Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012, 41007-41010 [2015-17079]
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symmetrical point, suitable for use in
gas-actuated hand tools.
Also excluded from the scope of this
order are corrugated nails. A corrugated
nail is made up of a small strip of
corrugated steel with sharp points on
one side.
Also excluded from the scope of this
order are thumb tacks, which are
currently classified under HTSUS
subheading 7317.00.10.00.
Certain steel nails subject to this order
are currently classified under HTSUS
subheadings 7317.00.55.02,
7317.00.55.03, 7317.00.55.05,
7317.00.55.07, 7317.00.55.08,
7317.00.55.11, 7317.00.55.18,
7317.00.55.19, 7317.00.55.20,
7317.00.55.30, 7317.00.55.40,
7317.00.55.50, 7317.00.55.60,
7317.00.55.70, 7317.00.55.80,
7317.00.55.90, 7317.00.65.30,
7317.00.65.60 and 7317.00.75.00.
Certain steel nails subject to this order
also may be classified under HTSUS
subheadings 7907.00.60.00,
8206.00.00.00 or other HTSUS
subheadings.
While the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this order is dispositive.
Countervailing Duty Order
In accordance with sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, the
ITC has notified the Department of its
final determination that the industry in
the United States producing nails is
materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of nails from
Vietnam. Therefore, in accordance with
section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are
publishing this countervailing duty
order.
As a result of the ITC’s final
determination, in accordance with
section 706(a) of the Act, the
Department will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess,
upon further instruction by the
Department, countervailing duties on
unliquidated entries of nails from
Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
November 3, 2014, the date on which
the Department published its
preliminary countervailing duty
determination in the Federal Register,4
and before March 3, 2015, the date on
which the Department instructed CBP to
discontinue the suspension of
liquidation in accordance with section
4 See Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment
of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With
Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR
65184 (November 3, 2014).
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703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the
Act states that the suspension of
liquidation pursuant to a preliminary
determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. Therefore,
entries of nails made on or after March
3, 2015, and prior to the date of
publication of the ITC’s final
determination in the Federal Register
are not liable for the assessment of
countervailing duties due to the
Department’s discontinuation, effective
March 3, 2015, of the suspension of
liquidation.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, the Department will direct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of nails from Vietnam, effective the date
of publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction
by the Department pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
duties for each entry of the subject
merchandise in an amount based on the
net countervailable subsidy rates for the
subject merchandise. On or after the
date of publication of the ITC’s final
injury determination in the Federal
Register, CBP must require, at the same
time as importers would normally
deposit estimated duties on this
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
rates noted below:
Subsidy rate
(percent)
Company
Region Industries Co., Ltd .......
United Nail Products Co. Ltd ...
All Others ..................................
288.56
313.97
301.27
This notice constitutes the
countervailing duty order with respect
to nails from Vietnam pursuant to
section 706(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department’s
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Commerce Building, for copies
of an updated list of countervailing duty
orders currently in effect.
This order is issued and published in
accordance with section 706(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: July 8, 2015.
Lynn M. Fischer Fox
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy &
Negotiation.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2012
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) has conducted an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (wood
flooring) from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC).1 On January 7, 2015, we
published the Preliminary Results for
this administrative review.2 The period
of review (POR) is January 1, 2012,
through December 31, 2012. We find
that 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.), the
individually examined companies in
this administrative review, received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR. The Department is also rescinding
the review of Changzhou Hawd Flooring
Co., Ltd. (Changzhou) because it had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
DATES: Effective date July 14, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Kolberg or Dana Mermelstein, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1785 or (202) 482–
1391, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In the Preliminary Results, we
deferred our analysis of certain
programs to a post-preliminary analysis.
On March 11, 2015, we issued a postpreliminary analysis memorandum.3 We
1 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011) (Order); see
also Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February
3, 2012) (Amended Order).
2 See 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, 80 FR
859 (January 7, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
3 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Continued
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invited interested parties to file case and
rebuttal briefs following the release of
the post-preliminary analysis
memorandum. Only the Government of
the PRC (the GOC) filed a case brief.4 No
party filed a rebuttal brief. We also
received letters from Fine Furniture 5,
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.6, and
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co.,
Ltd.7
On May 5, 2015, the Department
extended the time period for issuing the
final results of this administrative
review to July 6, 2015, as permitted by
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).8 On the same date, we
issued a supplemental questionnaire to
the GOC,9 and we received the GOC’s
response on May 22, 2015.10 On May 29,
2015, the Department provided parties
with an opportunity to comment on the
GOC’s supplemental response.11 No
comments were received.
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Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is
composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) 12
in combination with a core. Imports of
the subject merchandise are provided
for under the following subheadings of
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Post-Preliminary
Analysis of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China’’ (March 11, 2015).
4 See Letter from the GOC to the Department,
‘‘Case Brief of the Government of the People’s
Republic of China: Multilayered Wood Flooring
from The People’s Republic of China’’ (March 19,
2015).
5 See Letter from Fine Furniture to the
Department, ‘‘Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Letter
in Lieu of Case Brief’’ (March 19, 2015).
