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order to make automatic calculation in
AES feasible. BIS is particularly
interested in whether a flat percentage
should be applied to the dollar value of
all controlled items to calculate
shipping tolerance or whether another
method of calculation should be
employed.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than August 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted via email to
teresa.telesco@bis.doc.gov. Please refer
to ‘‘Shipping Tolerance of Export
Licenses’’ in the subject line. Comments
may also be sent to Shipping Tolerance
Study, Office of Technology Evaluation,
Room 1093, U.S Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Teresa Telesco, Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, telephone: 202–482–4959; fax:
202–482–5361; email:
teresa.telesco@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
BIS, among its other activities, issues
licenses for the export of items that are
subject to the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR). Under some
circumstances defined in the EAR,
exporters are allowed to export more
than the quantity or dollar value shown
on an export license. This additional
amount is called a shipping tolerance.
Currently, the allowable shipping
tolerance is calculated based on the
‘‘unit’’ specified in the Export Control
Classification Number (ECCN); the three
basic ‘‘units’’ are ‘‘dollar value,’’
‘‘number,’’ or ‘‘area, weight or measure’’
(see § 750.11). Depending on the
applicable ‘‘unit,’’ BIS allows either no
shipping tolerance on dollar value, or
up to 25 percent shipping tolerance on
dollar value. The Department of State,
which issues licenses for commodities
identified on the USML, measures
shipping tolerances based on dollar
value. The Department of State applies
a flat 10 percent shipping tolerance on
dollar value to all defense articles.
The President’s Export Control
Reform (ECR) initiative aims to
harmonize, to the maximum extent
possible, the control lists of the United
States Munitions List (USML) and
Commerce Control List (CCL). With the
anticipated transfer of items determined
to no longer warrant control under the
USML to the CCL, which are largely
generic parts and components,
harmonization of the two agencies’
shipping tolerance regulations and the
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ability to automatically calculate
available shipping tolerance in the
Automated Export System (AES) may be
beneficial, because they could make the
transfer easier and less confusing for
exporters.
BIS is looking into the feasibility of
adding to the Automated Export System
(AES) a feature that automatically
calculates the shipping tolerance of the
dollar value on an export license,
communicates the dollar value
remaining on the license back to the
AES filer, and notifies the AES filer
when the license has been fully utilized.
This feature is also known as electronic
decrementation of a license, and is
already in place on AES for the primary
licenses issued by the Department of
State (DSP–5 licenses). This feature
would enhance compliance with
licenses and increase transparency of
export licensing by providing precise
and timely information to exporters on
what they are allowed to export under
the license in the future. In addition,
electronic decrementation would assist
with the ECR harmonization goal, as
well as the anticipated control of some
munitions items under the CCL, by
providing exporters of CCL items with
the same functionality in AES already
available to exporters of USML items.
BIS is seeking information that would
help it determine:
• If the current EAR shipping
tolerance rules should be maintained or
if changes should be made that facilitate
automatic calculation;
• If the EAR shipping tolerance rules
were changed, (i) should BIS continue
to exclude certain ECCNs from having
an allowable shipping tolerance, (ii)
should the dollar value-based shipping
tolerance be set at 10 percent to match
the Department of State rules; and
• Whether an automatic calculation
of the dollar value-based shipping
tolerance in AES (electronic
decremention) would assist exporters in
maintaining compliance with the
allowable shipping dollar value of the
license.
The following kinds of information
would be useful to BIS’s assessment:
• Detailed information on your
company’s experiences with both the
Department of State’s and BIS’s
shipping tolerance regulations;
• Detailed information on how dollar
value-based shipping tolerances are
beneficial and practical, or detrimental
and burdensome to your company or
organization;
• Detailed information on your
company’s experience with automatic
calculation of a dollar value-based
shipping tolerance (decrementation)
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against State Department licenses in
AES;
• If you believe that BIS’s dollar
value-based shipping tolerances should
be changed, detailed information on
how the tolerances should be changed;
and
• Detailed information on what
benefits, if any, industry would receive
through electronic decrementation of a
dollar value-based shipping tolerance in
AES.
