final dumping margin
exists for the period January 1, 2008,
through June 30, 2008:
WOODEN BEDROOM FURNITURE FROM
THE PRC
Exporter/Producer
Weighted–Average
Margin (Percent)
Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd./Jiangsu
Danyang Brilliant Furniture Co., Ltd. ..........
0.00
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. For
importers/customers of the respondent
where the respondent did not report
entered values, we have calculated
importer/customer–specific
antidumping duty assessment amounts
based on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales of subject merchandise
to the total quantity of subject
merchandise sold in those transactions.
For importers/customers of the
respondent where the respondent
reported entered values, we have
calculated an ad valorem rate for that
importer/customer by dividing the total
amount of antidumping duties
calculated in the examined sales of
subject merchandise by the total entered
value of those transactions. The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of these final results
of NSR.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of NSR
for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date, as provided
for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: 1)
for the exporter/producer combination
listed above, the cash deposit rate will
be the rates shown for these companies;
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2) for previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non–PRC exporters
not listed above that have separate rates,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the exporter–specific rate or
combination rate published for the most
recent period; 3) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not
been found to be entitled to a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
PRC–wide rate of 216.01 percent; and 4)
for all non–PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the PRC
exporters that supplied that non–PRC
exporter. These deposit requirements
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification of Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a final
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 the antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed for these final results within
five days of the date of publication of
this notice to interested parties in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
We are issuing and publishing these
final results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(a)(2)(B), 751(a)(2)(C),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
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Dated: September 16, 2009.
Carole A. Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
and Negotiations.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–909
Certain Steel Nails From the People’s
Republic of China: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has determined that a
request for a new shipper review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
nails from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’), received on August 24,
2009, meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for initiation. The period
of review (‘‘POR’’) of this new shipper
review is January 23, 2008, - July 31,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Renkey, 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)
482–2312.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The antidumping duty order on
certain steel nails from the PRC was
published in the Federal Register on
August 1, 2008. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel
Nails From the People’s Republic of
China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008)
(‘‘Order’’). On August 24, 2009, we
received a timely request for a new
shipper review from Maanshan Leader
Metal Products Co., Ltd. (‘‘Maanshan
Leader’’) in accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(c) and 351.214(d)(2). Maanshan
Leader has certified that it is both the
producer and exporter of the subject
merchandise upon which the request for
the new shipper review is based.
Initiation of New Shipper Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(‘‘Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i),
Maanshan Leader certified that it did
not export certain steel nails to the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-890
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2009.
SUMMARY: On June 30, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published the preliminary results of the new shipper review (``NSR'')
of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering sales of subject
merchandise made by Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd. (``Fangjia'').
See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 74 FR 31244 (June 30, 2009)
(``Preliminary Results''). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), we
gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary
Results and received none. Accordingly, we have not made changes to the
Preliminary Results and continue to determine that Fangjia has not made
sales at less than normal value (``NV'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Lori Apodaca, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4474 and (202) 482-4551, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published the Preliminary Results for
this new shipper review on June 30, 2009. In the Preliminary Results,
the Department stated that interested parties were to submit case
briefs within 30 days of publication of the Preliminary Results and
rebuttal briefs within five days after the due date for filing case
briefs. See Preliminary Results, at 74 FR 31249. No interested party
submitted a case or rebuttal brief.
Period of Review
The period of review (``POR'') is January 1, 2008, through June 30,
2008.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture.
Wooden bedroom furniture is generally, but not exclusively, designed,
manufactured, and offered for sale in coordinated groups, or bedrooms,
in which all of the individual pieces are of approximately the same
style and approximately the same material and/or finish. The subject
merchandise is made substantially of wood products, including both
solid wood and also engineered wood products made from wood particles,
fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board,
particle board, and fiberboard, with or without wood veneers, wood
overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim
such as metal, marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other resins, and
whether or not assembled, completed, or finished.
The subject merchandise includes the following items: (1) wooden
beds such as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds; (2) wooden
headboards for beds (whether stand-alone or attached to side rails),
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden
canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night stands, dressers, commodes,
bureaus, mule chests, gentlemen's chests, bachelor's chests, lingerie
chests, wardrobes, vanities, chessers, chifforobes, and wardrobe-type
cabinets; (4) dressers with framed glass mirrors that are attached to,
incorporated in, sit on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chests-on-
chests,\1\
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highboys,\2\ lowboys,\3\ chests of drawers,\4\ chests,\5\ door
chests,\6\ chiffoniers,\7\ hutches,\8\ and armoires;\9\ (6) desks,
computer stands, filing cabinets, book cases, or writing tables that
are attached to or incorporated in the subject merchandise; and (7)
other bedroom furniture consistent with the above list.
