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Scope-Related Issues
Comment 8 Exclusion Requests for
Plywood Panels or Veneer
Comment 9 Strand-Woven
Lignocellulosic Flooring
Comment 10 Scope Language
Regarding HTSUS Subheadings
Comment 11 Continued Requests for
Certain Exclusions
[FR Doc. 2011–26892 Filed 10–17–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: October 18, 2011.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2011, the
Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published its
preliminary determination of sales at
less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) in the
antidumping investigation of
multilayered wood flooring from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).1
On June 27, 2011, the Department
published its amended preliminary
determination of sales at LTFV in the
antidumping investigation of
multilayered wood flooring from the
PRC.2 The Department invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Determination. Based on
the Department’s analysis of the
comments received, the Department has
made changes from the Preliminary
Determination. The Department
determines that multilayered wood
flooring from the PRC is being, or is
likely to be, sold in the United States at
LTFV, as provided in section 735 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’). The final dumping margins for
this investigation are listed in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Riggle, John Hollwitz, Brandon
Petelin or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import
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AGENCY:
1 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76
FR 30656 (May 26, 2011) (‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’).
2 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Amended Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76
FR 37316 (June 27, 2011) (‘‘Amended Preliminary
Determination’’).
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Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0650, (202) 482–
2336, (202) 482–8173 or (202) 482–0167,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published its
Preliminary Determination of sales at
LTFV and postponement of the final
determination on May 26, 2011. On May
31, 2011, Riverside Plywood
Corporation, Samling Elegant Living
Trading (Labuan) Limited, Baroque
Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co. Ltd.,
Samling Global USA, Inc., Samling
Riverside Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Times
Flooring Co., Ltd.(collectively, the
‘‘Samling Group’’) and Vicwood
Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (‘‘Vicwood’’)
submitted timely ministerial error
allegations. The Department published
its Amended Preliminary Determination
of sales at LTFV on June 27, 2011.
Following the release of Amended
Preliminary Determination, on June 23,
2011, Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Lizhong’’) filed a submission
requesting to correct Shanghai Lizhong
Wood Products Co., Ltd.’s name as
specified in its Separate Rate
Application, or at minimum to instruct
U.S Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) of the correct name for Lizhong.
See Separate Rate section below.
Between June 2, 2011 and July 1,
2011, the Department conducted
verification of mandatory respondents
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Yuhua’’), Zhejiang Layo Wood
Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Layo Wood’’), and
the Samling Group.3 On July 6, 2011,
the Department received a supplemental
questionnaire response from Vicwood.
The Coalition for American
Hardwood Parity (‘‘Petitioner’’), Style
Limited, Shanghai Lizhong Wood
Products Co., Ltd/The Lizhong Wood
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai
(‘‘Lizhong’’), Lumber Liquidators
Services, LLC (‘‘Lumber Liquidators’’),
Home Legend LLC (‘‘Home Legend’’),
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan)
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Armstrong Kunshan’’), Fine
Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (‘‘Fine
Furniture’’), Chinafloors Timber (China)
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Chinafloors’’), the
Government of the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘GOC’’), Yuhua, Samling Group,
and Layo Wood submitted case briefs on
August 4, 2011. On August 9, 2011,
Petitioner, Style Limited, Lumber
Liquidators, Home Legend, Armstrong
Kunshan, Fine Furniture, Yuhua,
3 See
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Samling Group, and Layo Wood filed
rebuttal briefs. In addition, on August
15, 2011, respondent Layo Wood
resubmitted its August 4, 2011 case
brief.4 The Department conducted a
public hearing on August 24, 2011.
Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
April 1, 2010, through September 30,
2010. This period corresponds to the
two most recent fiscal quarters prior to
the month of the filing of the petition,
which was October 2010.5
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
investigation, as well as comments
received pursuant to the Department’s
requests are addressed in the Issues and
Decisions Memorandum.6 A list of the
issues which the parties raised and to
which the Department responds in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum is
attached to this notice as Appendix I.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
Access to IA ACCESS is available in the
Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046
of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/
ia/. The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Changes Applicable to Multiple
Companies
1. The Department changed the
surrogate value (‘‘SV’’) of nonconiferous, non-tropical core veneer
inputs from Philippine Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (‘‘HTS’’) 4408.90.10 to
Philippine HTS 4408.90.90.7
4 Letter from Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd. to Secretary of Commerce, ‘‘Multilayered Wood
Flooring From the People’s Republic of China:
Resubmission of August 5, 2011 Case Brief’’ (Aug.
15, 2011).
5 See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1).
6 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Final Determination in the Antidumping
Duty Investigation of Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China’’ (October 11, 2011)
(‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’).
7 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 16; see also Memorandum regarding:
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2. The Department changed the SV for
high density fiberboard inputs from
Philippine HTS 4411.19 to a simple
average of Philippine HTS 4411.11 and
Philippine HTS 4411.21.8
3. To value plywood, the Department
is relying on the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Forest Management Bureau
(‘‘FMB’’)’s 2009 price data for lauan
plywood, inflated to the POI. In doing
so, the Department is averaging the
prices of 4.7625 millimeter (mm) thick,
6.35 mm thick, and 12.7 mm thick
plywood for all of 2009.9
4. The Department is valuing the
Samling Group’s finish inputs (i.e., top
coat and base coat) and Layo Wood’s
paint inputs using POI Philippine
National Statistics Office (‘‘NSO’’) data
from the eight-digit Philippine HTS
category 3208.20.90.10
5. The Department changed the data
it relied upon to calculate a surrogate
labor rate from 2006 ‘‘compensation of
employees’’ data to 2002 ‘‘labor cost’’
data.11
6. The Department changed the
financial statements used to calculate
financial ratios from four 2009
statements of Philippine plywood
producers to three 2010 statements of
Philippine plywood producers.12
7. The Department changed the source
of information it used to calculate the
truck rate from Indian truck rate data to
the Confederation of Truckers
Association of the Philippines, Inc.13
8. The Department stated in its
Preliminary Surrogate Value
Memorandum that it was relying upon
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Final Surrogate Value Memorandum dated
concurrently with this memorandum (‘‘Final
Surrogate Value Memorandum’’).
8 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 20; see also Final Surrogate Value
Memorandum.
9 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 13; see also Final Surrogate Value
Memorandum.
10 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 19; see Memorandum regarding:
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Final Determination Analysis Memorandum for the
Samling Group, dated concurrently with this
memorandum (‘‘Samling’s Final Analysis Memo’’);
see Memorandum regarding: Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People’s Republic of China: Final Determination
Analysis Memorandum for Layo Wood, dated
concurrently with this memorandum (‘‘Layo
Wood’s Final Analysis Memo’’).
11 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 6; see also Final Surrogate Value
Memorandum.
12 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 1; see also Final Surrogate Value
Memorandum.
13 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 18; see also Final Surrogate Value
Memorandum.
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the International Monetary Fund’s
(‘‘IMF’’) Wholesale Price Index (‘‘WPI’’)
for the Philippines and India to reflect
inflation or deflation of noncontemporaneous surrogate values.14
The Department, instead, inadvertently
used the IMF’s Consumer Price Index
(‘‘CPI’’) for the Philippines and India in
its surrogate value calculations.
Although no parties commented on this
issue, the Department has changed the
indices it used in inflation and deflation
calculations for the final determination,
to reflect its originally intended
methodology. Due to changes in IMF
index reporting terminology, the
Department finds that the closest
available index for the Philippines and
India is the Producer Price Index
(‘‘PPI’’). Therefore, the Department has
calculated the inflation or deflation of
non-contemporaneous surrogate values
for the final determination based on
PPI.15
9. In the Preliminary Determination,
the Department used an electricity rate
with an effective date of 2009, and
inflated it to the POI. For the final
determination, the Department finds
that inflating the electricity rate does
not represent the best available
information because utility rates
generally represent the current rate as of
the listed effective date. Therefore, the
Department did not inflate the
electricity value to the POI for the final
determination.16
10. For the final determination the
Department we have valued Layo
Wood’s byproducts using a simple
average of the surrogate values for Layo
Wood’s wood veneer and wood core
inputs.
Changes Specific to Yuhua
We made changes based on
verification findings.17
Changes Specific to Layo Wood
1. The Department changed the SV for
Layo Wood’s glue inputs from
Philippine HTS 3506.99 to Philippine
HTS 3909.20.90.18
14 See Memorandum regarding: Antidumping
Duty Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Surrogate Value Memorandum, dated May 19, 2011,
(‘‘Preliminary Surrogate value Memorandum’’) at
2–3.
15 See Final Surrogate Value Memorandum.
16 See Final Surrogate Value Memorandum.
17 See Yuhua’s Verification Report; see
Memorandum Regarding: Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People’s Republic of China: Final Determination
Analysis Memorandum for Yuhua, dated
concurrently with this memorandum (‘‘Yuhua’s
Final Analysis Memo’’).
18 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 25; see Layo Wood’s Final Analysis
Memo.
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2. The Department changed the rate
used to calculate the density of Layo
Wood’s packing fiberboard inputs from
740 kg per cubic meter to 650 kg per
cubic meter.19
Changes Specific to Samling Group
1. The Department is valuing the
Samling Group’s glue input using POI
NSO data from the eight-digit
Philippine HTS category 3909.10.90,
‘‘other; urea formaldehyde adhesive.’’ 20
2. The Department is valuing certain
Samling veneers using 2009 NSO data
for Philippine HTS category 4408.39.90,
which covers tropical wood veneers.21
3. The Department is valuing the
Samling Group’s corrugated cardboard
inputs using POI NSO data from the sixdigit Philippine HTS category 4808.10,
‘‘Corrugated paper and paperboard,
whether or not perforated.’’ 22
4. The Department is valuing the
Samling Group’s label inputs using POI
NSO data from the six-digit Philippine
HTS category 4811.41, ‘‘Selfadhesive.’’ 23
5. The Department is valuing certain
market economy purchases using the
corrected values reported by the
Samling Group at the verification of
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan)
Co., Ltd.24
6. The Department has reduced the
Samling Group’s reported gross unit
U.S. price by Samling’s costs associated
with U.S. inland freight from the
warehouse to customer (i.e., we reduced
the reported gross unit price by the
INLFWCU field).25
7. The Department is treating freight
revenue as an offset to freight costs
rather than as an addition to U.S.
price.26
8. The Department adjusted the
Samling Group’s indirect selling
expense ratio to include the POI total
reserve for bad debt expense.27
19 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 30; see Layo Wood’s Final Analysis
Memo.