How To Comment
All comments must be in writing and
submitted to one of the addresses
indicated above. Comments must be
received by BIS no later than August 20,
2012. All comments (including any
personal identifiable information) will
be available for public inspection and
copying. Those wishing to comment
anonymously may do so by submitting
their comment via regulations.gov and
leaving the fields for identifying
information blank.
Dated: June 27, 2012.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–868]
Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published its
Preliminary Results of administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on folding metal tables and chairs from
the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)
on March 7, 2012.1 The period of review
(‘‘POR’’) is June 1, 2010, through May
31, 2011. We invited interested parties
to comment on our Preliminary Results.
Based on our analysis of the comments
received, we have made changes to our
margin calculations. Therefore, the final
results differ from the preliminary
results. The final dumping margin for
AGENCY:
1 See Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR
13539 (March 7, 2012) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’).
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this review is listed in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section below.
DATES: Effective Date: July 5, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit
Astvatsatrian or Charles Riggle, 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) 482–6412 or (202) 482–
0650, respectively.
Background
On March 7, 2012, the Department
published its Preliminary Results. On
April 10, 2012, Feili Group (Fujian) Co.,
Ltd. and Feili Furniture Development
Limited Quanzhou City (‘‘Feili’’), a
mandatory respondent in the
administrative review, Cosco Home and
Office Products (‘‘Cosco’’) and Target
Corporation (‘‘Target’’), importer
interested parties, provided surrogate
value information. On April 17, 2012,2
Feili, Cosco, and Target submitted case
briefs for the administrative review. On
April 23, 2012, the Department received
a rebuttal brief from Feili.
On April 10, 2012, Meco Corporation,
a domestic producer of the like product
and petitioner in the underlying
investigation (‘‘Petitioner’’), withdrew
its request for administrative review. On
April 13, 2012, Feili and Cosco
withdrew their requests for
administrative review and requested
that the Department rescind the ongoing
review. On April 16, 2012, Target filed
comments supporting the rescission of
the review.3
We have conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 19 CFR
351.241, and 19 CFR 351.213.
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Scope of Order
The products covered by the order
consist of assembled and unassembled
folding tables and folding chairs made
primarily or exclusively from steel or
other metal, as described below:
(1) Assembled and unassembled
folding tables made primarily or
exclusively from steel or other metal
(folding metal tables). Folding metal
tables include square, round,
rectangular, and any other shapes with
legs affixed with rivets, welds, or any
2 The Department postponed the briefing
schedule and submission of surrogate values on
March 15, 2012.
3 We recognize that Petitioner’s original review
request, dated June 28, 2011, and the subsequent
withdrawal request lacked certification of factual
information. However, this lack of certification is of
no consequence in continuing the review because
we had timely requests from both Feili and Cosco.
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other type of fastener, and which are
made most commonly, but not
exclusively, with a hardboard top
covered with vinyl or fabric. Folding
metal tables have legs that mechanically
fold independently of one another, and
not as a set. The subject merchandise is
commonly, but not exclusively, packed
singly, in multiple packs of the same
item, or in five piece sets consisting of
four chairs and one table. Specifically
excluded from the scope of the order
regarding folding metal tables are the
following:
Lawn furniture;
Trays commonly referred to as ‘‘TV
trays;’’
Side tables;
Child-sized tables;
Portable counter sets consisting of
rectangular tables 36″ high and
matching stools; and, Banquet tables. A
banquet table is a rectangular table with
a plastic or laminated wood table top
approximately 28″ to 36″ wide by 48″ to
96″ long and with a set of folding legs
at each end of the table. One set of legs
is composed of two individual legs that
are affixed together by one or more
cross-braces using welds or fastening
hardware. In contrast, folding metal
tables have legs that mechanically fold
independently of one another, and not
as a set.
