Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Intent To Rescind the Review in Part; 2012, 859-862 [2015-00037]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review and Intent
To Rescind the Review in Part; 2012
Enforcement and Compliance,
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 January 1, 2012, through
December 31, 2012. We preliminarily
find that the mandatory respondents
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (Fine
Furniture) and The Lizhong Wood
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai
(Lizhong) (also known as ‘‘Shanghai
Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.’’)
received countervailable subsidies
during the POR. We also intend to
rescind the review of one company,
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.
(Changzhou), which timely certified that
it had no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: January 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Kolberg or Joshua Morris, 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) 482–1785 or (202) 482–
1779, respectively.
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is
composed of an assembly of two or
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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.
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 Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘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
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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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 (ACCESS).2
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the
main Department building. In addition,
a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Intent To Rescind Administrative
Review, in Part
On April 4, 2014, we received a
timely filed no-shipment certification
from Changzhou. Because there is no
evidence on the record to indicate that
this company had entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to
rescind the review with respect to
Changzhou. A final decision regarding
whether to rescind the review of this
company will be made in the final
results of this review.
Methodology
We have 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
find 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.3 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
We were not able to make a
preliminary determination concerning
the countervailability of certain
programs because we require additional
2 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and
Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’) to AD and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
The Web site location was changed from https://
iaaccess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov. The
Final Rule changing the references to the
Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014).
3 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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information.4 We intend to seek that
information prior to our final results
and issue a post-preliminary decision
reflecting our review and analysis of
that information.
Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a
countervailable subsidy rate for each of
the mandatory respondents, Fine
Furniture and Lizhong.
For the non-selected respondents, we
have followed the Department’s
practice, which is to base the subsidy
rates on an average of the subsidy rates
calculated for those companies selected
for individual review, excluding de
minimis rates or rates based entirely on
adverse facts available.5 We have
preliminarily assigned to the nonselected respondents the simple average
of the rates calculated for Fine Furniture
and Lizhong. We have used a simple
average rather than a weighted average
due to inconsistent units of measure in
the publicly ranged quantity and value
data.
We preliminarily find the
countervailable subsidy rates for the
producers/exporters under review to be
as follows:
Producer/exporter
Shanghai Lizhong Wood
Products Co., Ltd (aka The
Lizhong Wood Industry
Limited Company of
Shanghai); Linyi Youyou
Wood Co., Ltd ...................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai)
Limited; Great Wood
(Tonghua) Limited; FF
Plantation (Shishou) Limited ....................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood
Co., Ltd .............................
Armstrong Wood Products
(Kunshan) 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 Industrial
Co., Ltd .............................
Net subsidy
rate (percent)
0.95
0.99
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4 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
‘‘Analysis of Programs—II. Programs For Which
More Information Is Required.’’
5 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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Producer/exporter
Net subsidy
rate (percent)
Chinafloors Timber (China)
Co., Ltd .............................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd
Dalien Huade Wood Product
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 ......................
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd ......................
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC ......................
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Dunhua City Hongyuan
Wood Industry Co., Ltd .....
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood
Industry Co., Ltd ...............
Dunhua Sentai Wood Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd
Fusong Jinlong Wooden
Group Co., Ltd ..................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden
Product Co., Ltd ................
GTP International Ltd ...........
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda
Board Co., Ltd ...................
Guangzhou Panyu Southern
Star Co., Ltd ......................
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden
Products, Ltd .....................
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor
Co., Ltd (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd) ..........
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd ......................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..........
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden
Flooring Inc .......................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood
Co., Ltd .............................
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. &
Exp. Co., Ltd .....................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd
Huzhou Ruifeng Imp. & Exp.
Co., Ltd .............................
Huzhou Sunergy World
Trade Co., Ltd ...................
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo
and Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co.,
Ltd .....................................
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Net subsidy
rate (percent)
Producer/exporter
Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material 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 ............
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd ..
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd ...................
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture
(Dalian) Co., Ltd ................
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd
Riverside Plywood Corporation ....................................
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited .........
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd ...
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang)
Timber Co., Ltd .................
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Shanghai Lairunde Wood
Co., Ltd .............................
Shanghai New Sihe Wood
Co., Ltd .............................