20 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 32; see Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
21 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 31; see Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
22 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 35; see also Samling’s Final Analysis
Memo.
23 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 33; see also Samling’s Final Analysis
Memo.
24 See Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
25 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 38; see Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
26 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 39; see Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
27 See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 40; see Samling’s Final Analysis Memo.
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Scope of the Investigation 28
Multilayered wood flooring is
composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) 29
in combination with a core. The several
layers, along with the core, are glued or
otherwise bonded together to form a
final assembled product. Multilayered
wood flooring is often referred to by
other terms, e.g., ‘‘engineered wood
flooring’’ or ‘‘plywood flooring.’’
Regardless of the particular terminology,
all products that meet the description
set forth herein are intended for
inclusion within the definition of
subject merchandise.
All multilayered wood flooring is
included within the definition of subject
merchandise, without regard to:
dimension (overall thickness, thickness
of face ply, thickness of back ply,
thickness of core, and thickness of inner
plies; width; and length); wood species
used for the face, back and inner
veneers; core composition; and face
grade. Multilayered wood flooring
included within the definition of subject
merchandise may be unfinished (i.e.,
without a finally finished surface to
protect the face veneer from wear and
tear) or ‘‘prefinished’’ (i.e., a coating
applied to the face veneer, including,
but not exclusively, oil or oil-modified
or water-based polyurethanes, ultraviolet light cured polyurethanes, wax,
epoxy-ester finishes, moisture-cured
urethanes and acid-curing formaldehyde
finishes). The veneers may be also
soaked in an acrylic-impregnated finish.
All multilayered wood flooring is
included within the definition of subject
merchandise regardless of whether the
face (or back) of the product is smooth,
wire brushed, distressed by any method
or multiple methods, or hand-scraped.
In addition, all multilayered wood
flooring is included within the
definition of subject merchandise
regardless of whether or not it is
manufactured with any interlocking or
connecting mechanism (for example,
tongue-and-groove construction or
locking joints). All multilayered wood
flooring is included within the
definition of the subject merchandise
regardless of whether the product meets
a particular industry or similar
standard.
The core of multilayered wood
flooring may be composed of a range of
materials, including but not limited to
28 See
Memorandum to Christian Marsh through
Susan Kuhbach and Nancy Decker from Joshua
Morris ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China; Scope,’’ dated May 19,
2011.
29 A ‘‘veneer’’ is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut,
sliced or sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. Veneer is
referred to as a ply when assembled.
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hardwood or softwood veneer,
particleboard, medium-density
fiberboard (‘‘MDF’’), high-density
fiberboard (‘‘HDF’’), stone and/or plastic
composite, or strips of lumber placed
edge-to-edge.
Multilayered wood flooring products
generally, but not exclusively, may be in
the form of a strip, plank, or other
geometrical patterns (e.g., circular,
hexagonal). All multilayered wood
flooring products are included within
this definition regardless of the actual or
nominal dimensions or form of the
product.
Specifically excluded from the scope
are cork flooring and bamboo flooring,
regardless of whether any of the subsurface layers of either flooring are
made from wood. Also excluded is
laminate flooring. Laminate flooring
consists of a top wear layer sheet not
made of wood, a decorative paper layer,
a core-layer of high-density fiberboard,
and a stabilizing bottom layer.
Imports of the subject merchandise
are provided for under the following
subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’): 4412.31.0520;
4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560;
4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520;
4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050;
4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4070;
4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135;
4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165;
4412.31.3175; 4412.31.6000;
4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520;
4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560;
4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520;
4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135;
4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165;
4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185;
4412.32.5600; 4412.39.1000;
4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011;
4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019;
4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032;
4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051;
4412.39.4052; 4412.39.4059;
4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062;
4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010;
4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050;
4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050;
4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111;
4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131;
4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160;
4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100;
4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000;
4412.94.7000; 4412.94.8000;
4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500;
4412.99.0600; 4412.99.1020;
4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040;
4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120;
4412.99.3130; 4412.99.3140;
4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160;
4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100;
4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5710;
4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000;
4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000;
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4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000;
4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000; and
4418.72.9500.
In addition, imports of subject
merchandise may enter the United
States under the following HTSUS
subheadings: 4409.10.0500;
4409.10.2000; 4409.29.0515;
4409.29.0525; 4409.29.0535;
4409.29.0545; 4409.29.0555;
4409.29.0565; 4409.29.2530;
4409.29.2550; 4409.29.2560;
4418.71.1000; 4418.79.0000; and
4418.90.4605.
While HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
subject merchandise is dispositive.
Scope Comments
Scope Comments
Following the Preliminary
Determination, on May 19, 2011, the
Department issued a decision
memorandum addressing multiple
scope issues in this and the concurrent
CVD investigation of wood flooring from
the PRC. See Memorandum to Christian
Marsh, ‘‘Scope’’ (May 19, 2011) (‘‘Scope
Memo’’). We sought comments on the
scope in both the AD and CVD cases.
See Letter to All Interested Parties from
Nancy Decker, Program Manager, Office
1, AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, ‘‘RE: Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations:
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ (May 25,
2011).
In response, interested parties filed
scope-related comments in submissions
on June 6, 2011, June 14, 2011, and June
15, 2011, as well as in case briefs on
August 4, 2011, and rebuttal briefs on
August 8, 2011, and August 9, 2011.
Additionally, a scope-related
submission was received the same day
the Scope Memo was released and,
therefore, was not analyzed in the Scope
Memo, but is addressed in this final
determination. Based on our analysis of
all the comments, we have changed the
scope to eliminate references to certain
HTSUS numbers. For a complete
discussion of this change, as well as a
summary of the parties’ comments and
the Department’s positions, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, the Department verified the
information submitted by Yuhua, Layo
Wood, and the Samling Group for use in
its final determination. The Department
used standard verification procedures,
including examination of relevant
accounting and production records and
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original source documents provided by
the respondents.30
Non-Market Economy Country
The Department considers the PRC to
be a non-market economy (‘‘NME’’)
country. In accordance with section
771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any
determination that a foreign country is
an NME country shall remain in effect
until revoked by the administering
authority. The Department has not
revoked the PRC’s status as an NME
country. No party has challenged the
designation of the PRC as an NME
country in this investigation. Therefore,
the Department continues to treat the
PRC as an NME for purposes of this
final determination.
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Surrogate Country
In the preliminary determination, the
Department stated that it selected the
Philippines as the appropriate surrogate
country to use in this investigation
pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act
based on the following: (1) It is at a
similar level of economic development;
30 See Memorandum from Brandon Petelin,
International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, to the File, Verification of Constructed
Export Sales (‘‘CEP’’) for Baroque Timber Industries
(Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (‘‘BTI’’), Riverside Plywood
Corporation (‘‘RPC’’), Samling Elegant Living
Trading (Labuan) Limited (‘‘SELT’’), Samling
Riverside Co., Ltd.(‘‘SR’’), and Suzhou Times
Flooring Co., Ltd. (‘‘STF’’) (collectively, the
‘‘Samling Group’’) at the headquarters of its U.S.
affiliate (July 22, 2011); Memorandum from Robert
Greger, Senior International Trade Accountant, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification
of Constructed Export Sales (‘‘CEP’’) for Baroque
Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (‘‘BTI’’),
Riverside Plywood corporation (‘‘RPC’’), Samling
Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited (‘‘SELT’’),
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. (‘‘SR’’), and Suzhou
Times Flooring Co., Ltd. (‘‘STF’’) (collectively, the
‘‘Samling Group’’) at Samling Global USA, Inc.
(‘‘SGUSA’’) (July 22, 2011); Memorandum from
Brandon Farlander, Senior International Trade
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File,
Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd (‘‘Yuhua’’) (July
21, 2011) (‘‘Yuhua’s Verification Report’’);
Memorandum from Brandon Farlander, Senior
International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, to the File, Verification of the Sales and
Factors Response of Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry
Co., Ltd., in Less than Fair Value Investigation of
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China (July 22, 2011); Memorandum
from Brandon Petelin, International Trade Analyst,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File,
Verification of Sales and Factors Response of
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
(‘‘BTI’’) and Samling Elegant Living Trading
(Labuan) Limited (‘‘SELT’’) in the Less-than-FairValue Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring
(‘‘Wood Flooring’’) from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) (July 22, 2011); Memorandum from
Brandon Petelin, International Trade Analyst, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification
of Sales and Factors Response of Riverside Plywood
Corporation (‘‘RPC’’) and Samling Riverside Co.,
Ltd. (‘‘SR’’) in the Less-than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring
(‘‘Wood Flooring’’) from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) (July 22, 2011).
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(2) it is a significant producer of
comparable merchandise; and (3) we
have reliable data from the Philippines
that we can use to value the FOPs.31 The
Department has not made changes to
findings with respect to the selection of
a surrogate country for the final
determination.
Separate Rate Companies
In proceedings involving NME
countries, the Department holds a
rebuttable presumption that all
companies within the country are
subject to government control and, thus,
should be assessed a single antidumping
duty rate. It is the Department’s policy
to assign all exporters of the subject
merchandise 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.32
In the instant investigation, the
Department received timely-filed
separate rate applications (‘‘SRAs’’)
from 74 companies (‘‘Separate Rate
Applicants’’).33 In the Preliminary
31 See Memorandum to Abdelali Elouaradia from
Drew Jackson, Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People’s Republic of China: Surrogate Country
Memorandum (May 19, 2011).