(2) Assembled and unassembled
folding chairs made primarily or
exclusively from steel or other metal
(folding metal chairs). Folding metal
chairs include chairs with one or more
cross-braces, regardless of shape or size,
affixed to the front and/or rear legs with
rivets, welds or any other type of
fastener. Folding metal chairs include:
those that are made solely of steel or
other metal; those that have a back pad,
a seat pad, or both a back pad and a seat
pad; and those that have seats or backs
made of plastic or other materials. The
subject merchandise is commonly, but
not exclusively, packed singly, in
multiple packs of the same item, or in
five piece sets consisting of four chairs
and one table. Specifically excluded
from the scope of the order regarding
folding metal chairs are the following:
Folding metal chairs with a wooden
back or seat, or both;
Lawn furniture;
Stools;
Chairs with arms; and
Child-sized chairs.
The subject merchandise is currently
classifiable under subheadings
9401.71.0010, 9401.71.0011,
9401.71.0030, 9401.71.0031,
9401.79.0045, 9401.79.0046,
9401.79.0050, 9403.20.0018,
9403.20.0015, 9403.20.0030,
9403.60.8040, 9403.70.8015,
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9403.70.8020, and 9403.70.8031 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
Department’s written description of the
merchandise is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the postpreliminary comments by parties in this
review are addressed in the
memorandum from Gary Taverman,
Senior Advisor for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the 2010–2011
Administrative Review of Folding Metal
Tables and Chairs from the People’s
Republic of China’’ (dated concurrently
with this notice) (‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum’’), which is hereby
adopted by this notice. A list of the
issues that parties raised and to which
we responded in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached to
this notice as an appendix. 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 Results
Based on our analysis of comments
received, we have made changes in the
margin calculations for Feili.
• We included contemporaneous
financial statements of two additional
Thai producers of comparable
merchandise, Silpfah Thai Industrial
Limited Partnership and Index Interfurn
Co., Ltd., to derive the average surrogate
financial ratios.4
• We applied a market-economy
purchase price to Feili’s factors of
production of rivets and revised the
value for washers.5
4 See Analysis for the Final Results of the 2010–
2011 Administrative Review of Folding Metal
Tables and Chairs from the People’s Republic of
China: Feili Group (Fujian) Co., Ltd. and Feili
Furniture Development Limited Quanzhou City
(‘‘Feili’’), dated concurrently with this notice, at
Attachment 5.
5 See id,, at Attachment 4.
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• We corrected the conversion rate
from cubic meters to kilograms in
valuing Feili’s natural gas.6
Final Results of Review
We determine that the dumping
margins for the POR are as follows:
Weighted-Average
margin
Exporter
Feili Group (Fujian) Co., Ltd., Feili Furniture Development Limited Quanzhou City ..................................................................
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with
the final results of this review. For
assessment purposes, we calculated
exporter/importer- (or customer)
specific assessment rates for
merchandise subject to this review.
Where appropriate, we calculated an ad
valorem rate for each importer (or
customer) by dividing the total dumping
margins for reviewed sales to that party
by the total entered values associated
with those transactions. For dutyassessment rates calculated on this
basis, we will direct CBP to assess the
resulting ad valorem rate against the
entered customs values for the subject
merchandise. Where appropriate, we
calculated a per-unit rate for each
importer (or customer) by dividing the
total dumping margins for reviewed
sales to that party by the total sales
quantity associated with those
transactions. For duty-assessment rates
calculated on this basis, we will direct
CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate
against the entered quantity of the
subject merchandise. Where an
importer- (or customer) specific
assessment rate is de minimis under 19
CFR 351.106(c) (i.e., less than 0.50
percent), the Department will instruct
CBP to assess that importer (or
customer’s) entries of subject
merchandise without regard to
antidumping duties. The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of
these reviews.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
Feili, because the rate is zero, no cash
6 See
deposit will be required; (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) for all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the PRC-wide rate established in the
final results of this review (i.e., 70.71
percent); and (4) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the PRC exporters that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during the review period. Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.402(f)(3), failure to comply
with this requirement could result in
the Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO as explained in
the administrative protective order
itself. Timely written notification of the
return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice of the final results of these
reviews is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: June 27, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX
List of Comments and Issues in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Rescission of the Administrative
Review
Comment 2: Selection of the Primary
Surrogate Country
Comment 3: Surrogate Financial Statements
A. Use of Silpfah’s Financial Statements
B. Use of Interfurn’s Financial Statements
C. Treatment of Siam Steel’s Expenses
Comment 4: Valuation of Feili MarketEconomy Inputs
A. Rivets
B. Washers
Comment 5: Labor Cost
Comment 6: Correction of Certain Clerical
Errors
A. Natural Gas
B. Feili’s Liquidation Instructions
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of
whether instruments of equivalent
scientific value, for the purposes for
which the instruments shown below are
intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be postmarked on or before July 25,
2012. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and
5 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12–025. Applicant:
Medical University of South Carolina,
id., at Attachment 3.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-868]
Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') published its
Preliminary Results of administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on folding metal tables and chairs from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC'') on March 7, 2012.\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is
June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011. We invited interested parties to
comment on our Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we have made changes to our margin calculations.
Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. The
final dumping margin for
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this review is listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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\1\ See Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 77 FR 13539 (March 7, 2012) (``Preliminary
Results'').
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DATES: Effective Date: July 5, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian or Charles Riggle,
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-
6412 or (202) 482-0650, respectively.
Background
On March 7, 2012, the Department published its Preliminary Results.
On April 10, 2012, Feili Group (Fujian) Co., Ltd. and Feili Furniture
Development Limited Quanzhou City (``Feili''), a mandatory respondent
in the administrative review, Cosco Home and Office Products
(``Cosco'') and Target Corporation (``Target''), importer interested
parties, provided surrogate value information. On April 17, 2012,\2\
Feili, Cosco, and Target submitted case briefs for the administrative
review. On April 23, 2012, the Department received a rebuttal brief
from Feili.
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\2\ The Department postponed the briefing schedule and
submission of surrogate values on March 15, 2012.
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On April 10, 2012, Meco Corporation, a domestic producer of the
like product and petitioner in the underlying investigation
(``Petitioner''), withdrew its request for administrative review. On
April 13, 2012, Feili and Cosco withdrew their requests for
administrative review and requested that the Department rescind the
ongoing review. On April 16, 2012, Target filed comments supporting the
rescission of the review.\3\
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\3\ We recognize that Petitioner's original review request,
dated June 28, 2011, and the subsequent withdrawal request lacked
certification of factual information. However, this lack of
certification is of no consequence in continuing the review because
we had timely requests from both Feili and Cosco.
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We have conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 19 CFR
351.241, and 19 CFR 351.213.
Scope of Order
The products covered by the order consist of assembled and
unassembled folding tables and folding chairs made primarily or
exclusively from steel or other metal, as described below:
(1) Assembled and unassembled folding tables made primarily or
exclusively from steel or other metal (folding metal tables). Folding
metal tables include square, round, rectangular, and any other shapes
with legs affixed with rivets, welds, or any other type of fastener,
and which are made most commonly, but not exclusively, with a hardboard
top covered with vinyl or fabric. Folding metal tables have legs that
mechanically fold independently of one another, and not as a set. The
subject merchandise is commonly, but not exclusively, packed singly, in
multiple packs of the same item, or in five piece sets consisting of
four chairs and one table. Specifically excluded from the scope of the
order regarding folding metal tables are the following:
Lawn furniture;
Trays commonly referred to as ``TV trays;''
Side tables;
Child-sized tables;
Portable counter sets consisting of rectangular tables 36'' high
and matching stools; and, Banquet tables. A banquet table is a
rectangular table with a plastic or laminated wood table top
approximately 28'' to 36'' wide by 48'' to 96'' long and with a set of
folding legs at each end of the table. One set of legs is composed of
two individual legs that are affixed together by one or more cross-
braces using welds or fastening hardware. In contrast, folding metal
tables have legs that mechanically fold independently of one another,
and not as a set.
