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URAA and after consulting with the
Department and Congress, the USTR
directed the Department to implement
these final determinations. With respect
to each of these proceedings, unless the
applicable cash deposit rate has been
superseded by intervening
administrative reviews, the Department
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to require a cash deposit for
estimated ADs at the appropriate rate for
each exporter/producer specified above,
for entries of subject merchandise,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption, on or after July 20,
2015.
This notice of implementation of
these section 129 final determinations is
published in accordance with section
129(c)(2)(A) of the URAA.
Dated: July 22, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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17 The calculated margins in the underlying
investigation were not adjusted to reflect a
deduction for any countervailing duty determined
to constitute export subsidies.
18 The calculated margins in the underlying
investigation were not adjusted to reflect a
deduction for any countervailing duty determined
to constitute an export subsidy.
19 The calculated margins in the underlying
investigation were not adjusted to reflect a
deduction for any countervailing duty determined
to constitute export subsidies.
20 Consistent with our practice, where the product
was also subject to a concurrent countervailing duty
proceeding, the weighted-average margins listed
here reflect a deduction for the countervailing duty
determined to constitute an export subsidy.
21 Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd.’s
countervailing duty margin did not consist of any
export subsidies.
22 Consistent with our practice, where the product
was also subject to a concurrent countervailing duty
proceeding, the weighted-average margins listed
here reflect a deduction for the countervailing duty
determined to constitute an export subsidy.
23 Consistent with our practice, where the product
was also subject to a concurrent countervailing duty
proceeding, the weighted-average margins listed
here reflect a deduction for the countervailing duty
determined to constitute an export subsidy.
24 Consistent with our practice, where the product
was also subject to a concurrent countervailing duty
proceeding, the weighted-average margins listed
here reflect a deduction for the countervailing duty
determined to constitute an export subsidy.
25 The calculated margins in the underlying
investigation were not adjusted to reflect a
deduction for any countervailing duty determined
to constitute export subsidies.
26 The calculated margins in the underlying
investigation were not adjusted to reflect a
deduction for any countervailing duty determined
to constitute export subsidies.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Reviews; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has determined that two
requests for new shipper reviews of the
antidumping duty order on multilayered
wood flooring from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) meet the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for initiation. The period of review
(‘‘POR’’) for these two new shipper
reviews is December 1, 2014, through
May 31, 2015.
DATES: Effective Date: July 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maisha Cryor or Robert Galantucci, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202–482–5831 or 202–482–
2923, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the
antidumping duty order on multilayered
wood flooring from the PRC on
December 8, 2011.1 On June 22, 2015,
and June 23, 2015, the Department
received timely new shipper review
requests from Dongtai Zhangshi Wood
Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Zhangshi’’) and
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Muyun’’), respectively, in accordance
with section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
and 19 CFR 351.214(c).2
1 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 (December
8, 2011) (‘‘Order’’), as amended Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012).
2 See Letter from Zhangshi to the Secretary of
Commerce ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China; A–570–970; Request for
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review,’’ dated
June 22, 2015 (‘‘Zhangshi Initiation Request’’);
Letter from Muyun to the Secretary of Commerce
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China Request for New Shipper
Review,’’ dated June 23, 2015 (‘‘Muyun Initiation
Request’’); Letter from Zhangshi to the Secretary of
Commerce ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China; A–570–970; New
Shipper Review for Dongtai Zhangshi Wood
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In their submissions, Zhangshi and
Muyun certified that they are both the
producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise upon which their
respective review requests were based.3
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i),
Zhangshi and Muyun certified that they
did not export multilayered wood
flooring to the United States during the
period of investigation (‘‘POI’’).4 In
addition, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Zhangshi and
Muyun certified that, since the
initiation of the investigation, they have
never been affiliated with any producer
or exporter that exported multilayered
wood flooring to the United States
during the POI, including those not
individually examined during the
investigation.5 As required by 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Zhangshi and
Muyun also certified that their export
activities were not controlled by the
central government of the PRC.6
In addition to the certifications
described above, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iv), Zhangshi and Muyun
submitted documentation establishing
the following: (1) The date on which
each company first shipped
multilayered wood flooring for export to
the United States and the date on which
the multilayered wood flooring was first
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption; (2) the volume of its
first shipment; and (3) the date of its
first sale to an unaffiliated customer in
the United States.7
The Department conducted U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
database queries and confirmed that
Zhangshi and Muyun’s shipments of
subject merchandise had entered the
United States for consumption and that
liquidation of such entries had been
properly suspended for antidumping
duties. The Department also confirmed
by examining CBP data that Zhangshi
and Muyun entries were made during
the POR specified by the Department’s
regulations.8
Industry Co., Ltd.; Clarification of Company Name,’’
dated July 10, 2015.
3 See Zhangshi Initiation Request at Exhibit 3; see
also Muyun Initiation Request at Exhibit 1.
4 See id.
5 See id.
6 See id.
7 See Zhangshi Initiation Request at Exhibit 1; see
also Muyun Initiation Request at Exhibit 2.