32 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People’s
Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Cmt. 1; as further developed in Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at less Than Fair Value
Silicon Carbide from the People’s Republic of
China, 59 FR 22585, 22587 (May 2, 1994).
33 The 74 separate-rate applicants are: (1)
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (2)
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd., (3) Hangzhou
Hanje Tec Co., Ltd., (4) Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture
(Dalian) Co., Ltd., (5) Shenyang Haobainian
Wooden Co., Ltd., (6) Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.,
(7) HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd., (8) Dun
Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd., (9) Dunhua Jisheng
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (10) Hunchun Forest Wolf
Industry Co., Ltd., (11) Guangzhou Panyu Southern
Star Co., Ltd., (12) Nanjing Minglin Wooden
Industry Co., Ltd., (13) Zhejiang Fudeli Timber
Industry Co., Ltd., (14) Suzhou Dongda Wood Co.,
Ltd., (15) Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co.,
Ltd., (16) Kornbest Enterprises Ltd., (17)
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc., (18) Zhejiang
Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd., (19) Xinyuan Wooden
Industry Co., Ltd., (20) Dasso Industrial Group Co.,
Ltd., (21) Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co.,
Ltd., (22) Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co.,
Ltd., (23) Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co.,
Ltd., (24) Changbai Mountain Development and
Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industry Co., Ltd.,
(25) Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., (26)
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (27) Dalian
Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., (28) Dongtai
Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC, (29) Dunhua City
Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (30) Dunhua City
Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (31) Dunhua
City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (32) Dunhua
City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (33) Fusong
Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd., (34) Fusong
Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., (35) GTP
International, (36) Guangdong Yihua Timber
Industry Co., Ltd., (37) HaiLin LinJing Wooden
Products, Ltd., (38) Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Exp.
Co., Ltd., (39) Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd.,
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Determination, the Department found
that twelve wholly foreign-owned
companies,34 demonstrated eligibility
for separate rate status.35 In addition,
the Department found that sixty-two of
the separate-rate companies that are
either joint ventures between Chinese
and foreign companies or are wholly
Chinese-owned companies
demonstrated eligibility for separate rate
status. Since the publication of the
Preliminary Determination, no party has
commented on the eligibility of the
Separate Rate Applicants for separaterate status. However, the Department
corrected the name of one of the
separate rate applicants. The
Department has changed the incorrect
name of ‘‘Shanghai Lizhong Wood
Products Co., Ltd. (‘‘Lizhong’’)’’ to the
correct name of ‘‘Shanghai Lizhong
Wood Products Co., Ltd. also known as
The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited
Company of Shanghai (‘‘Lizhong’’).’’ 36
(40) Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., (41) Jiashan
Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd., (42) Jilin
Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd.,
(43) Karly Wood Product Limited, (44) Kunshan
Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (45) Puli
Trading Limited, (46) Shanghai Eswell Timber Co.
Ltd., (47) Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd., (48)
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd., (49) Shanghai
Shenlin Corporation, (50) Shenzhenshi Huanwei
Woods Co., Ltd., (51) Vicwood Industry (Suzhou)
Co., Ltd., (52) Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd.,
(53) Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd., (54) Yixing
Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd., (55) Jiangsu
Simba Flooring Industry Co., Ltd, (56) Zhejiang
Biyork Wood Co., Ltd., (57) Zhejiang Dadongwu
GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd., (58) Zhejiang Desheng
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (59) Zhejiang Shiyou
Timber Co., Ltd., (60) Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo
& Wood Development Co., Ltd., (61) Chinafloors
Timber (China) Co. Ltd., (62) Shanghai Lizhong
Wood Products Co., Ltd., (63) Fine Furniture
(Shanghai) Limited, (64) Huzhou Sunergy World
Trade Co. Ltd., (65) Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.,
(66) A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd., (67) Fu Lik
Timber (HK) Company Limited, (68) Yekalon
Industry, Inc./Sennorwell International Group
(Hong Kong) Limited, (69) Kemian Wood Industry
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd., (70) Dalian Kemian Wood
Industry Co., Ltd., (71) Dalian Huilong Wooden
Products Co., Ltd., (72) Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo
and Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and (73) Real Wood
Floors, LLC.
34 The wholly foreign-owned Separate Rate
Applicants are: (1) Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co, Ltd;
(2) Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company Limited; (3)
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd; (4)
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.; (5) A&W
(Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.; (6) Vicwood Industry
(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; (7) Armstrong Wood Products
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; (8) Kunshan Yingyi-Nature
Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; (9) Dongtai Fuan Universal
Dynamics LLC; (10) Yixing Lion-King Timber
Industry Co., Ltd.; (11) Chinafloors Timber (China)
Co., Ltd.; and (12) Fine Furniture (Shanghai)
Limited.
35 See Preliminary Determination, 76 FR at 30661.
36 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, from Trisha Tran,
International Trade Analyst, Office 4, Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Request to Modify Customs Instructions. (July 28,
2011).
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For the final determination, the
Department continues to find that the
evidence placed on the record of this
investigation by the Separate Rate
Applicants demonstrates both de jure
and de facto absence of government
control with respect to each company’s
respective exports of the merchandise
under investigation. Thus, the
Department continues to find that the
Separate Rate Applicants are eligible for
separate-rate status.
The separate rate is normally
determined based on the weightedaverage of the estimated dumping
margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated,
excluding zero and de minimis margins
or margins based entirely on adverse
facts available (‘‘AFA’’).37 In this
investigation, two of the individually
investigated companies, Layo Wood,
and the Samling Group, have estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
which are above de minimis and which
are not based on total AFA. Therefore,
because there are only two relevant
weighted-average dumping margins for
this final determination, using a
weighted-average risks disclosure of
business proprietary information.
Accordingly, the Department has
calculated the separate rate using a
simple-average of these two margins,
which is 3.31 percent.38
Use of Facts Available and Adverse
Facts Available
Section 776(a) of the Act provides that
the Department shall apply facts
available (‘‘FA’’) if (1) necessary
information is not on the record, or (2)
an interested party or any other person
(A) withholds information that has been
requested, (B) fails to provide
information within the deadlines
established, or in the form and manner
requested by the Department, subject to
subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782
of the Act, (C) significantly impedes a
proceeding, or (D) provides information
that cannot be verified as provided by
section 782(i) of the Act.
Section 776(b) of the Act further
provides that the Department may use
an adverse inference in applying FA
when a party has failed to cooperate by
not acting to the best of its ability to
comply with a request for information.
Such an adverse inference may include
reliance on information derived from
the petition, the final determination, a
previous administrative review, or other
information placed on the record.
37 See
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
38 See Certain Cased Pencils From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
38980 (July 2010) at Comment 4.
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PRC-Wide Entity
In the Preliminary Determination, the
Department determined that certain PRC
exporters/producers did not respond to
the Department’s requests for
information including information
pertaining to whether they were
separate from the PRC-wide entity.39
Thus, the Department has found that
these PRC exporters/producers are part
of the PRC-wide entity and the PRCwide entity has not responded to our
requests for information.40 No
additional information was placed on
the record with respect to any of these
companies after the preliminary
determination. Because the PRC-wide
entity did not provide the Department
with requested information, pursuant to
section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Act, the
Department continues to find it
appropriate to base the PRC-wide rate
on FA.
The Department determines that,
because the PRC-wide entity did not
respond to our request for information,
the PRC-wide entity has failed to
cooperate to the best of its ability.
Therefore, pursuant to section 776(b) of
the Act, the Department finds that, in
selecting from among the FA, an adverse
inference is appropriate for the PRCwide entity.
Because the Department begins with
the presumption that all companies
within an NME country are subject to
government control, and because only
the mandatory respondents and the
Separate Rate Applicants have
overcome that presumption, the
Department is applying a single
antidumping rate to all other exporters
of subject merchandise from the PRC.
Such companies have not demonstrated
entitlement to a separate rate.41
Accordingly, the PRC-wide entity rate
applies to all entries of subject
merchandise except for entries from
Yuhua, Layo Wood, the Samling Group,
and the Separate Rate Applicants.
Department’s practice to select a rate
that insures ‘‘that the party does not
obtain a more favorable result by failing
to cooperate than if it had cooperated
fully.’’ 43 It is the Department’s practice
to select as AFA the higher of the (a)
highest margin alleged in the petition or
(b) the highest calculated rate of any
respondent in the investigation.44 In
order to determine the probative value
of the margins in the petition for use as
AFA for purposes of this final
determination, we analyzed the U.S.
prices and normal values for each of the
individually investigated parties. Based
on this analysis, we determined that
while there were U.S. prices within the
range of the prices contained in the
petition, the normal value information
contained in the petition does not have
probative value for purposes of this final
determination. The Department does not
find the highest calculated rate of the
mandatory respondents to be
sufficiently adverse to act as the AFA
rate. With respect to AFA, for the final
determination, we have assigned the
PRC-wide entity the rate of 58.84
percent, the highest calculated
transaction-specific rate among
mandatory respondents. No
corroboration of this rate is necessary
because we are relying on information
obtained in the course of this
investigation, rather than secondary
information.45
The dumping margin for the PRCwide entity applies to all entries of the
merchandise under investigation except
for entries of merchandise under
investigation from the exporter/
manufacturer combinations listed in the
chart in the ‘‘Final Determination’’
section below.
Selection of the AFA Rate for the PRCWide Entity
In selecting a rate for AFA, the
Department selects a rate that is
sufficiently adverse ‘‘as to effectuate the
purpose of the adverse facts available
rule to induce respondents to provide
the Department with complete and
accurate information in a timely
manner.’’ 42 Further, it is the
Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan, 63 FR 8909,
8932 (Feb. 23, 1998).
