Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2011, 4330-4333 [2014-01499]
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Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memo
General Issues
1. Surrogate Value for Truck Freight
2. Using the Annual Report of NSK Bearing
Company (Thailand) Limited To
Calculate Surrogate Financial Ratios
CPZ/SKF Issues
3. Consideration of an Alternative
Comparison Method in Administrative
Reviews
4. Differential Pricing Analysis
5. Value of Steel Used in Products Produced
by the Peer Bearing Company
6. Factors of Production Used in Determining
Normal Value
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7. Surrogate Value for Sensors
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2011
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (wood
flooring) from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC). The period of review
(POR) is April 6, 2011, through
December 31, 2011. This review covers
multiple exporters/producers, two of
which are being individually reviewed
as mandatory respondents, and another
is being individually reviewed as a
voluntary respondent. We preliminarily
find that the mandatory respondents,
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan)
Co., Ltd. (Armstrong) and The Lizhong
Wood Industry Limited Company of
Shanghai (Lizhong) (also known as,
‘‘Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co.,
Ltd.’’), as well as the voluntary
respondent, Fine Furniture (Shanghai)
Limited (Fine Furniture), received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR. The mandatory respondents’ CVD
rates have been used to calculate the
rate applied to the other firms subject to
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this review. The Department also
intends to rescind the review of one
company, Changzhou Hawd Flooring
Co., Ltd., that timely certified that it had
no shipments of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR.
Interested parties are invited to
comments on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Cartsos, Mary Kolberg, Joshua
Morris, or Austin Redington, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1757, (202) 482–
1785, (202) 482–1779, or (202) 482–
1664, respectively.
Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is
composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) 1
in combination with a core. 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;
4412.31.6000; 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;
1 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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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.
While HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written product
description remains dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the
order is contained in the memorandum
from Thomas Gilgunn, Acting Director,
Office I, Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations to
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations,
‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China’’ dated concurrently
with this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum), which is hereby
adopted by this notice.
The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in
the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of
the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://trade.gov/
enforcement/. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Intent to Partially Rescind
Administrative Review
On March 28, 2013, we received a
timely filed no shipment certification
from Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co.,
Ltd. Because there is no evidence on the
record to indicate that this company had
sales of subject merchandise during the
POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
the Department intends to rescind the
review with respect to Changzhou Hawd
Flooring Co., Ltd. A final decision
regarding whether to rescind on this
company will be made in the final
results of this review.
Methodology
The Department has conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For each of the
subsidy programs found
countervailable, we preliminarily
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determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.2 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated
individual subsidy rates for the
mandatory respondents, Armstrong and
Lizhong, as well as for the voluntary
respondent, Fine Furniture.
For the non-selected respondents, we
have followed the Department’s
practice, which is to base the margin on
an average of the subsidy rates
calculated for those companies selected
for individual review (i.e., the
mandatory respondents), excluding de
minimis rates or rates based entirely on
adverse facts available.3 Therefore, we
have preliminarily assigned to these
companies the simple average of the
rates calculated for Armstrong and
Lizhong. We have used a simple average
rather than a weighted average because
weight averaging the rates of the
mandatory respondents risks disclosure
of proprietary information.
We preliminarily find the net subsidy
rate for the producers/exporters under
review to be as follows:
Net subsidy
rate
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Producer/Exporter
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (also known as, ‘‘Armstrong Wood Products Kunshan Co., Ltd.’’) ........................
The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai (also known as, ‘‘Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.’’); Linyi
Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. ....................................................................................................................................................................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited; Great Wood (Tonghua) Limited; FF Plantation (Shishou) Limited .............................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................................................................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd.) .............................................................................................................
Dontai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC ................................................................................................................................................
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Dunhua Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd., ......................................................................................................................................................
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
GTP International .................................................................................................................................................................................
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited ..................................................................................................................................
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Guangzhou Jiasheng Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co. Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo, Wood Industry Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Jiazing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Karly Wood Product Limited ................................................................................................................................................................
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Kushan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc .....................................................................................................................................................