8 See July 21, 2015, Memoranda to the File,
regarding ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Data’’ for Zhangshi and Muyun; see also
Memorandum to the File entitled, ‘‘Initiation of
Antidumping New Shipper Review of Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.’’
(‘‘Zhangshi Initiation Checklist’’) dated
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Period of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), an
exporter or producer may request a new
shipper review within one year of the
date on which its subject merchandise
was first entered. Moreover, 19 CFR
351.214(d)(1) states that if the request
for the review is made during the sixmonth period ending with the end of
the semiannual anniversary month, the
Secretary will initiate a new shipper
review in the calendar month
immediately following the semiannual
anniversary month. Further, 19 CFR
315.214(g)(1)(i)(B) states that if the new
shipper review was initiated in the
month immediately following the
semiannual anniversary month, the POR
will be the six-month period
immediately preceding the semiannual
anniversary month. Within one year of
the dates on which their multilayered
wood flooring was first entered
Zhangshi and Muyun made the requests
for new shipper reviews in June, which
is the semiannual anniversary month of
the Order. Therefore, the Secretary must
initiate these reviews in July and the
POR is December 1, 2014, through May
31, 2015.
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Initiation of New Shipper Reviews
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b), and the
information on the record, the
Department finds that the requests
submitted by Zhangshi and Muyun meet
the threshold requirements for initiation
of new shipper reviews for the
shipments of multilayered wood
flooring from the PRC produced and
exported by these companies.9
However, if the information supplied by
Zhangshi and Muyun is later found to
be incorrect or insufficient during the
course of this proceeding, the
Department may rescind the review or
apply adverse facts available pursuant
to section 776 of the Act, depending
upon the facts on record. The
Department intends to issue the
preliminary results of these new shipper
reviews no later than 180 days from the
date of initiation, and the final results
no later than 90 days from the issuance
of the preliminary results.10
It is the Department’s usual practice,
in cases involving non-market
economies, to require that a company
seeking to establish eligibility for an
concurrently with this notice; Memorandum to the
File entitled, ‘‘Initiation of Antidumping New
Shipper Review of Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People’s Republic of China: Huzhou
Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.’’ (‘‘Muyun Initiation
Checklist’’) dated concurrently with this notice.
9 See Zhangshi Initiation Checklist; see also
Muyun Initiation Checklist.
10 See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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antidumping duty rate separate from the
country-wide rate provide evidence of
de jure and de facto absence of
government control over the company’s
export activities. Accordingly, the
Department will issue questionnaires to
Zhangshi and Muyun which will
include a section requesting information
with regard to these companies’ export
activities for separate rates purposes.
The review of each exporter will
proceed if the response provides
sufficient indication that it is not subject
to either de jure or de facto government
control with respect to its export of
subject merchandise.
The Department will instruct CBP to
allow, until the completion of the
review, at the option of the importer, the
posting of a bond or security in lieu of
a cash deposit for each entry of the
subject merchandise from Zhangshi and
Muyun, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(e). Because Zhangshi and
Muyun certified that they produced and
exported the subject merchandise, the
Department will apply the bonding
privilege only for subject merchandise
that the respondent both produced and
exported. To assist in its analysis of the
bona fides of Zhangshi and Muyun’s
sales, upon initiation of this NSR, the
Department will require Zhangshi and
Muyun to submit on an ongoing basis
complete transaction information
concerning any sales of subject
merchandise to the United States that
were made subsequent to the POR.
Interested parties requiring access to
proprietary information in these new
shipper reviews should submit
applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 19
CFR 351.306.
This initiation and notice are in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: July 21, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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Technology
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
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Notice of closed meeting.
The Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Judges Panel) will meet in
closed session on Wednesday, August
26, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Eastern Time. The purpose of this
meeting is to review the results of
examiners’ scoring of written
applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by
examiners to verify the accuracy of
quality improvements claimed by
applicants. The meeting is closed to the
public in order to protect the
proprietary data to be examined and
discussed at the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, from 9:00
a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The
entire meeting will be closed to the
public.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
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975–2360, email robert.fangmeyer@
nist.gov.
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
App., notice is hereby given that the
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award will meet on
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, from 9:00
a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The
Judges Panel is composed of twelve
members, appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce, chosen for their familiarity
with quality improvement operations
and competitiveness issues of
manufacturing companies, services
companies, small businesses, health
care providers, and educational
institutions. Members are also chosen
who have broad experience in for-profit
and nonprofit areas. The purpose of this
meeting is to review the results of
examiners’ scoring of written
applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by
examiners to verify the accuracy of
quality improvements claimed by
applicants. The meeting is closed to the
public in order to protect the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined
that two requests for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order
on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'') meet the statutory and regulatory requirements for
initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for these two new shipper
reviews is December 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
DATES: Effective Date: July 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor or Robert Galantucci, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5831
or 202-482-2923, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the antidumping duty order on multilayered
wood flooring from the PRC on December 8, 2011.\1\ On June 22, 2015,
and June 23, 2015, the Department received timely new shipper review
requests from Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (``Zhangshi'')
and Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. (``Muyun''), respectively, in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(c).\2\
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 (December 8, 2011)
(``Order''), as amended Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012).