43 See Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the
Seventh Administrative Review; Final Results of the
Eleventh New Shipper Review, 70 FR 69937, 69939
(Nov. 18, 2005)(quoting the Statement of
Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, H. Doc. No. 316, 103d
Cong., 2d Session at 870 (1994)).
44 See, e.g., Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and
Tube From the People’s Republic of China: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75
FR 60725, 60729 (October 1, 2010).
45 See 19 CFR 351.308(c) and (d) and section
776(c) of the Act; see also Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part:
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
People’s Republic of China, 73 FR 35652, 35653
(June 24, 2008), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at 1.
39 See
Preliminary Determination, 76 FR at 30661.
40 Id.
41 See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Market Value: Synthetic Indigo
From the People’s Republic of China, 65 FR 25706,
25707 (May 2, 2000).
42 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less than Fair Value: Static Random Access
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In the Initiation Notice, the
Department stated that it would
calculate combination rates for
respondents that are eligible for a
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separate rate in this investigation.46 This
practice is described in Policy Bulletin
05.1, available at https://www.trade.gov/
ia. In the Amended Preliminary
Determination, the Department stated
that it did not grant separate
combination rates to Tak Wah Building
Material (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (‘‘Tak Wah’’)
and Tech Wood International Ltd.
(‘‘Tech Wood’’), the affiliated exporters
on whose behalf Vicwood submitted a
separate rate application, due to
incomplete and conflicting information
in Vicwood’s previous responses.47 On
July 6, 2011, the Department received
supplemental questionnaire responses
from Vicwood supplying the clarifying
information requested by the
Department. As a result, the department
is granting separate combination rates to
exporters Tak Wah and Tech Wood for
merchandise produced by Vicwood.
Final Determination
The Department determines that the
following dumping margins exist for the
period April 1, 2010, through September
30, 2010:
Weighted
average
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Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd .........................................
The Samling Group ** ...................................................................
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd ...................................................
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd ......................................
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ................................
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ................................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd ..............................................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd ......................................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd .............................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd ......................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd ......................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd ......................................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd .........................................................
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd ..........................................
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd ..................................................
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd ......................................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd ........................................
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd ...................................
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ...................................
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd .....................................
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ....................................................
Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co., Ltd ..............................
Kornbest Enterprises Ltd ..............................................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc ...............................................
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd .........................................
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ...............................................
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd ...................................................
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd ..........................
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ............................
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd ................................
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu
Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd .............................................
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd ........................................
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd ....................................
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC ........................................
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd .................................
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..........................
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd ............................
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd ......................................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd ...................................
GTP International ..........................................................................
GTP International ..........................................................................
GTP International ..........................................................................
GTP International ..........................................................................
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd .................................
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd ..........................................
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Exp. Co., Ltd .........................................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd ...............................................
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd ..................................................
Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd ........................................
The Samling Group ** ..................................................................
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd .................................................
Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd ........................................
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...............................
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd ................................................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd ............................................
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd ............................
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd .................................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd .....................................
Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd ..........................................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd ........................................................
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd .........................................
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd ................................................
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd ....................................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd .......................................
Guangzhou Jiasheng Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..........................
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd ....................................
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ..................................................
Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co., Ltd .............................
Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co., Ltd .............................
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd .................................
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Co., Ltd ..............................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd ............................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ........................
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd .....................................
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd ........................................
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd .............................................
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd ..................................................
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd ..................................................
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ...........................
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd ...............................
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu
Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd ............................................
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd ..................................
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC ......................................
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd ................................
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd .........................
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd .................................
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...........................
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd .....................................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd .................................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..............
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd .................................................
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ..................................................
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ................................
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd ...............................
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd .........................................
Huzhou Fulinmen Wood Floor Co., Ltd .......................................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd .............................................
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd .................................................
46 See
Initiation Notice, 75 FR at 22113–14.
Memorandum to Abdelali Elouaradia,
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, through
47 See
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Weighted
average
margin
Exporter
Producer
Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd ..........................
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd ...................
Karly Wood Product Limited .........................................................
Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...........................
Puli Trading Ltd .............................................................................
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co. Ltd ..................................................
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd ...............................................
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd ..............................................
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation ......................................................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd ........................................
Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co. Ltd ...............................
Tech Wood International Ltd .........................................................
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd ............................................
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd ..................................................
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd ....................................
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Industry Co., Ltd ....................................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd .....................................................
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd .........................
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd ..................................................
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd .......
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co. Ltd ..............................................
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd., also known as The
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited ................................................
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd .........................................
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd .........................................
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd .........................................
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd .........................................................
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd .........................................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd .................................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd .................................................
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company Limited ..........................................
Yekalon Industry, Inc./Sennorwell International Group (Hong
Kong) Limited.
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ..................................
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd ........................................
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd ...................................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...............
PRC-wide Entity ............................................................................
Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd ........................
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd .................
Karly Wood Product Limited ........................................................
Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd .........................
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd .....................................
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co. Ltd .................................................
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd ..............................................
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd ............................................
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation .....................................................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd .......................................
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd ............................................
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd ............................................
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd ..........................................
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd .................................................
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd ...................................................
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd .......................
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd .................................
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd .................................................
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd ......
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co. Ltd ............................................
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd., also known as The
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited ...............................................
Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd .................................................
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..................................
Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd ......................
Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd ....................................................
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd .......................................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd ................................................
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd ...................................
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited ..........................
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ......................................
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Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ................................
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd .................................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..............
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* de minimis.
** The Samling Group consists of the following companies: Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Riverside Plywood Corporation,
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited, Samling Riverside Co., Ltd., and Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend
liquidation of all appropriate entries of
multilayered wood flooring from the
PRC as described in the ‘‘Scope of
Investigation’’ section, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after May 26, 2011,
the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination in the
Federal Register. The Department will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or
the posting of a bond equal to the
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weighted-average amount by which the
normal value exceeds U.S. price, as
indicated above.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)
of the final affirmative determination of
sales at LTFV. As the Department’s final
determination is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act, the ITC will determine, within 45
days, whether the domestic industry in
the United States is materially injured,
or threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of multilayered wood
flooring, or sales (or the likelihood of
sales) for importation, of the subject
merchandise. If the ITC determines that
such injury does exist, the Department
will issue an antidumping duty order
directing CBP to assess, upon further
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antidumping duties on all imports of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder
to the parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of propriety information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of return or 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 sanctionable
violation.
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
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Comment 29: Surrogate Value for Tape
Comment 30: Density Conversion for Layo
Wood’s Packing Fiberboard
Dated: October 11, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I
Issues for Final Determination
General Issues
Comment 1: Financial Ratios
Comment 2: Adjustments to the Petitioner’s
Surrogate Ratio Calculations
Comment 3: Department’s Rejection of
Surrogate Value Submissions
Comment 4: Targeted Dumping
Comment 5: Double Remedy
Comment 6: Labor Cost
Comment 7: Whether To Add Domestic
Brokerage and Handling Expenses to
Material Inputs That Were Valued Using
a Market Economy Purchase Price
Comment 8: Brokerage & Handling
Adjustments To Account for Letter of
Credit Costs
Comment 9: Certain Information Submitted
by Petitioner in Surrogate Value
Submission
Comment 10: Appropriateness of Countries
Within a ‘‘GNI band’’ as Surrogate Value
Sources
Comment 11: Separate-Rate Margin
Comment 12: Scope Related Issues
Comment 12.A: Exclusion Requests for
Plywood Panels or Veneer
Comment 12.B: Strand-Woven
Lignocellulosic Flooring
Comment 12.C: Scope Language Regarding
HTSUS Subheadings
Comment 12.D: Continued Requests for
Certain Exclusions
General Surrogate Value Issues
Comment 13: Surrogate Value for Plywood
Comment 14: Surrogate Value for Tropical
Face Veneer
Comment 15: Surrogate Value for NonConiferous, Non-Tropical (‘‘NCNT’’)
Face Veneer
Comment 16: Surrogate Value for NCNT Core
Veneer
Comment 17: Surrogate Value for NCNT Logs
and Tropical Logs
Comment 18: Domestic Truck Rate
Comment 19: Surrogate Value for Paint
Inputs—the Samling Group and Layo
Wood
Comment 20: Surrogate Value for HDF
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Mandatory Respondent Specific Issues
Yuhua
Comment 21: Yuhua Affiliation
Layo Wood
Comment 22: Layo Wood-Jiaxing Brilliant
Affiliation
Comment 23: Whether the Wood Scrap Offset
for Layo Wood Should Be Denied
Comment 24: Surrogate Value for Layo
Wood’s Byproducts
Comment 25: Surrogate Value for Layo
Wood’s Glue
Comment 26: Surrogate Value for Pigment
Comment 27: Surrogate Value for Printing
Ink
Comment 28: Surrogate Value for Paper
Manual
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The Samling Group
Comment 31: Value of Certain of the Samling
Group’s Veneer Inputs
Comment 32: Surrogate Value for the
Samling Group’s Glue Input
Comment 33: Surrogate Value for Labels
Comment 34: Surrogate Value for Cellophane
Tape
Comment 35: Surrogate Value for Corrugated
Cardboard Carton
Comment 36: Post-Verification Adjustments
to the Samling Group’s Reported U.S.
