Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 13322-13323 [2013-04575]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13322-13323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04575]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


[[Page 13323]]



DATES: Effective Date: February 27, 2013.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for 
initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for the new shipper review 
is January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Apodaca, 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) 482-4551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC 
was published on January 4, 2005. See Notice of Amended Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 
Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China, 70 
FR 329 (January 4, 2005). On January 23, 2013, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a timely request for a 
new shipper review from Dongguan Chengcheng Furniture Co., Ltd. 
(``Dongguan Chengcheng''). On February 6, 2013, the Department placed 
entry data received from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 
on the record of this proceeding and provided interested parties with 
an opportunity to comment on the data. No parties, other than Dongguan 
Chengcheng, commented on the CBP data. On February 6, 2013, the 
Department issued a supplemental questionnaire to Dongguan Chengcheng. 
On February 12, 2013, Dongguan Chengcheng submitted its supplemental 
questionnaire response. In its supplemental questionnaire response, 
Dongguan Chengcheng provided comments regarding the entry data received 
from CBP. We have also requested entry documents from CBP in order to 
confirm certain information reported by Dongguan Chengcheng. The 
continuation of the new shipper review will be contingent upon 
confirmation of this information. See, Memorandum to the File through 
Abdelali Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4: Initiation 
of Antidumping New Shipper Review of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 
People's Republic of China: Dongguan Chengcheng Furniture Co. Ltd.: 
(``Initiation Checklist''), dated concurrently with this notice at item 
18.
    Dongguan Chengcheng stated that it is both the exporter and 
producer of the subject merchandise upon which its request for a new 
shipper review is based. Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Dongguan Chengcheng certified that it 
did not export wooden bedroom furniture to the United States during the 
period of investigation (``POI''). In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 
Dongguan Chengcheng certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any PRC exporter or 
producer who exported wooden bedroom furniture to the United States 
during the POI, including those not individually examined during the 
investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Dongguan 
Chengcheng also certified that its export activities were not 
controlled by the central government of the PRC. See generally, 
Initiation Checklist.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Dongguan Chengcheng submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) the date on which it first shipped 
wooden bedroom furniture for export to the United States and the date 
on which the wooden bedroom furniture was first entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment; 
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States. See generally, Initiation Checklist.
    The Department conducted a CBP database query and confirmed by 
examining the results of the CBP data query that Dongguan Chengcheng's 
subject merchandise entered the United States during the POR specified 
by the Department's regulations. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A). 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish the 
notice of initiation of a new shipper review no later than the last day 
of the month following the anniversary or semiannual anniversary month 
of the order.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and 
based on the information on the record, the Department finds that 
Dongguan Chengcheng meets the threshold requirements for initiation of 
a new shipper review of its shipment(s) of wooden bedroom furniture 
from the PRC. See generally, Initiation Checklist. The POR for the new 
shipper review of Dongguan Chengcheng is January 1, 2012, through 
December 31, 2012. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A). The Department 
intends to issue the preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results of this 
review no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish 
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide 
rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government 
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, we will 
issue a questionnaire to Dongguan Chengcheng which will include a 
separate rate section. The review of the exporter will proceed if the 
response provides sufficient indication that the exporter is not 
subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect 
to its exports of wooden bedroom furniture.
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of the subject merchandise 
from Dongguan Chengcheng in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Dongguan Chengcheng stated 
that it both produces and exports the subject merchandise, the sales of 
which form the basis for its new shipper review request, we will 
instruct CBP to permit the use of a bond only for entries of subject 
merchandise which the respondent both produced and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: February 21, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-04575 Filed 2-26-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P