\2\ See Letter from Zhangshi to the Secretary of Commerce
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China; A-
570-970; Request for Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review,'' dated
June 22, 2015 (``Zhangshi Initiation Request''); Letter from Muyun
to the Secretary of Commerce ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China Request for New Shipper Review,'' dated
June 23, 2015 (``Muyun Initiation Request''); Letter from Zhangshi
to the Secretary of Commerce ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China; A-570-970; New Shipper Review for
Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Clarification of Company
Name,'' dated July 10, 2015.
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In their submissions, Zhangshi and Muyun certified that they are
both the producers and exporters of the subject merchandise upon which
their respective review requests were based.\3\ Pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Zhangshi and
Muyun certified that they did not export multilayered wood flooring to
the United States during the period of investigation (``POI'').\4\ In
addition, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Zhangshi and Muyun certified that, since the
initiation of the investigation, they have never been affiliated with
any producer or exporter that exported multilayered wood flooring to
the United States during the POI, including those not individually
examined during the investigation.\5\ As required by 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Zhangshi and Muyun also certified that their
export activities were not controlled by the central government of the
PRC.\6\
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\3\ See Zhangshi Initiation Request at Exhibit 3; see also Muyun
Initiation Request at Exhibit 1.
\4\ See id.
\5\ See id.
\6\ See id.
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In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Zhangshi and Muyun submitted documentation
establishing the following: (1) The date on which each company first
shipped multilayered wood flooring for export to the United States and
the date on which the multilayered wood flooring was first entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first
shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated
customer in the United States.\7\
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\7\ See Zhangshi Initiation Request at Exhibit 1; see also Muyun
Initiation Request at Exhibit 2.
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The Department conducted U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') database queries and confirmed that Zhangshi and Muyun's
shipments of subject merchandise had entered the United States for
consumption and that liquidation of such entries had been properly
suspended for antidumping duties. The Department also confirmed by
examining CBP data that Zhangshi and Muyun entries were made during the
POR specified by the Department's regulations.\8\
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\8\ See July 21, 2015, Memoranda to the File, regarding ``U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Data'' for Zhangshi and Muyun; see
also Memorandum to the File entitled, ``Initiation of Antidumping
New Shipper Review of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd.''
(``Zhangshi Initiation Checklist'') dated concurrently with this
notice; Memorandum to the File entitled, ``Initiation of Antidumping
New Shipper Review of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd.'' (``Muyun Initiation
Checklist'') dated concurrently with this notice.
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Period of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), an exporter or producer may request
a new shipper review within one year of the date on which its subject
merchandise was first entered. Moreover, 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1) states
that if the request for the review is made during the six-month period
ending with the end of the semiannual anniversary month, the Secretary
will initiate a new shipper review in the calendar month immediately
following the semiannual anniversary month. Further, 19 CFR
315.214(g)(1)(i)(B) states that if the new shipper review was initiated
in the month immediately following the semiannual anniversary month,
the POR will be the six-month period immediately preceding the
semiannual anniversary month. Within one year of the dates on which
their multilayered wood flooring was first entered Zhangshi and Muyun
made the requests for new shipper reviews in June, which is the
semiannual anniversary month of the Order. Therefore, the Secretary
must initiate these reviews in July and the POR is December 1, 2014,
through May 31, 2015.
Initiation of New Shipper Reviews
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b),
and the information on the record, the Department finds that the
requests submitted by Zhangshi and Muyun meet the threshold
requirements for initiation of new shipper reviews for the shipments of
multilayered wood flooring from the PRC produced and exported by these
companies.\9\ However, if the information supplied by Zhangshi and
Muyun is later found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course
of this proceeding, the Department may rescind the review or apply
adverse facts available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending
upon the facts on record. The Department intends to issue the
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews no later than 180 days
from the date of initiation, and the final results no later than 90
days from the issuance of the preliminary results.\10\
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\9\ See Zhangshi Initiation Checklist; see also Muyun Initiation
Checklist.
\10\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
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It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide
rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, the
Department will issue questionnaires to Zhangshi and Muyun which will
include a section requesting information with regard to these
companies' export activities for separate rates purposes. The review of
each exporter will proceed if the response provides sufficient
indication that it is not subject to either de jure or de facto
government control with respect to its export of subject merchandise.
The Department will instruct CBP to allow, until the completion of
the review, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject
merchandise from Zhangshi and Muyun, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Zhangshi
and Muyun certified that they produced and exported the subject
merchandise, the Department will apply the bonding privilege only for
subject merchandise that the respondent both produced and exported. To
assist in its analysis of the bona fides of Zhangshi and Muyun's sales,
upon initiation of this NSR, the Department will require Zhangshi and
Muyun to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction information
concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United States that
were made subsequent to the POR.
Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in
these new shipper reviews should submit applications for disclosure
under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305
and 19 CFR 351.306.
This initiation and notice are in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: July 21, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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