Sales Data
Comment 36.A: Adjustment to Gross Unit
Price
Comment 36.B: U.S. Duties
Comment 37: SGUSA’s Transportation
Expenses
Comment 38: Inland Freight—Warehouse to
Customer
Comment 39: Other Revenue for U.S. Inland
Freight
Comment 40: Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
of Affiliated Reseller
Comment 41: SGUSA’s Indirect Selling
Expense Ratio
Other Issues
Comment 42: Correction of Lizhong’s Name
Comment 43: Whether the Department
Should Have Selected Fine Furniture as
a Voluntary Respondent
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Advisory Committee on Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Meeting
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Committee on
Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR
or Committee), will meet on Tuesday,
November 8, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Wednesday, November 9,
2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
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Preparedness to National Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
activities, to review the conclusions of
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on National Earthquake Resilience, and
to review NEHRP agency updates on
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a.m. until 5 p.m. The meeting will
continue on Wednesday, November 9,
2011, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The
meeting will be open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Main
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instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
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Hazards Reduction Program Director,
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Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899–8604. Dr. Hayes’ e-mail address
is jack.hayes@nist.gov and his phone
number is (301) 975–5640.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee was established in
accordance with the requirements of
Section 103 of the NEHRP
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108–360). The Committee is composed
of 12 members appointed by the
Director of NIST, who were selected for
their technical expertise and experience,
established records of distinguished
professional service, and their
knowledge of issues affecting the
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Program. The Committee assesses:
• Trends and developments in the
science and engineering of earthquake
hazards reduction;
• The effectiveness of NEHRP in
performing its statutory activities
(improved design and construction
methods and practices; land use
controls and redevelopment; prediction
techniques and early-warning systems;
coordinated emergency preparedness
plans; and public education and
involvement programs);
• Any need to revise NEHRP; and
• The management, coordination,
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NEHRP.
Background information on NEHRP
and the Advisory Committee is available
at https://nehrp.gov/.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is
hereby given that the ACEHR will meet
on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday,
November 9, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. The meeting will be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert
C. Hoover Building, Room 4830, 1401
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20230. The primary purposes of this
meeting are to discuss the relationship
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: October 18, 2011.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair
value (``LTFV'') in the antidumping investigation of multilayered wood
flooring from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ On June 27,
2011, the Department published its amended preliminary determination of
sales at LTFV in the antidumping investigation of multilayered wood
flooring from the PRC.\2\ The Department invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Determination. Based on the Department's
analysis of the comments received, the Department has made changes from
the Preliminary Determination. The Department determines that
multilayered wood flooring from the PRC is being, or is likely to be,
sold in the United States at LTFV, as provided in section 735 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''). The final dumping margins
for this investigation are listed in the ``Final Determination''
section below.
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
76 FR 30656 (May 26, 2011) (``Preliminary Determination'').
\2\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 76 FR 37316 (June 27, 2011) (``Amended Preliminary
Determination'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Riggle, John Hollwitz, Brandon
Petelin or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0650, (202) 482-2336, (202) 482-8173 or
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(202) 482-0167, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published its Preliminary Determination of sales at
LTFV and postponement of the final determination on May 26, 2011. On
May 31, 2011, Riverside Plywood Corporation, Samling Elegant Living
Trading (Labuan) Limited, Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co.
Ltd., Samling Global USA, Inc., Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. and Suzhou
Times Flooring Co., Ltd.(collectively, the ``Samling Group'') and
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Vicwood'') submitted timely
ministerial error allegations. The Department published its Amended
Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV on June 27, 2011. Following
the release of Amended Preliminary Determination, on June 23, 2011,
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (``Lizhong'') filed a
submission requesting to correct Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co.,
Ltd.'s name as specified in its Separate Rate Application, or at
minimum to instruct U.S Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') of the
correct name for Lizhong. See Separate Rate section below.
Between June 2, 2011 and July 1, 2011, the Department conducted
verification of mandatory respondents Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd.
(``Yuhua''), Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (``Layo Wood''), and
the Samling Group.\3\ On July 6, 2011, the Department received a
supplemental questionnaire response from Vicwood.
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\3\ See the ``Verification'' section below.
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The Coalition for American Hardwood Parity (``Petitioner''), Style
Limited, Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd/The Lizhong Wood
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai (``Lizhong''), Lumber Liquidators
Services, LLC (``Lumber Liquidators''), Home Legend LLC (``Home
Legend''), Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (``Armstrong
Kunshan''), Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (``Fine Furniture''),
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd. (``Chinafloors''), the Government
of the People's Republic of China (``GOC''), Yuhua, Samling Group, and
Layo Wood submitted case briefs on August 4, 2011. On August 9, 2011,
Petitioner, Style Limited, Lumber Liquidators, Home Legend, Armstrong
Kunshan, Fine Furniture, Yuhua, Samling Group, and Layo Wood filed
rebuttal briefs. In addition, on August 15, 2011, respondent Layo Wood
resubmitted its August 4, 2011 case brief.\4\ The Department conducted
a public hearing on August 24, 2011.
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\4\ Letter from Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd. to
Secretary of Commerce, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People's Republic of China: Resubmission of August 5, 2011 Case
Brief'' (Aug. 15, 2011).
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Period of Investigation
The period of investigation (``POI'') is April 1, 2010, through
September 30, 2010. This period corresponds to the two most recent
fiscal quarters prior to the month of the filing of the petition, which
was October 2010.\5\
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this investigation, as well as comments received pursuant to the
Department's requests are addressed in the Issues and Decisions
Memorandum.\6\ A list of the issues which the parties raised and to
which the Department responds in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS is available
in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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\6\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wood Flooring
from the People's Republic of China'' (October 11, 2011) (``Issues
and Decision Memorandum'').
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Changes Applicable to Multiple Companies
1. The Department changed the surrogate value (``SV'') of non-
coniferous, non-tropical core veneer inputs from Philippine Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (``HTS'') 4408.90.10 to Philippine HTS 4408.90.90.\7\
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\7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 16; see also
Memorandum regarding: Antidumping Duty Investigation of Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Final Surrogate
Value Memorandum dated concurrently with this memorandum (``Final
Surrogate Value Memorandum'').
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2. The Department changed the SV for high density fiberboard inputs
from Philippine HTS 4411.19 to a simple average of Philippine HTS
4411.11 and Philippine HTS 4411.21.\8\
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\8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 20; see also
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3. To value plywood, the Department is relying on the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Forest Management
Bureau (``FMB'')'s 2009 price data for lauan plywood, inflated to the
POI. In doing so, the Department is averaging the prices of 4.7625
millimeter (mm) thick, 6.35 mm thick, and 12.7 mm thick plywood for all
of 2009.\9\
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\9\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 13; see also
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4. The Department is valuing the Samling Group's finish inputs
(i.e., top coat and base coat) and Layo Wood's paint inputs using POI
Philippine National Statistics Office (``NSO'') data from the eight-
digit Philippine HTS category 3208.20.90.\10\
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\10\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 19; see
Memorandum regarding: Antidumping Duty Investigation of Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Final
Determination Analysis Memorandum for the Samling Group, dated
concurrently with this memorandum (``Samling's Final Analysis
Memo''); see Memorandum regarding: Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Final Determination Analysis Memorandum for Layo Wood, dated
concurrently with this memorandum (``Layo Wood's Final Analysis
Memo'').
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5. The Department changed the data it relied upon to calculate a
surrogate labor rate from 2006 ``compensation of employees'' data to
2002 ``labor cost'' data.\11\
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6. The Department changed the financial statements used to
calculate financial ratios from four 2009 statements of Philippine
plywood producers to three 2010 statements of Philippine plywood
producers.\12\
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\12\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; see also
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7. The Department changed the source of information it used to
calculate the truck rate from Indian truck rate data to the
Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines, Inc.\13\
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\13\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 18; see also
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8. The Department stated in its Preliminary Surrogate Value
Memorandum that it was relying upon the International Monetary Fund's
(``IMF'') Wholesale Price Index (``WPI'') for the Philippines and India
to reflect inflation or deflation of non-contemporaneous surrogate
values.\14\ The Department, instead, inadvertently used the IMF's
Consumer Price Index (``CPI'') for the Philippines and India in its
surrogate value calculations. Although no parties commented on this
issue, the Department has changed the indices it used in inflation and
deflation calculations for the final determination, to reflect its
originally intended methodology. Due to changes in IMF index reporting
terminology, the Department finds that the closest available index for
the Philippines and India is the Producer Price Index (``PPI'').
Therefore, the Department has calculated the inflation or deflation of
non-contemporaneous surrogate values for the final determination based
on PPI.\15\
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\14\ See Memorandum regarding: Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum, dated May 19, 2011,
(``Preliminary Surrogate value Memorandum'') at 2-3.
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9. In the Preliminary Determination, the Department used an
electricity rate with an effective date of 2009, and inflated it to the
POI. For the final determination, the Department finds that inflating
the electricity rate does not represent the best available information
because utility rates generally represent the current rate as of the
listed effective date. Therefore, the Department did not inflate the
electricity value to the POI for the final determination.\16\
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\16\ See Final Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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10. For the final determination the Department we have valued Layo
Wood's byproducts using a simple average of the surrogate values for
Layo Wood's wood veneer and wood core inputs.
Changes Specific to Yuhua
We made changes based on verification findings.\17\
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\17\ See Yuhua's Verification Report; see Memorandum Regarding:
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China: Final Determination Analysis
Memorandum for Yuhua, dated concurrently with this memorandum
(``Yuhua's Final Analysis Memo'').
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Changes Specific to Layo Wood
1. The Department changed the SV for Layo Wood's glue inputs from
Philippine HTS 3506.99 to Philippine HTS 3909.20.90.\18\
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\18\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 25; see Layo
Wood's Final Analysis Memo.
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2. The Department changed the rate used to calculate the density of
Layo Wood's packing fiberboard inputs from 740 kg per cubic meter to
650 kg per cubic meter.\19\
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\19\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 30; see Layo
Wood's Final Analysis Memo.