6 See Letter from Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.
and Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd. to
the Department, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People’s Republic of China: Correction of
Typographical Errors’’ (January 8, 2015).
7 Id.
8 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2012’’ (May 5, 2015).
9 See Letter to the GOC, ‘‘Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 2012
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review’’ (May
5, 2015).
10 See Letter from the GOC to the Department,
‘‘Response of the Government of the People’s
Republic of China to the Department’s Fourth
Supplemental Questionnaire’’ (May 22, 2015).
11 See Memorandum to the File from Josh Morris,
International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office I,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2012-Additional Comment
Period’’ (May 29, 2015).
12 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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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 Issues and Decision
Memorandum.13
The Issues and 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).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of
the main Department of Commerce
memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China’’ (Issues and Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
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building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
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 sales of subject
merchandise during the POR, and no
party objected to our intent to rescind as
stated in the Preliminary Results,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we
are rescinding the review with respect
to Changzhou.
Methodology
We have conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of
the Act. A full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions is presented in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Use of Facts Otherwise Available,
Including Adverse Inferences
For purposes of the Support for
Developing a National Technology
Standard program, the Department has
concluded that, despite two requests,
the GOC did not provide the
Department with necessary information
with respect to the length of time that
the subsidy program has been in
operation. Accordingly, the Department
has determined that the GOC did not act
to the best of its ability in responding to
the Department’s request for
information and that the application of
facts available with an adverse inference
is warranted.14 Based upon the available
facts and the GOC’s failure to cooperate
to the best of its ability in providing this
information as requested, the
Department has concluded that the
Support for Developing a National
Technology Standard program was in
existence prior to the POR. For further
information, see the section ‘‘Use of
Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse
Inferences,’’ in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5), we calculated individual
subsidy rates for the mandatory
respondents, Fine Furniture and
Lizhong.
14 See
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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.15 We have
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.
We find the net countervailable
subsidy rate for the producers and/or
exporters under review to be as
follows: 16
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Producer/exporter
Net subsidy rate
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (also known as The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai) ......
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited .................................................................................................................................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
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 .........................................................................................................................
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd 17 ......................................................................................................................................................
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd ..........................................................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Dalian 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 ...................................................................................................................................................
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 ........................................................................................................................
15 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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16 See Memorandum to The File from Mary
Kolberg, International Trade Analyst, ‘‘Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China;
2012’’ dated concurrently with this notice.
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Producer/exporter
Net subsidy rate
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 Co. Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
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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Assessment Rates
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
we intend to issue assessment
instructions to the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) fifteen days
after the date of publication of these
final results. We will instruct CBP to
assess countervailing duties on POR
entries in the amounts shown above.
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, we intend to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts
shown above on shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final
results of this review. For all nonreviewed companies (except Zhejiang
Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd., its
affiliate Jiaxing Brilliant Import &
Export Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Yuhua
Timber Co., Ltd., which are excluded
from the Order),18 we will instruct CBP
to continue to collect cash deposits at
the most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company.
Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that
will be applied to companies covered by
the Amended Order, but not examined
in this review, are those established in
the most recently completed segment of
the proceeding for each company. These
cash deposit requirements, when
17 See Memorandum To The File from Mary
Kolberg, International Trade Analyst, ‘‘Addition of
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd. to Final Results’’ (June
29, 2015).
18 See Order, 76 FR at 76694.
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imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: July 6, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
5. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
6. Subsidy Valuation Information
7. Analysis of Programs
8. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Specificity of the Support for
Developing a National Technology
Standard Program
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Comment 2: Names of Companies in U.S.
Customs and Border Protection
Instructions
9. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2012
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has conducted an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic
of China (PRC).\1\ On January 7, 2015, we published the Preliminary
Results for this administrative review.\2\ The period of review (POR)
is January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012. We find that 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.), the individually examined companies
in this administrative review, received countervailable subsidies
during the POR. The Department is also rescinding the review of
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. (Changzhou) because it had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011)
(Order); see also Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012) (Amended Order).
\2\ See 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, 80 FR 859
(January 7, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
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DATES: Effective date July 14, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg or Dana Mermelstein, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1785 or (202) 482-1391, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the Preliminary Results, we deferred our analysis of certain
programs to a post-preliminary analysis. On March 11, 2015, we issued a
post-preliminary analysis memorandum.\3\ We
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invited interested parties to file case and rebuttal briefs following
the release of the post-preliminary analysis memorandum. Only the
Government of the PRC (the GOC) filed a case brief.\4\ No party filed a
rebuttal brief. We also received letters from Fine Furniture \5\,
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.\6\, and Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry
Co., Ltd.\7\
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\3\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Post-Preliminary Analysis of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China'' (March 11, 2015).
\4\ See Letter from the GOC to the Department, ``Case Brief of
the Government of the People's Republic of China: Multilayered Wood
Flooring from The People's Republic of China'' (March 19, 2015).
\5\ See Letter from Fine Furniture to the Department,
``Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Letter in Lieu of Case Brief'' (March 19, 2015).
\6\ See Letter from Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. and Yixing
Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd. to the Department,
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Correction of Typographical Errors'' (January 8, 2015).
\7\ Id.