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\1\ A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-drawers in two
or more sections (or appearing to be in two or more sections), with
one or two sections mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a
slightly larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
\2\ A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers usually
composed of a base and a top section with drawers, and supported on
four legs or a small chest (often 15 inches or more in height).
\3\ A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers, not more
than four feet high, normally set on short legs.
\4\ A chest of drawers is typically a case containing drawers
for storing clothing.
\5\ A chest is typically a case piece taller than it is wide
featuring a series of drawers and with or without one or more doors
for storing clothing. The piece can either include drawers or be
designed as a large box incorporating a lid.
\6\ A door chest is typically a chest with hinged doors to store
clothing, whether or not containing drawers. The piece may also
include shelves for televisions and other entertainment electronics.
\7\ A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest of drawers
normally used for storing undergarments and lingerie, often with
mirror(s) attached.
\8\ A hutch is typically an open case of furniture with shelves
that typically sits on another piece of furniture and provides
storage for clothes.
\9\ An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or wardrobe
(typically 50 inches or taller), with doors, and with one or more
drawers (either exterior below or above the doors or interior behind
the doors), shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for
storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used to hold
television receivers and/or other audio-visual entertainment
systems.
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The scope of the order excludes the following items: (1) seats,
chairs, benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds, stools, and other seating
furniture; (2) mattresses, mattress supports (including box springs),
infant cribs, water beds, and futon frames; (3) office furniture, such
as desks, stand-up desks, computer cabinets, filing cabinets,
credenzas, and bookcases; (4) dining room or kitchen furniture such as
dining tables, chairs, servers, sideboards, buffets, corner cabinets,
china cabinets, and china hutches; (5) other non-bedroom furniture,
such as television cabinets, cocktail tables, end tables, occasional
tables, wall systems, book cases, and entertainment systems; (6)
bedroom furniture made primarily of wicker, cane, osier, bamboo or
rattan; (7) side rails for beds made of metal if sold separately from
the headboard and footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in which bentwood
parts predominate;\10\ (9) jewelry armories;\11\ (10) cheval
mirrors;\12\ (11) certain metal parts;\13\ (12) mirrors that do not
attach to, incorporate in, sit on, or hang over a dresser if they are
not designed and marketed to be sold in conjunction with a dresser as
part of a dresser-mirror set; (13) upholstered beds\14\ and (14) toy
boxes.\15\
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\10\ As used herein, bentwood means solid wood made pliable.
Bentwood is wood that is brought to a curved shape by bending it
while made pliable with moist heat or other agency and then set by
cooling or drying. See Customs' Headquarters' Ruling Letter 043859,
dated May 17, 1976.
\11\ Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for the purpose
of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24 in width,
18 in depth, and 49 in height, including a
minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or felt-like material, at
least one side door (whether or not the door is lined with felt or
felt-like material), with necklace hangers, and a flip-top lid with
inset mirror. See Issues and Decision Memorandum from Laurel
LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office Director, Concerning Jewelry
Armoires and Cheval Mirrors in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, dated
August 31, 2004. See also Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review and Revocation in Part, 71 FR 38621 (July 7, 2006).
\12\ Cheval mirrors are any framed, tiltable mirror with a
height in excess of 50 that is mounted on a floor-
standing, hinged base. Additionally, the scope of the order excludes
combination cheval mirror/jewelry cabinets. The excluded merchandise
is an integrated piece consisting of a cheval mirror, i.e., a framed
tiltable mirror with a height in excess of 50 inches, mounted on a
floor-standing, hinged base, the cheval mirror serving as a door to
a cabinet back that is integral to the structure of the mirror and
which constitutes a jewelry cabinet line with fabric, having
necklace and bracelet hooks, mountings for rings and shelves, with
or iwthout a owrking lock and key to secure the contents of the
jewelry cabinet back to the cheval mirror, and no drawers anywhere
on the integrated piece. The fully assembled piece must be at least
50 inches in height, 14.5 inches in width, and 3 inches in depth.