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Changes Specific to Samling Group
1. The Department is valuing the Samling Group's glue input using
POI NSO data from the eight-digit Philippine HTS category 3909.10.90,
``other; urea formaldehyde adhesive.'' \20\
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\20\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 32; see
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2. The Department is valuing certain Samling veneers using 2009 NSO
data for Philippine HTS category 4408.39.90, which covers tropical wood
veneers.\21\
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\21\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 31; see
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3. The Department is valuing the Samling Group's corrugated
cardboard inputs using POI NSO data from the six-digit Philippine HTS
category 4808.10, ``Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not
perforated.'' \22\
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\22\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 35; see also
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4. The Department is valuing the Samling Group's label inputs using
POI NSO data from the six-digit Philippine HTS category 4811.41,
``Self-adhesive.'' \23\
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\23\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 33; see also
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5. The Department is valuing certain market economy purchases using
the corrected values reported by the Samling Group at the verification
of Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.\24\
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\24\ See Samling's Final Analysis Memo.
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6. The Department has reduced the Samling Group's reported gross
unit U.S. price by Samling's costs associated with U.S. inland freight
from the warehouse to customer (i.e., we reduced the reported gross
unit price by the INLFWCU field).\25\
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\25\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 38; see
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7. The Department is treating freight revenue as an offset to
freight costs rather than as an addition to U.S. price.\26\
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\26\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 39; see
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8. The Department adjusted the Samling Group's indirect selling
expense ratio to include the POI total reserve for bad debt
expense.\27\
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\27\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 40; see
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Scope of the Investigation \28\
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\28\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh through Susan Kuhbach and
Nancy Decker from Joshua Morris ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China; Scope,'' dated May 19, 2011.
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Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) \29\ in combination with a core.
The several layers, along with the core, are glued or otherwise bonded
together to form a final assembled product. Multilayered wood flooring
is often referred to by other terms, e.g., ``engineered wood flooring''
or ``plywood flooring.'' Regardless of the particular terminology, all
products that meet the description set forth herein are intended for
inclusion within the definition of subject merchandise.
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\29\ A ``veneer'' is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut, sliced or
sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. Veneer is referred to as a ply
when assembled.
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All multilayered wood flooring is included within the definition of
subject merchandise, without regard to: dimension (overall thickness,
thickness of face ply, thickness of back ply, thickness of core, and
thickness of inner plies; width; and length); wood species used for the
face, back and inner veneers; core composition; and face grade.
Multilayered wood flooring included within the definition of subject
merchandise may be unfinished (i.e., without a finally finished surface
to protect the face veneer from wear and tear) or ``prefinished''
(i.e., a coating applied to the face veneer, including, but not
exclusively, oil or oil-modified or water-based polyurethanes, ultra-
violet light cured polyurethanes, wax, epoxy-ester finishes, moisture-
cured urethanes and acid-curing formaldehyde finishes). The veneers may
be also soaked in an acrylic-impregnated finish. All multilayered wood
flooring is included within the definition of subject merchandise
regardless of whether the face (or back) of the product is smooth, wire
brushed, distressed by any method or multiple methods, or hand-scraped.
In addition, all multilayered wood flooring is included within the
definition of subject merchandise regardless of whether or not it is
manufactured with any interlocking or connecting mechanism (for
example, tongue-and-groove construction or locking joints). All
multilayered wood flooring is included within the definition of the
subject merchandise regardless of whether the product meets a
particular industry or similar standard.
The core of multilayered wood flooring may be composed of a range
of materials, including but not limited to hardwood or softwood veneer,
particleboard, medium-density fiberboard (``MDF''), high-density
fiberboard (``HDF''), stone and/or plastic composite, or strips of
lumber placed edge-to-edge.
Multilayered wood flooring products generally, but not exclusively,
may be in the form of a strip, plank, or other geometrical patterns
(e.g., circular, hexagonal). All multilayered wood flooring products
are included within this definition regardless of the actual or nominal
dimensions or form of the product.
Specifically excluded from the scope are cork flooring and bamboo
flooring, regardless of whether any of the sub-surface layers of either
flooring are made from wood. Also excluded is laminate flooring.
Laminate flooring consists of a top wear layer sheet not made of wood,
a decorative paper layer, a core-layer of high-density fiberboard, and
a stabilizing bottom layer.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the
following subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (``HTSUS''): 4412.31.0520; 4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560;
4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060;
4412.31.4070; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165;
4412.31.3175; 4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540;
4412.32.0560; 4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520; 4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135;
4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 4412.32.5600;
4412.39.1000; 4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011; 4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019;
4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032; 4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051; 4412.39.4052;
4412.39.4059; 4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062; 4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010;
4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050; 4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105;
4412.94.3111; 4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131; 4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160;
4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100; 4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000; 4412.94.7000;
4412.94.8000; 4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500; 4412.99.0600; 4412.99.1020;
4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040; 4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120; 4412.99.3130;
4412.99.3140; 4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160; 4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100;
4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5710; 4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000; 4412.99.8000;
4412.99.9000; 4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000; 4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000;
and 4418.72.9500.
In addition, imports of subject merchandise may enter the United
States under the following HTSUS subheadings: 4409.10.0500;
4409.10.2000; 4409.29.0515; 4409.29.0525; 4409.29.0535; 4409.29.0545;
4409.29.0555; 4409.29.0565; 4409.29.2530; 4409.29.2550; 4409.29.2560;
4418.71.1000; 4418.79.0000; and 4418.90.4605.
While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is
dispositive.
Scope Comments
Scope Comments
Following the Preliminary Determination, on May 19, 2011, the
Department issued a decision memorandum addressing multiple scope
issues in this and the concurrent CVD investigation of wood flooring
from the PRC. See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, ``Scope'' (May 19,
2011) (``Scope Memo''). We sought comments on the scope in both the AD
and CVD cases. See Letter to All Interested Parties from Nancy Decker,
Program Manager, Office 1, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration,
``RE: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations: Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China,'' (May 25, 2011).
In response, interested parties filed scope-related comments in
submissions on June 6, 2011, June 14, 2011, and June 15, 2011, as well
as in case briefs on August 4, 2011, and rebuttal briefs on August 8,
2011, and August 9, 2011. Additionally, a scope-related submission was
received the same day the Scope Memo was released and, therefore, was
not analyzed in the Scope Memo, but is addressed in this final
determination. Based on our analysis of all the comments, we have
changed the scope to eliminate references to certain HTSUS numbers. For
a complete discussion of this change, as well as a summary of the
parties' comments and the Department's positions, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, the Department verified
the information submitted by Yuhua, Layo Wood, and the Samling Group
for use in its final determination. The Department used standard
verification procedures, including examination of relevant accounting
and production records and
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\30\ See Memorandum from Brandon Petelin, International Trade
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification of
Constructed Export Sales (``CEP'') for Baroque Timber Industries
(Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (``BTI''), Riverside Plywood Corporation
(``RPC''), Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited
(``SELT''), Samling Riverside Co., Ltd.(``SR''), and Suzhou Times
Flooring Co., Ltd. (``STF'') (collectively, the ``Samling Group'')
at the headquarters of its U.S. affiliate (July 22, 2011);
Memorandum from Robert Greger, Senior International Trade
Accountant, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification
of Constructed Export Sales (``CEP'') for Baroque Timber Industries
(Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (``BTI''), Riverside Plywood corporation
(``RPC''), Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited
(``SELT''), Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. (``SR''), and Suzhou Times
Flooring Co., Ltd. (``STF'') (collectively, the ``Samling Group'')
at Samling Global USA, Inc. (``SGUSA'') (July 22, 2011); Memorandum
from Brandon Farlander, Senior International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification of the Questionnaire
Responses of Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd (``Yuhua'') (July 21,
2011) (``Yuhua's Verification Report''); Memorandum from Brandon
Farlander, Senior International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, to the File, Verification of the Sales and Factors
Response of Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd., in Less than Fair
Value Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China (July 22, 2011); Memorandum from Brandon Petelin,
International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the
File, Verification of Sales and Factors Response of Baroque Timber
Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (``BTI'') and Samling Elegant
Living Trading (Labuan) Limited (``SELT'') in the Less-than-Fair-
Value Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring (``Wood
Flooring'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') (July 22,
2011); Memorandum from Brandon Petelin, International Trade Analyst,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, to the File, Verification of Sales and
Factors Response of Riverside Plywood Corporation (``RPC'') and
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. (``SR'') in the Less-than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Multilayered Wood Flooring (``Wood Flooring'') from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') (July 22, 2011).
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Non-Market Economy Country
The Department considers the PRC to be a non-market economy
(``NME'') country. In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act,
any determination that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain
in effect until revoked by the administering authority. The Department
has not revoked the PRC's status as an NME country. No party has
challenged the designation of the PRC as an NME country in this
investigation. Therefore, the Department continues to treat the PRC as
an NME for purposes of this final determination.
Surrogate Country
In the preliminary determination, the Department stated that it
selected the Philippines as the appropriate surrogate country to use in
this investigation pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act based on
the following: (1) It is at a similar level of economic development;
(2) it is a significant producer of comparable merchandise; and (3) we
have reliable data from the Philippines that we can use to value the
FOPs.\31\ The Department has not made changes to findings with respect
to the selection of a surrogate country for the final determination.
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\31\ See Memorandum to Abdelali Elouaradia from Drew Jackson,
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Surrogate Country Memorandum (May 19, 2011).
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Separate Rate Companies
In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department holds a
rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are
subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single
antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all
exporters of the subject merchandise 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.\32\
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\32\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic of China, 56 FR
20588 (May 6, 1991), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
at Cmt. 1; as further developed in Notice of Final Determination of
Sales at less Than Fair Value Silicon Carbide from the People's
Republic of China, 59 FR 22585, 22587 (May 2, 1994).
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In the instant investigation, the Department received timely-filed
separate rate applications (``SRAs'') from 74 companies (``Separate
Rate Applicants'').\33\ In the Preliminary Determination, the
Department found that twelve wholly foreign-owned companies,\34\
demonstrated eligibility for separate rate status.\35\ In addition, the
Department found that sixty-two of the separate-rate companies that are
either joint ventures between Chinese and foreign companies or are
wholly Chinese-owned companies demonstrated eligibility for separate
rate status. Since the publication of the Preliminary Determination, no
party has commented on the eligibility of the Separate Rate Applicants
for separate-rate status. However, the Department corrected the name of
one of the separate rate applicants. The Department has changed the
incorrect name of ``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.