(2) Assembled and unassembled folding chairs made primarily or
exclusively from steel or other metal (folding metal chairs). Folding
metal chairs include chairs with one or more cross-braces, regardless
of shape or size, affixed to the front and/or rear legs with rivets,
welds or any other type of fastener. Folding metal chairs include:
those that are made solely of steel or other metal; those that have a
back pad, a seat pad, or both a back pad and a seat pad; and those that
have seats or backs made of plastic or other materials. The subject
merchandise is commonly, but not exclusively, packed singly, in
multiple packs of the same item, or in five piece sets consisting of
four chairs and one table. Specifically excluded from the scope of the
order regarding folding metal chairs are the following:
Folding metal chairs with a wooden back or seat, or both;
Lawn furniture;
Stools;
Chairs with arms; and
Child-sized chairs.
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheadings
9401.71.0010, 9401.71.0011, 9401.71.0030, 9401.71.0031, 9401.79.0045,
9401.79.0046, 9401.79.0050, 9403.20.0018, 9403.20.0015, 9403.20.0030,
9403.60.8040, 9403.70.8015, 9403.70.8020, and 9403.70.8031 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the Department's written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the post-preliminary comments by parties in
this review are addressed in the memorandum from Gary Taverman, Senior
Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the 2010-2011 Administrative Review of Folding
Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic of China'' (dated
concurrently with this notice) (``Issues and Decision Memorandum''),
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues that
parties raised and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached to this notice as an appendix. 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 Results
Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made changes in
the margin calculations for Feili.
We included contemporaneous financial statements of two
additional Thai producers of comparable merchandise, Silpfah Thai
Industrial Limited Partnership and Index Interfurn Co., Ltd., to derive
the average surrogate financial ratios.\4\
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\4\ See Analysis for the Final Results of the 2010-2011
Administrative Review of Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the
People's Republic of China: Feili Group (Fujian) Co., Ltd. and Feili
Furniture Development Limited Quanzhou City (``Feili''), dated
concurrently with this notice, at Attachment 5.
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We applied a market-economy purchase price to Feili's
factors of production of rivets and revised the value for washers.\5\
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\5\ See id,, at Attachment 4.
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We corrected the conversion rate from cubic meters to
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\6\ See id., at Attachment 3.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the dumping margins for the POR are as follows:
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Weighted-Average
Exporter margin
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Feili Group (Fujian) Co., Ltd., Feili Furniture 0.00
Development Limited Quanzhou City..................
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final
results of this review. For assessment purposes, we calculated
exporter/importer- (or customer) specific assessment rates for
merchandise subject to this review. Where appropriate, we calculated an
ad valorem rate for each importer (or customer) by dividing the total
dumping margins for reviewed sales to that party by the total entered
values associated with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates
calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting ad
valorem rate against the entered customs values for the subject
merchandise. Where appropriate, we calculated a per-unit rate for each
importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping margins for
reviewed sales to that party by the total sales quantity associated
with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this
basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate against
the entered quantity of the subject merchandise. Where an importer- (or
customer) specific assessment rate is de minimis under 19 CFR
351.106(c) (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), the Department will instruct
CBP to assess that importer (or customer's) entries of subject
merchandise without regard to antidumping duties. The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15
days after publication of the final results of these reviews.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Feili, because
the rate is zero, no cash deposit will be required; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
wide rate established in the final results of this review (i.e., 70.71
percent); and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise
which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied that non-PRC
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the review period. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.402(f)(3), failure to comply with this requirement could result in
the Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO as explained in the administrative protective order itself. Timely
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This notice of the final results of these reviews is issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: June 27, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
List of Comments and Issues in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Rescission of the Administrative Review
Comment 2: Selection of the Primary Surrogate Country
Comment 3: Surrogate Financial Statements
A. Use of Silpfah's Financial Statements
B. Use of Interfurn's Financial Statements
C. Treatment of Siam Steel's Expenses
Comment 4: Valuation of Feili Market-Economy Inputs
A. Rivets
B. Washers
Comment 5: Labor Cost
Comment 6: Correction of Certain Clerical Errors
A. Natural Gas
B. Feili's Liquidation Instructions
[FR Doc. 2012-16458 Filed 7-3-12; 8:45 am]
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