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
2 See sections 771(5)(B)and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and, section 771(5A)
of the Act regarding specificity.
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3 See, e.g., Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary
Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 18806, 18811 (April
13, 2010), unchanged in Certain Pasta from Italy:
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Final Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386 (June 29,
2010).
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Net subsidy
rate
Producer/Exporter
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................................
Puli Trading Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................................
Riverside Plywood Corporation ...........................................................................................................................................................
Sampling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited ............................................................................................................................
Samling Global USA, Inc .....................................................................................................................................................................
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................
Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited ........................................................................................................................
Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai New Sihi Wood Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Shenlin Corp ........................................................................................................................................................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co .........................................................................................................................................................
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Yekalon Industry, Inc ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Indutry Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the
preliminary results within five days of
the date of publication of these
preliminary results.4 Interested parties
may submit written comments (case
briefs) for this administrative review no
later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal
briefs) within five days after the time
limit for filing case briefs.5 Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs
must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs. Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with
the argument: (1) A statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce within 30
4 See
5 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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days after the date of publication of this
notice.6 Requests should contain the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, and
a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, we will
inform parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing which will be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
location to be determined.7 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing.
Parties are reminded that briefs and
hearing requests are to be filed
electronically using IA ACCESS and
that electronically filed documents must
be received successfully in their entirety
by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department will issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their
comments, within 120 days after
issuance of these preliminary results.
6 See
7 See
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act, upon issuance of the final
results, the Department shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Also in accordance with section
751(a)(1) of the Act, the Department
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in amounts shown above for each
of the respective companies shown
above. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits at the most recent
company specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
This administrative review and notice
are in accordance with sections
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751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Intent To Partially Rescind Administrative
Review
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–858, C–489–817]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
From India and Turkey: Preliminary
Determination of Critical
Circumstances in the Countervailing
Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
Formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) preliminarily determines
that critical circumstances exist for
imports of certain oil country tubular
goods (OCTG) from India and Turkey.
DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lingjun Wang at (202) 482–2316 (India)
or Jennifer Meek at (202) 482–2778
(Turkey), AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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On July 2, 2013, Petitioners 1 filed
antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) petitions
concerning imports of OCTG from, inter
alia, India and Turkey.2 The Department
1 Petitioners are Maverick Tube Corporation,
United States Steel Corporation, Boomerang Tube,
Energex Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group,
Northwest Pipe Company, Tejas Tubular Products,
TMK IPSCO, Vallourec Star, L.P., and Welded Tube
USA Inc. (collectively, Petitioners).
2 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Petitions for the
Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from
India, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the
Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, the
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published the initiation of the
investigations on July 29, 2013,3 and
issued the preliminary determinations
on December 16, 2013.4
On December 18, 2013, Petitioners
filed amendments to the petitions,
pursuant to section 703(e)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), alleging that
critical circumstances exist with respect
to imports of OCTG.5 In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(ii), when a
critical circumstances allegation is
submitted later than 20 days before the
scheduled date of the preliminary
determination, the Department must
issue a preliminary finding within 30
days after Petitioners submit the
allegation.6
On December 30, 2013, the
Department requested that respondents
report their shipment data for a threeyear period ending in December 2013,
the month of the preliminary subsidies
determinations.7 On January 6, 7, 9 and
14, 2014, respondents submitted their
shipment data.
Section 703(e)(1) of the Act provides
that the Department will preliminarily
determine that critical circumstances
exist in a CVD investigation if there is
a reasonable basis to believe or suspect
that: (A) the alleged countervailable
subsidy is inconsistent with the
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Agreement (SCM Agreement) (i.e., so
called ‘‘prohibited subsidies’’),8 and (B)
Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam’’ (July 2, 2013).
3 See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From
India and Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 78 FR 45502 (July 29, 2013).
4 See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From
India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping
Determination, 78 FR 77421 (December 23, 2013)
(Preliminary Determination India) and Certain Oil
Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of
Turkey: Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping
Determination, 78 FR 77420 (December 23, 2013)
(Preliminary Determination Turkey).