(``Lizhong'')'' to the correct name of ``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products
Co., Ltd. also known as The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of
Shanghai (``Lizhong'').'' \36\
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\33\ The 74 separate-rate applicants are: (1) MuDanJiang Bosen
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (2) Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd., (3)
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd., (4) Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture
(Dalian) Co., Ltd., (5) Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd., (6)
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd., (7) HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products,
Ltd., (8) Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd., (9) Dunhua Jisheng Wood
Industry Co., Ltd., (10) Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd.,
(11) Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd., (12) Nanjing Minglin
Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., (13) Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co.,
Ltd., (14) Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd., (15) Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang
Da Board Co., Ltd., (16) Kornbest Enterprises Ltd., (17)
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc., (18) Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering
Co., Ltd., (19) Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., (20) Dasso
Industrial Group Co., Ltd., (21) Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology
Co., Ltd., (22) Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., (23)
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd., (24) Changbai Mountain
Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (25)
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., (26) Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry
Co., Ltd., (27) Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., (28)
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC, (29) Dunhua City Dexin Wood
Industry Co., Ltd., (30) Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd., (31) Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (32) Dunhua
City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (33) Fusong Jinlong Wooden
Group Co., Ltd., (34) Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., (35)
GTP International, (36) Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.,
(37) HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd., (38) Huzhou Fulinmen Imp
& Exp. Co., Ltd., (39) Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd., (40) Jiafeng
Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., (41) Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material
Co., Ltd., (42) Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co.,
Ltd., (43) Karly Wood Product Limited, (44) Kunshan Yingyi-Nature
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (45) Puli Trading Limited, (46) Shanghai
Eswell Timber Co. Ltd., (47) Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd., (48)
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd., (49) Shanghai Shenlin Corporation,
(50) Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd., (51) Vicwood Industry
(Suzhou) Co., Ltd., (52) Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd., (53)
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd., (54) Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry
Co., Ltd., (55) Jiangsu Simba Flooring Industry Co., Ltd, (56)
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd., (57) Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome
Wood Co., Ltd., (58) Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (59)
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd., (60) Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo &
Wood Development Co., Ltd., (61) Chinafloors Timber (China) Co.
Ltd., (62) Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd., (63) Fine
Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, (64) Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co.
Ltd., (65) Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd., (66) A&W (Shanghai) Woods
Co., Ltd., (67) Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company Limited, (68) Yekalon
Industry, Inc./Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited,
(69) Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., (70) Dalian Kemian
Wood Industry Co., Ltd., (71) Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co.,
Ltd., (72) Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and
(73) Real Wood Floors, LLC.
\34\ The wholly foreign-owned Separate Rate Applicants are: (1)
Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co, Ltd; (2) Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company
Limited; (3) Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd; (4) Metropolitan
Hardwood Floors, Inc.; (5) A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.; (6)
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; (7) Armstrong Wood Products
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; (8) Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd.; (9) Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC; (10) Yixing Lion-King
Timber Industry Co., Ltd.; (11) Chinafloors Timber (China) Co.,
Ltd.; and (12) Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited.
\35\ See Preliminary Determination, 76 FR at 30661.
\36\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from
Trisha Tran, International Trade Analyst, Office 4, Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Request to Modify
Customs Instructions. (July 28, 2011).
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For the final determination, the Department continues to find that
the evidence placed on the record of this investigation by the Separate
Rate Applicants demonstrates both de jure and de facto absence of
government control with respect to each company's respective exports of
the merchandise under investigation. Thus, the Department continues to
find that the Separate Rate Applicants are eligible for separate-rate
status.
The separate rate is normally determined based on the weighted-
average of the estimated dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding zero and de minimis
margins or margins based entirely on adverse facts available
(``AFA'').\37\ In this investigation, two of the individually
investigated companies, Layo Wood, and the Samling Group, have
estimated weighted-average dumping margins which are above de minimis
and which are not based on total AFA. Therefore, because there are only
two relevant weighted-average dumping margins for this final
determination, using a weighted-average risks disclosure of business
proprietary information. Accordingly, the Department has calculated the
separate rate using a simple-average of these two margins, which is
3.31 percent.\38\
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\37\ See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
\38\ See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
75 FR 38980 (July 2010) at Comment 4.
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Use of Facts Available and Adverse Facts Available
Section 776(a) of the Act provides that the Department shall apply
facts available (``FA'') if (1) necessary information is not on the
record, or (2) an interested party or any other person (A) withholds
information that has been requested, (B) fails to provide information
within the deadlines established, or in the form and manner requested
by the Department, subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782
of the Act, (C) significantly impedes a proceeding, or (D) provides
information that cannot be verified as provided by section 782(i) of
the Act.
Section 776(b) of the Act further provides that the Department may
use an adverse inference in applying FA when a party has failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a
request for information. Such an adverse inference may include reliance
on information derived from the petition, the final determination, a
previous administrative review, or other information placed on the
record.
PRC-Wide Entity
In the Preliminary Determination, the Department determined that
certain PRC exporters/producers did not respond to the Department's
requests for information including information pertaining to whether
they were separate from the PRC-wide entity.\39\ Thus, the Department
has found that these PRC exporters/producers are part of the PRC-wide
entity and the PRC-wide entity has not responded to our requests for
information.\40\ No additional information was placed on the record
with respect to any of these companies after the preliminary
determination. Because the PRC-wide entity did not provide the
Department with requested information, pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A)
of the Act, the Department continues to find it appropriate to base the
PRC-wide rate on FA.
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\39\ See Preliminary Determination, 76 FR at 30661.
\40\ Id.
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The Department determines that, because the PRC-wide entity did not
respond to our request for information, the PRC-wide entity has failed
to cooperate to the best of its ability. Therefore, pursuant to section
776(b) of the Act, the Department finds that, in selecting from among
the FA, an adverse inference is appropriate for the PRC-wide entity.
Because the Department begins with the presumption that all
companies within an NME country are subject to government control, and
because only the mandatory respondents and the Separate Rate Applicants
have overcome that presumption, the Department is applying a single
antidumping rate to all other exporters of subject merchandise from the
PRC. Such companies have not demonstrated entitlement to a separate
rate.\41\ Accordingly, the PRC-wide entity rate applies to all entries
of subject merchandise except for entries from Yuhua, Layo Wood, the
Samling Group, and the Separate Rate Applicants.
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\41\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Market Value: Synthetic Indigo From the People's Republic
of China, 65 FR 25706, 25707 (May 2, 2000).
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Selection of the AFA Rate for the PRC-Wide Entity
In selecting a rate for AFA, the Department selects a rate that is
sufficiently adverse ``as to effectuate the purpose of the adverse
facts available rule to induce respondents to provide the Department
with complete and accurate information in a timely manner.'' \42\
Further, it is the Department's practice to select a rate that insures
``that the party does not obtain a more favorable result by failing to
cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' \43\ It is the
Department's practice to select as AFA the higher of the (a) highest
margin alleged in the petition or (b) the highest calculated rate of
any respondent in the investigation.\44\ In order to determine the
probative value of the margins in the petition for use as AFA for
purposes of this final determination, we analyzed the U.S. prices and
normal values for each of the individually investigated parties. Based
on this analysis, we determined that while there were U.S. prices
within the range of the prices contained in the petition, the normal
value information contained in the petition does not have probative
value for purposes of this final determination. The Department does not
find the highest calculated rate of the mandatory respondents to be
sufficiently adverse to act as the AFA rate. With respect to AFA, for
the final determination, we have assigned the PRC-wide entity the rate
of 58.84 percent, the highest calculated transaction-specific rate
among mandatory respondents. No corroboration of this rate is necessary
because we are relying on information obtained in the course of this
investigation, rather than secondary information.\45\
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\42\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less than
Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan,
63 FR 8909, 8932 (Feb. 23, 1998).
\43\ See Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the Seventh Administrative Review;
Final Results of the Eleventh New Shipper Review, 70 FR 69937, 69939
(Nov. 18, 2005)(quoting the Statement of Administrative Action
accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H. Doc. No. 316, 103d
Cong., 2d Session at 870 (1994)).
\44\ See, e.g., Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the
People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 75 FR 60725, 60729 (October 1, 2010).
\45\ See 19 CFR 351.308(c) and (d) and section 776(c) of the
Act; see also Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part:
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of
China, 73 FR 35652, 35653 (June 24, 2008), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum at 1.
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The dumping margin for the PRC-wide entity applies to all entries
of the merchandise under investigation except for entries of
merchandise under investigation from the exporter/manufacturer
combinations listed in the chart in the ``Final Determination'' section
below.
Combination Rates
In the Initiation Notice, the Department stated that it would
calculate combination rates for respondents that are eligible for a
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separate rate in this investigation.\46\ This practice is described in
Policy Bulletin 05.1, available at https://www.trade.gov/ia. In the
Amended Preliminary Determination, the Department stated that it did
not grant separate combination rates to Tak Wah Building Material
(Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (``Tak Wah'') and Tech Wood International Ltd.
(``Tech Wood''), the affiliated exporters on whose behalf Vicwood
submitted a separate rate application, due to incomplete and
conflicting information in Vicwood's previous responses.\47\ On July 6,
2011, the Department received supplemental questionnaire responses from
Vicwood supplying the clarifying information requested by the
Department. As a result, the department is granting separate
combination rates to exporters Tak Wah and Tech Wood for merchandise
produced by Vicwood.
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\46\ See Initiation Notice, 75 FR at 22113-14.
\47\ See Memorandum to Abdelali Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, through Charles Riggle, from Brandon Petelin
and Erin Kearney, Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Allegations of Ministerial Errors, dated June 20,
2011, at 4-5.