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation ....................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd ........................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei
Woods Co., Ltd .................
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou)
Co. Ltd ..............................
Xiamen Yung De Ornament
Co., Ltd .............................
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Yekalon Industry, Inc ............
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan)
Wood Industry Co., Ltd .....
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry ................................
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Co., Ltd ....
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green
Home Wood Co., Ltd ........
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden
Co., Ltd .............................
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd ..................
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden
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
We will disclose to parties in this
proceeding the calculations performed
in reaching the preliminary results
within five days of the date of public
announcement of these preliminary
results.6 As a result of the Department’s
intention to release a post-preliminary
analysis memorandum, interested
parties may submit written comments
(case briefs) on the preliminary results
and the post-preliminary analysis
memorandum no later than one week
after the issuance of the postpreliminary analysis memorandum, and
rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs)
within five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.7 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
days after the date of publication of this
notice.8 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 the
Department receives a request for a
hearing, 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.9
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 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, we intend to 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 publication of
these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act, upon issuance of the final
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19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
8 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310.
7 See
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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 the amounts shown above for
each of the respective companies listed
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
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: December 30, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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
7. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–863]
Honey From the People’s Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) is
conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on honey
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). The period of review (‘‘POR’’)
is December 1, 2012, through November
30, 2013. As discussed below, during
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the review, because the single
mandatory respondent, Kunshan
Xinlong Food Co., Ltd. (‘‘Kunshan
Xinlong’’), did not cooperate, the
Department preliminarily determines to
treat this company as part of the PRCwide entity. If these preliminary results
are adopted in the final results of
review, the Department will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(‘‘CBP’’) to assess antidumping duties
on entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.
DATES: Effective Date: January 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–6905.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 3, 2014, the Department
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping duty Order 1 on honey
from the PRC.2 On February 28, 2014,
Petitioners 3 withdrew their request for
an administrative review for all
companies under review except
Kunshan Xinlong.4
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are natural honey, artificial honey
containing more than 50 percent natural
honey by weight, preparations of natural
honey containing more than 50 percent
natural honey by weight and flavored
honey.
The merchandise subject to the order
is currently classifiable under
subheadings 0409.00.00, 1702.90.90,
2106.90.99, 0409.00.0010, 0409.00.0035,
0409.00.0005, 0409.00.0045,
0409.00.0056, and 0409.00.0065 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 under the order is
dispositive.5
1 See Notice Of Antidumping Duty Order and
Amendment to Final Determination: Honey from
the People’s Republic of China, 66 FR 59026
(December 10, 2001) (‘‘Order’’).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and
Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 6147
(February 3, 2014) (‘‘Initiation’’).
3 Petitioners are: American Honey Producers
Association and Sioux Honey Association.
4 See Letter from Petitioners re: ‘‘Petitioners’
Partial Withdrawal of Request for 12th
Administrative Review,’’ dated February 28, 2014.
5 For the complete description of the scope of the
Order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
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Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). In making our
findings, we have relied on facts
available, and because the single
mandatory respondent, Kunshan
Xinlong, which we preliminarily are
treating as part of the PRC-wide entity,
did not act to the best of its ability to
respond to the Department’s requests for
information, we have drawn an adverse
inference in selecting from among the
facts otherwise available.6
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, dated
concurrently with these results and
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 (‘‘ACCESS’’).7
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit
(‘‘CRU’’), Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, parties can obtain a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum on the Internet at https://
trade.gov/enforcement/frn/.
The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following antidumping duty margin
exists:
Preliminary Results of the 2012–2013
Administrative Review: Honey from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
(‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’), dated
concurrently with this notice.
6 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
7 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and
Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’) to AD and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
The Web site location was changed from https://
iaaccess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov. The
Final Rule changing the references to the
Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014).
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 859-862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00037]
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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 and
Intent To Rescind the Review in Part; 2012
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 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 January 1, 2012, through
December 31, 2012. We preliminarily find that the mandatory respondents
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture) and The Lizhong Wood
Industry Limited Company of Shanghai (Lizhong) (also known as
``Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.'') received countervailable
subsidies during the POR. We also intend to rescind the review of one
company, Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. (Changzhou), which timely
certified that it had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: January 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg or Joshua Morris, 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-
1785 or (202) 482-1779, respectively.
Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or
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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 Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``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 (ACCESS).\2\
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and
in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department building.
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\2\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized
Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized
Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was
changed from https://iaaccess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov.
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
On April 4, 2014, we received a timely filed no-shipment
certification from Changzhou. Because there is no evidence on the
record to indicate that this company had entries of subject merchandise
during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind
the review with respect to Changzhou. A final decision regarding
whether to rescind the review of this company will be made in the final
results of this review.
Methodology
We have 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 find
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.\3\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ 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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We were not able to make a preliminary determination concerning the
countervailability of certain programs because we require additional
information.\4\ We intend to seek that information prior to our final
results and issue a post-preliminary decision reflecting our review and
analysis of that information.
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\4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Analysis of
Programs--II. Programs For Which More Information Is Required.''
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Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a
countervailable subsidy rate for each of the mandatory respondents,
Fine Furniture and Lizhong.
For the non-selected respondents, we have followed the Department's
practice, which is to base the subsidy rates on an average of the
subsidy rates calculated for those companies selected for individual
review, excluding de minimis rates or rates based entirely on adverse
facts available.\5\ We have preliminarily assigned to the non-selected
respondents the simple average of the rates calculated for Fine
Furniture and Lizhong. We have used a simple average rather than a
weighted average due to inconsistent units of measure in the publicly
ranged quantity and value data.
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\5\ 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 countervailable subsidy rates for the
producers/exporters under review to be as follows:
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Net subsidy
Producer/exporter rate (percent)
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Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd (aka The Lizhong 0.95
Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai); Linyi
Youyou Wood Co., Ltd...................................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited; Great Wood (Tonghua) 0.99
Limited; FF Plantation (Shishou) Limited...............
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........................... 0.97
Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd....................... 0.97
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.............. 0.97
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd................... 0.97
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.......... 0.97
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu 0.97
Wood Industrial Co., Ltd...............................
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Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd..................... 0.97
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.97
Dalien Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd...................... 0.97
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd................... 0.97
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................... 0.97
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd.................... 0.97
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC.................... 0.97
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 0.97
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.97
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.97
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 0.97
Dunhua Sentai Wood Co., Ltd............................. 0.97
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd................... 0.97
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd............................. 0.97
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.................... 0.97
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.................. 0.97
GTP International Ltd................................... 0.97
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.97
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd......... 0.97
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................... 0.97
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd.................. 0.97
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd.................... 0.97
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd (dba Dasso Industrial 0.97
Group Co., Ltd)........................................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd............................. 0.97
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd.................. 0.97
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............ 0.97
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc..................... 0.97
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 0.97
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.................... 0.97
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd............................... 0.97
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd............................... 0.97
Huzhou Ruifeng Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd..................... 0.97
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd..................... 0.97
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.......................... 0.97
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd........ 0.97
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd......... 0.97
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd... 0.97
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.................. 0.97
Karly Wood Product Limited.............................. 0.97
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 0.97
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.............. 0.97
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd........... 0.97
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.97
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd.............................. 0.97
Riverside Plywood Corporation........................... 0.97
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited......... 0.97
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd.............................. 0.97
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd............... 0.97
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation............................ 0.97
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd..................... 0.97
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd...................... 0.97
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd....................... 0.97
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd........................ 0.97
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd............................ 0.97
Yekalon Industry, Inc................................... 0.97
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......... 0.97
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry........................ 0.97
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Co., Ltd.......... 0.97
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........................... 0.97
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd.............. 0.97
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.97
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.97
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd........................ 0.97
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd.................. 0.97
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd..................... 0.97
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd......................... 0.97
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.... 0.97
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties in this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the
date of public announcement of these preliminary results.\6\ As a
result of the Department's intention to release a post-preliminary
analysis memorandum, interested parties may submit written comments
(case briefs) on the preliminary results and the post-preliminary
analysis memorandum no later than one week after the issuance of the
post-preliminary analysis memorandum, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal
briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.\7\ 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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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\7\ 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.\8\
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 the Department receives a request for a hearing, 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.\9\
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be
filed electronically using 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, we intend to 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 publication 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,
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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 the amounts shown above for each of
the respective companies listed 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 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: December 30, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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
7. Recommendation
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