5 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Amendment to
Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duties: Oil Country Tubular Goods
from India’’ (December 18, 2013) (Amendment
India) and ‘‘Amendment to Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Turkey’’
(December 18, 2013) (Amendment Turkey).
6 Petitioners also alleged critical circumstances
exist with respect to imports of merchandise in the
companion AD investigations. In accordance with
19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(i), the Department will issue
preliminary critical circumstances findings in those
investigations no later than the preliminary AD
determinations scheduled for February 13, 2014.
7 The Department requests three years of data in
order to identify seasonal fluctuations, if any.
8 See section 771(8)(A) of the Act. The SCM
Agreement is the agreement referred to in section
101(d)(12) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,
19 U.S.C. § 3551(d)(12).
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there have been massive imports of the
subject merchandise over a relatively
short period.
The Alleged Countervailable Subsidy Is
Inconsistent With the SCM Agreement
The SCM Agreement prohibits
‘‘subsidies contingent, in law or in fact,
whether solely or as one of several other
conditions, upon export performance.’’ 9
In the India proceeding, based on
information the Government of India
and respondents reported, the
Department determined that subsidies
provided under the following four
programs are contingent upon export
performance and countervailable: (1)
Advance License Program/Advance
Authorization Program; (2) Export
Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG)
Program; (3) Pre-Shipment and PostShipment Export Financing; and, (4)
SGOM Sales Tax Program.10
In the Turkey proceeding, based on
information the Government of Turkey
and respondents reported, the
Department determined that subsidies
provided under the following two
programs are contingent upon export
performance and countervailable: (1)
Deductions from Taxable Income for
Export Revenue; and, (2) Export
Financing.11
There Have Been Massive Imports of
the Subject Merchandise Over a
Relatively Short Period
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.206(h), the
Department will not consider imports to
be massive unless imports during a
relatively short period (comparison
period) have increased by at least 15
percent over imports in an immediately
preceding period of comparable
duration (base period). The Department
normally considers the comparison
period to begin on the date that the
proceeding began (i.e., the date the
petition was filed) and to end at least
three months later.12 Furthermore, the
Department may consider the
comparison period to begin at an earlier
time if it finds that importers, exporters,
or foreign producers had a reason to
believe that proceedings were likely
9 See
SCM Agreement, Article 3.1(a).
Preliminary Determination India and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at 14–21.
11 See Preliminary Determination Turkey and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at 10–12.
12 See 19 CFR 351.206(i). Since the Department
typically uses monthly import/shipment data in its
analysis, if a petition is filed in the first half of the
month, the Department’s practice has been to
consider the month in which the petition was filed
as part of the comparison period.
10 See
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4330-4333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01499]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2011
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic
of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is April 6, 2011, through
December 31, 2011. This review covers multiple exporters/producers, two
of which are being individually reviewed as mandatory respondents, and
another is being individually reviewed as a voluntary respondent. We
preliminarily find that the mandatory respondents, Armstrong Wood
Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (Armstrong) and The Lizhong Wood Industry
Limited Company of Shanghai (Lizhong) (also known as, ``Shanghai
Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.''), as well as the voluntary
respondent, Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture),
received countervailable subsidies during the POR. The mandatory
respondents' CVD rates have been used to calculate the rate applied to
the other firms subject to this review. The Department also intends to
rescind the review of one company, Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.,
that timely certified that it had no shipments of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR. Interested parties are invited to
comments on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos, Mary Kolberg,
Joshua Morris, or Austin Redington, AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1757, (202) 482-1785, (202)
482-1779, or (202) 482-1664, respectively.
Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) \1\ in combination with a core.
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; 4412.31.6000;
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.
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\1\ 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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While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the
memorandum from Thomas Gilgunn, Acting Director, Office I, Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Intent to Partially Rescind Administrative Review
On March 28, 2013, we received a timely filed no shipment
certification from Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. Because there is
no evidence on the record to indicate that this company had sales of
subject merchandise during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
the Department intends to rescind the review with respect to Changzhou
Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. A final decision regarding whether to rescind
on this company will be made in the final results of this review.