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Final Determination
The Department determines that the following dumping margins exist
for the period April 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010:
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Weighted
Exporter Producer average
margin
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Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Zhejiang Layo Wood 3.98
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
The Samling Group **............. The Samling Group **.... 2.63
Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd... Zhejiang Yuhua Timber 0.00
Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Zhejiang Layo Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry MuDanJiang Bosen Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd... Huzhou Chenghang Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd...... Zhejiang Jiechen Wood 3.31
Industry Co., Ltd.
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture Nakahiro Jyou Sei 3.31
(Dalian) Co., Ltd. Furniture (Dalian) Co.,
Ltd.
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Shenyang Sende Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd. Ltd.
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Shenyang Haobainian 3.31
Ltd. Wooden Co., Ltd.
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Shanghai Demeijia Wooden 3.31
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd....... Dalian Dajen Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, HaiLin LinJing Wooden 3.31
Ltd. Products, Ltd.
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.... Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Dunhua Jisheng Wood 3.31
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Hunchun Forest Wolf 3.31
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Guangzhou Jiasheng 3.31
Co., Ltd. Timber Industry Co.,
Ltd.
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Nanjing Minglin Wooden 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Zhejiang Fudeli Timber 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd...... Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da 3.31
Co., Ltd. Board Co., Ltd.
Kornbest Enterprises Ltd......... Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da 3.31
Board Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Dalian Huilong Wooden 3.31
Products Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Mudanjiang Bosen Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Nakahiro Jyou Sei 3.31
Furniture (Dalian) Co.,
Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Hunchun Forest Wolf 3.31
Wooden Industry Co.,
Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Kemian Wood Industry 3.31
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc Shenyang Haobainian 3.31
Wooden Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Zhejiang Longsen 3.31
Ltd. Lumbering Co., Ltd.
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. Xinyuan Wooden Industry 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd.. Dasso Industrial Group 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Dasso Industrial Group 3.31
Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Armstrong Wood Products 3.31
Co., Ltd. (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Baishan Huafeng Wooden 3.31
Co., Ltd. Product Co., Ltd.
Changbai Mountain Development and Changbai Mountain 3.31
Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Development and
Industry Co., Ltd. Protection Zone Hongtu
Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. Changzhou Hawd Flooring 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Dalian Jiuyuan Wood 3.31
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Dalian Penghong Floor 3.31
Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics Dongtai Fuan Universal 3.31
LLC. Dynamics LLC.
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Dunhua City Dexin Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Dunhua City Hongyuan 3.31
Industry Co., Ltd. Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Dunhua City Jisen Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Dunhua City Wanrong Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Fusong Jinlong Wooden 3.31
Ltd. Group Co., Ltd.
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Fusong Qianqiu Wooden 3.31
Co., Ltd. Product Co., Ltd.
GTP International................ Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo 3.31
and Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd.
GTP International................ Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) 3.31
Co., Ltd.
GTP International................ Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
GTP International................ Kemian Wood Industry 3.31
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Guangdong Yihua Timber 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, HaiLin LinJing Wooden 3.31
Ltd. Products, Ltd.
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Exp. Co., Huzhou Fulinmen Wood 3.31
Ltd. Floor Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd... Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd... Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) 3.31
Co., Ltd.
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Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Jiashan Hui Jia Le 3.31
Material Co., Ltd. Decoration Material
Co., Ltd.
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Jilin Forest Industry 3.31
Flooring Group Co., Ltd. Jinqiao Flooring Group
Co., Ltd.
Karly Wood Product Limited....... Karly Wood Product 3.31
Limited.
Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Kunshan Yingyi-Nature 3.31
Industry Co., Ltd. Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Puli Trading Ltd................. Baiying Furniture 3.31
Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co. Ltd... Shanghai Eswell Timber 3.31
Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.. Shanghai Lairunde Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd.. Shanghai New Sihe Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation..... Shanghai Shenlin 3.31
Corporation.
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Shenzhenshi Huanwei 3.31
Ltd. Woods Co., Ltd.
Tak Wah Building Material Vicwood Industry 3.31
(Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Tech Wood International Ltd...... Vicwood Industry 3.31
(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd. Xiamen Yung De Ornament 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd..... Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Yixing Lion-King Timber 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Industry Yixing Lion-King Timber 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd.... Zhejiang Biyork Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Zhejiang Dadongwu 3.31
Co., Ltd. GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Zhejiang Desheng Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.. Zhejiang Shiyou Timber 3.31
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo 3.31
Development Co., Ltd. & Wood Development Co.,
Ltd.
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co. Chinafloors Timber 3.31
Ltd. (China) Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Shanghai Lizhong Wood 3.31
Co., Ltd., also known as The Products Co., Ltd.,
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited also known as The
Company of Shanghai. Lizhong Wood Industry
Limited Company of
Shanghai.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited Fine Furniture 3.31
(Shanghai) Limited.
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Zhejiang Haoyun Wood 3.31
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Nanjing Minglin Wooden 3.31
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng 3.31
Ltd. Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd........ Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd........ Huzhou Jesonwood Co., 3.31
Ltd.
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.... A&W (Shanghai) Woods 3.31
Co., Ltd.
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.... Suzhou Anxin Weiguang 3.31
Timber Co., Ltd.
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company Guangdong Fu Lin Timber 3.31
Limited. Technology Limited.
Yekalon Industry, Inc./Sennorwell Jilin Xinyuan Wooden 3.31
International Group (Hong Kong) Industry Co., Ltd.
Limited.
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Kemian Wood Industry 3.31
Co., Ltd. (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Dalian Kemian Wood 3.31
Ltd. Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Dalian Huilong Wooden 3.31
Co., Ltd. Products Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo 3.31
Industry Co., Ltd. and Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity.................. ........................ 58.84
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* de minimis.
** The Samling Group consists of the following companies: Baroque Timber
Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Riverside Plywood Corporation,
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited, Samling Riverside
Co., Ltd., and Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate
entries of multilayered wood flooring from the PRC as described in the
``Scope of Investigation'' section, entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after May 26, 2011, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
The Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the
posting of a bond equal to the weighted-average amount by which the
normal value exceeds U.S. price, as indicated above.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of the final affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. As the Department's final determination
is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the
ITC will determine, within 45 days, whether the domestic industry in
the United States is materially injured, or threatened with material
injury, by reason of imports of multilayered wood flooring, or sales
(or the likelihood of sales) for importation, of the subject
merchandise. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the
Department will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties
on all imports of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the
suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder to the parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of propriety information disclosed under APO
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of return or
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 sanctionable violation.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
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Dated: October 11, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
Issues for Final Determination
General Issues
Comment 1: Financial Ratios
Comment 2: Adjustments to the Petitioner's Surrogate Ratio
Calculations
Comment 3: Department's Rejection of Surrogate Value Submissions
Comment 4: Targeted Dumping
Comment 5: Double Remedy
Comment 6: Labor Cost
Comment 7: Whether To Add Domestic Brokerage and Handling Expenses
to Material Inputs That Were Valued Using a Market Economy Purchase
Price
Comment 8: Brokerage & Handling Adjustments To Account for Letter of
Credit Costs
Comment 9: Certain Information Submitted by Petitioner in Surrogate
Value Submission
Comment 10: Appropriateness of Countries Within a ``GNI band'' as
Surrogate Value Sources
Comment 11: Separate-Rate Margin
Comment 12: Scope Related Issues
Comment 12.A: Exclusion Requests for Plywood Panels or Veneer
Comment 12.B: Strand-Woven Lignocellulosic Flooring
Comment 12.C: Scope Language Regarding HTSUS Subheadings
Comment 12.D: Continued Requests for Certain Exclusions
General Surrogate Value Issues
Comment 13: Surrogate Value for Plywood
Comment 14: Surrogate Value for Tropical Face Veneer
Comment 15: Surrogate Value for Non-Coniferous, Non-Tropical
(``NCNT'') Face Veneer
Comment 16: Surrogate Value for NCNT Core Veneer
Comment 17: Surrogate Value for NCNT Logs and Tropical Logs
Comment 18: Domestic Truck Rate
Comment 19: Surrogate Value for Paint Inputs--the Samling Group and
Layo Wood
Comment 20: Surrogate Value for HDF
Mandatory Respondent Specific Issues
Yuhua
Comment 21: Yuhua Affiliation
Layo Wood
Comment 22: Layo Wood-Jiaxing Brilliant Affiliation
Comment 23: Whether the Wood Scrap Offset for Layo Wood Should Be
Denied
Comment 24: Surrogate Value for Layo Wood's Byproducts
Comment 25: Surrogate Value for Layo Wood's Glue
Comment 26: Surrogate Value for Pigment
Comment 27: Surrogate Value for Printing Ink
Comment 28: Surrogate Value for Paper Manual
Comment 29: Surrogate Value for Tape
Comment 30: Density Conversion for Layo Wood's Packing Fiberboard
The Samling Group
Comment 31: Value of Certain of the Samling Group's Veneer Inputs
Comment 32: Surrogate Value for the Samling Group's Glue Input
Comment 33: Surrogate Value for Labels
Comment 34: Surrogate Value for Cellophane Tape
Comment 35: Surrogate Value for Corrugated Cardboard Carton
Comment 36: Post-Verification Adjustments to the Samling Group's
Reported U.S. Sales Data
Comment 36.A: Adjustment to Gross Unit Price
Comment 36.B: U.S. Duties
Comment 37: SGUSA's Transportation Expenses
Comment 38: Inland Freight--Warehouse to Customer
Comment 39: Other Revenue for U.S. Inland Freight
Comment 40: Indirect Selling Expense Ratio of Affiliated Reseller
Comment 41: SGUSA's Indirect Selling Expense Ratio
Other Issues
Comment 42: Correction of Lizhong's Name
Comment 43: Whether the Department Should Have Selected Fine
Furniture as a Voluntary Respondent
[FR Doc. 2011-26932 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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