See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Determination to
Revoke Order in Part, 72 FR 948 (January 9, 2007).
\13\ Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture parts made
of wood products (as defined above) that are not otherwise
specifically named in this scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds,
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden
canopies for beds) and that do not possess the essential character
of wooden bedroom furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or
unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'')
subheading 9403.90.7000.
\14\ Upholstered beds that are completely upholstered, i.e.,
containing filling material and completely covered in sewn genuine
leather, synthetic leather, or natural or synthetic decorative
fabric. To be excluded, the entire bed (headboards, footboards, and
side rails) must be upholstered except for bed feet, which may be of
wood, metal, or any other material and which are no more than nine
inches in height from the floor. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 72
FR 7013 (February 14, 2007).
\15\ To be excluded the toy box must: (1) Be wider than it is
tall; (2) have dimensions within 16 inches to 27 inches in height,
15 inches to 18 inches in depth, and 21 inches to 30 inches in
width; (3) have a hinged lid that encompasses the entire top of the
box; (4) not incorporate any doors or drawers; (5) have slow-closing
safety hinges; (6) have air vents; (7) have no locking mechanism;
and (8) comply with American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) standard F963-03. Toy boxes are boxes generally designed for
the purpose of storing children's items such as toys, books, and
playthings. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and
Determination to Revoke Order in Part, 74 FR 8506 (February 25,
2009). Further, as determined in the scope ruling memorandum
``Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China:
Scope Ruling on a White Toy Box,'' dated July 6, 2009, the
dimensional ranges used to identify the toy boxes that are excluded
from the wooden bedroom furniture order apply to the box itself
rather than the lid.
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Imports of subject merchandise are classified under subheading
9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ``wooden . . . beds'' and under subheading
9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as ``other . . . wooden furniture of a kind
used in the bedroom.'' In addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden
footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies
for beds may also be entered under subheading 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS
as ``parts of wood'' and framed glass mirrors may also be entered under
subheading 7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors . . . framed.''
This order covers all wooden bedroom furniture meeting the above
description, regardless of tariff classification. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
New Shipper Status
No party has contested the bona fide nature of Fangjia's sale(s)
during the POR. Therefore, for these final results we find, as in the
Preliminary Results, that the new shipper sale made by Fangjia was made
on a bona fide basis.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of information on the record of the instant
NSR and because we did not receive comments from the interested
parties, we have not made changes to the Preliminary Results margin
calculations.
Surrogate Country
Since the Preliminary Results, no additional information has been
placed on the record of this segment of the proceeding and no
interested party has commented on the selection of the Philippines as
the surrogate country. Therefore, we continue to determine that the
Philippines is the appropriate surrogate country for the final results
of this NSR.
Separate Rates
The Department found in the Preliminary Results that Fangjia
demonstrated a lack of de jure and de facto government control with
respect to its export activities, and preliminarily determined that it
was eligible for a
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separate rate. See Preliminary Results, at 74 FR at 31247. No
information has been placed on the record of this segment of the
proceeding since the Preliminary Results to contradict our preliminary
separate-rate determination. Therefore, for the final results, we
continue to determine that Fangjia is eligible for a separate rate.
Final Results of the New Shipper Review
The Department has determined that the following final dumping
margin exists for the period January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008:
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the PRC
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Weighted-Average
Exporter/Producer Margin (Percent)
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Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Danyang 0.00
Brilliant Furniture Co., Ltd.......................
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. For importers/customers of the respondent where
the respondent did not report entered values, we have calculated
importer/customer-specific antidumping duty assessment amounts based on
the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales of subject merchandise to the total quantity of subject
merchandise sold in those transactions. For importers/customers of the
respondent where the respondent reported entered values, we have
calculated an ad valorem rate for that importer/customer by dividing
the total amount of antidumping duties calculated in the examined sales
of subject merchandise by the total entered value of those
transactions. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final results of
NSR.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of NSR for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: 1) for the exporter/producer
combination listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rates shown
for these companies; 2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and
non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate or
combination rate published for the most recent period; 3) for all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide
rate of 216.01 percent; and 4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied
that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification of Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a final 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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed for these final results
within five days of the date of publication of this notice to
interested parties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B), 751(a)(2)(C), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 16, 2009.
Carole A. Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. E9-23234 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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