Methodology
The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily
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determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.\2\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\2\ See sections 771(5)(B)and (D) of the Act regarding financial
contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and,
section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated
individual subsidy rates for the mandatory respondents, Armstrong and
Lizhong, as well as for the voluntary respondent, Fine Furniture.
For the non-selected respondents, we have followed the Department's
practice, which is to base the margin on an average of the subsidy
rates calculated for those companies selected for individual review
(i.e., the mandatory respondents), excluding de minimis rates or rates
based entirely on adverse facts available.\3\ Therefore, we have
preliminarily assigned to these companies the simple average of the
rates calculated for Armstrong and Lizhong. We have used a simple
average rather than a weighted average because weight averaging the
rates of the mandatory respondents risks disclosure of proprietary
information.
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\3\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results of
the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
18806, 18811 (April 13, 2010), unchanged in Certain Pasta from
Italy: Final Results of the 13th (2008) Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386 (June 29, 2010).
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We preliminarily find the net subsidy rate for the producers/
exporters under review to be as follows:
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Net subsidy
Producer/Exporter rate
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Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (also known 0.90
as, ``Armstrong Wood Products Kunshan Co., Ltd.'').....
The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai 0.63
(also known as, ``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co.,
Ltd.''); Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd....................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited; Great Wood (Tonghua) 1.32
Limited; FF Plantation (Shishou) Limited...............
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........................... 0.77
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.......... 0.77
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu 0.77
Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd..................... 0.77
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.77
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................... 0.77
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., 0.77
Ltd.)..................................................
Dontai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC...................... 0.77
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.77
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 0.77
Dunhua Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd..................... 0.77
Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 0.77
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.,......................... 0.77
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd............................. 0.77
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.................... 0.77
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd.................... 0.77
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.................. 0.77
GTP International....................................... 0.77
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited.............. 0.77
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.77
Guangzhou Jiasheng Timber Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.77
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd.................. 0.77
Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co. Ltd................. 0.77
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd..................... 0.77
Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 0.77
Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd.......................... 0.77
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.................... 0.77
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd............................... 0.77
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd..................... 0.77
Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo, Wood Industry Co., Ltd........... 0.77
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Jiazing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd.............. 0.77
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd... 0.77
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.................. 0.77
Karly Wood Product Limited.............................. 0.77
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd............. 0.77
Kushan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.77
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc....................... 0.77
MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd........... 0.77
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Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.77
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd.............................. 0.77
Puli Trading Co., Ltd................................... 0.77
Riverside Plywood Corporation........................... 0.77
Sampling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited........ 0.77
Samling Global USA, Inc................................. 0.77
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd.............................. 0.77
Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited...... 0.77
Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd....................... 0.77
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Shanghai New Sihi Wood Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Shanghai Shenlin Corp................................... 0.77
Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co............................. 0.77
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd............................ 0.77
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd...................... 0.77
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd................... 0.77
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd............................. 0.77
Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.......................... 0.77
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd....................... 0.77
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd........................ 0.77
Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd........................ 0.77
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd............................ 0.77
Yekalon Industry, Inc................................... 0.77
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd............... 0.77
Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd............ 0.77
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........................... 0.77
Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd............... 0.77
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Indutry Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd........................... 0.77
Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd............................ 0.77
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.77
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd..................... 0.77
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd......................... 0.77
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.... 0.77
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\4\
Interested parties may submit written comments (case briefs) for this
administrative review no later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this Federal Register notice, and rebuttal comments
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be
limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues to be
discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties
of the scheduled date for the hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\7\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
issuance of these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, upon issuance of the
final results, the Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of
this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Also in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the
Department intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in amounts shown above for each of the
respective companies shown above. For all non-reviewed firms, we will
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent
company specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections
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751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Intent To Partially Rescind Administrative Review
5. Subsidies Valuation Information
6. Analysis of Programs
[FR Doc. 2014-01499 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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