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On May 5, 2015, the Department extended the time period for issuing
the final results of this administrative review to July 6, 2015, as
permitted by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).\8\ On the same date, we issued a supplemental
questionnaire to the GOC,\9\ and we received the GOC's response on May
22, 2015.\10\ On May 29, 2015, the Department provided parties with an
opportunity to comment on the GOC's supplemental response.\11\ No
comments were received.
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\8\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012'' (May 5,
2015).
\9\ See Letter to the GOC, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China: 2012 Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review'' (May 5, 2015).
\10\ See Letter from the GOC to the Department, ``Response of
the Government of the People's Republic of China to the Department's
Fourth Supplemental Questionnaire'' (May 22, 2015).
\11\ See Memorandum to the File from Josh Morris, International
Trade Compliance Analyst, Office I, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2012-Additional Comment Period'' (May 29,
2015).
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Scope of the Order
Multilayered wood flooring is composed of an assembly of two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) \12\ 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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\12\ 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\13\
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\13\ See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with this notice.
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The Issues and 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).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
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 sales of subject merchandise
during the POR, and no party objected to our intent to rescind as
stated in the Preliminary Results, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we
are rescinding the review with respect to Changzhou.
Methodology
We have conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. A full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions is presented in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Use of Facts Otherwise Available, Including Adverse Inferences
For purposes of the Support for Developing a National Technology
Standard program, the Department has concluded that, despite two
requests, the GOC did not provide the Department with necessary
information with respect to the length of time that the subsidy program
has been in operation. Accordingly, the Department has determined that
the GOC did not act to the best of its ability in responding to the
Department's request for information and that the application of facts
available with an adverse inference is warranted.\14\ Based upon the
available facts and the GOC's failure to cooperate to the best of its
ability in providing this information as requested, the Department has
concluded that the Support for Developing a National Technology
Standard program was in existence prior to the POR. For further
information, see the section ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences,'' in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\14\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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Final Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated individual
subsidy rates for the mandatory respondents, Fine Furniture and
Lizhong.
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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.\15\ We have 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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\15\ 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 find the net countervailable subsidy rate for the producers and/
or exporters under review to be as follows: \16\
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\16\ See Memorandum to The File from Mary Kolberg, International
Trade Analyst, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China; 2012'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Producer/exporter Net subsidy rate
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Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (also known 0.99
as The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of
Shanghai)...........................................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited.................... 0.99
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........................ 0.99
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 0.99
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd........... 0.99
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd................ 0.99
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd....... 0.99
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd \17\........................ 0.99
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone 0.99
Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.....................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.................. 0.99
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd........................... 0.99
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd................... 0.99
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.99
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 0.99
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd................. 0.99
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC................. 0.99
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............ 0.99
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.99
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......... 0.99
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd........... 0.99
Dunhua Sentai Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 0.99
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd................ 0.99
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.......................... 0.99
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd................. 0.99
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd............... 0.99
GTP International Ltd................................ 0.99
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.99
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd...... 0.99
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................ 0.99
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd............... 0.99
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd................. 0.99
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd (dba Dasso 0.99
Industrial Group Co., Ltd.).........................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd.......................... 0.99
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd............... 0.99
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd......... 0.99
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.................. 0.99
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd....................... 0.99
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd................. 0.99
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd............................ 0.99
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd............................ 0.99
Huzhou Ruifeng Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.................. 0.99
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.................. 0.99
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd....................... 0.99
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd..... 0.99
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd...... 0.99
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd 0.99
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............... 0.99
Karly Wood Product Limited........................... 0.99
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd........................... 0.99
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd........... 0.99
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd........ 0.99
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.99
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd........................... 0.99
Riverside Plywood Corporation........................ 0.99
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited...... 0.99
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Samling Riverside Co., Ltd........................... 0.99
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd............ 0.99
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation......................... 0.99
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.................. 0.99
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd................... 0.99
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.................... 0.99
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd..................... 0.99
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd......................... 0.99
Yekalon Industry, Inc................................ 0.99
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd....... 0.99
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co. Ltd............. 0.99
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Co., Ltd....... 0.99
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........................ 0.99
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd........... 0.99
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 0.99
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd............. 0.99
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd..................... 0.99
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd............... 0.99
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.................. 0.99
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd...................... 0.99
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd. 0.99
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), we intend to issue assessment
instructions to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fifteen
days after the date of publication of these final results. We will
instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on POR entries in the
amounts shown above.
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\17\ See Memorandum To The File from Mary Kolberg, International
Trade Analyst, ``Addition of Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd. to Final
Results'' (June 29, 2015).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, we intend to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown above on shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review. For all non-
reviewed companies (except Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd., its
affiliate Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang
Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd., which are excluded from the Order),\18\ we will
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company.
Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied to companies
covered by the Amended Order, but not examined in this review, are
those established in the most recently completed segment of the
proceeding for each company. These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\18\ See Order, 76 FR at 76694.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: July 6, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
5. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
6. Subsidy Valuation Information
7. Analysis of Programs
8. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Specificity of the Support for Developing a National
Technology Standard Program
Comment 2: Names of Companies in U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Instructions
9. Recommendation
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