Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments in Part; 2015, 70092-70094 [2016-24488]
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Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content. A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I to this notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following net
subsidy rate exists for the period
January 1, 2014, through December 31,
2014:
Manufacturer/exporter
Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Ltd.
Net subsidy rate
0.92 percent ad
valorem.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in connection
with these preliminary results within
five days of the date of publication of
this notice.3 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), the Department will
notify interested parties of the due date
to submit case briefs.4 Rebuttal briefs
may be filed no later than five days after
the deadline for filing case briefs, and
must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs.5 Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs 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.6
Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
electronically using ACCESS.7
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically using
ACCESS. Requests should contain the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; the number of participants; and
a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, we will
inform parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing which will be held at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
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3 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
the Department requires additional
time to examine Goldenpalm’s use of duty
drawback programs during the POR, which will
require post-preliminary results analysis, we will
announce to parties at a later date the case brief
deadlines. See the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 9 for a discussion of the programs
that require further analysis.
5 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
7 See 19 CFR 351.303.
4 Because
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Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and location to be
determined. Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department will issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any written briefs,
within 120 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results.
Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
(EPCGS)
Programs Requiring Additional
Information
Duty Drawback and Annex 45
Program Preliminarily Determined To Be Not
Countervailable
Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT)
Reimbursements
Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be
Not Used During the POR
Recommendation
Assessment Rates
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of review.
Cash Deposit Instructions
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, the Department also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties, in the
amount shown above, for the company
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 firms, we will instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 4, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I—List of Topics in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Subsidies Valuation
Allocation Period
Cross-Ownership
Denominator
Benchmark Interest Rates
Analysis of Programs
Program Preliminarily Determined To Be
Countervailable
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
International Trade Administration
[A–570–890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments in Part; 2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is
conducting the eleventh administrative
review (‘‘AR’’) of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture
(‘‘WBF’’) from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’). The period of review
(‘‘POR’’) is January 1, 2015, through
December 31, 2015. This AR covers 18
companies. The Department has
preliminarily determined that seven of
the 18 companies, including the sole
mandatory respondent, have not
established their entitlement to a
separate rate and are part of the PRCwide entity. The Department has also
preliminarily determined that the
remaining 11 companies had no
reviewable transactions during the POR.
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick O’Connor, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
After initiating this review with
respect to 141 companies or company
groupings,1 interested parties withdrew
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and
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all review requests for 123 of the 141
companies.2 On June 8, 2016, the
Department issued an antidumping duty
questionnaire to the sole mandatory
respondent in this review, Nantong
Wangzhuang Furniture Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Nantong Wangzhuang’’). Nantong
Wangzhuang did not respond to the
questionnaire. For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this administrative
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum which is hereby adopted
by this notice.3
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’’).
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 Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
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The product covered by the order is
wooden bedroom furniture, subject to
certain exceptions.4 Imports of subject
merchandise are classified under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings:
9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045,
9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081,
9403.20.0018, 9403.90.8041,
7009.92.1000 or 7009.92.5000. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written product description in the
Order remains dispositive.5
Request for Revocation in Part, 81 FR 11179 (March
3, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
2 See Wooden Bedroom Furniture, From the
People’s Republic of China: Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 81 FR
62083 (September 8, 2016).
3 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ from Edward Yang,
Senior Director, Office VII, to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance (‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum’’), dated concurrently with this
notice.
4 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4,
2005) (‘‘Order’’).
5 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, please see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’) and 19 CFR
351.213. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary results of review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided in Appendix I to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Because U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (‘‘CBP’’) did not provide any
information contradicting the claims of
the 11 companies under review which
claimed to have made no shipments, the
Department preliminarily determines
that these 11 companies did not have
any reviewable transactions during the
POR.6 For additional information
regarding this determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7
Consistent with the Department’s
practice in non-market economy
(‘‘NME’’) cases, the Department is not
rescinding this AR, in part, with respect
to these 11 companies, but intends to
complete the review with respect to the
companies for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.8
Preliminary Results of Review
As noted above, Nantong
Wangzhuang did not respond to the
Department’s antidumping duty
questionnaire. Therefore, the
Department preliminarily determines
that Nantong Wangzhuang did not
establish its eligibility for separate rate
status. In addition, six other companies
for which a review was requested failed
to provide separate rate applications or
certifications.9 Therefore, the
6 The 11 companies/company groupings are: (1)
Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd., Taicang
Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Taicang
Fairmount Designs Furniture Co., Ltd., Meizhou
Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) Eurosa (Kunshan)
Co., Ltd., Eurosa Furniture Co., (Pte) Ltd.; (3)
Golden Well International (HK) Ltd.; (4) Jiangsu
Tairui Structure Engineering Co., Ltd.; (5) Nanhai
Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd., Fortune Glory
Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.); (6) Rizhao Sanmu
Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (7) Shenyang Shining
Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.; (8) Wanvog Furniture
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; (9) Woodworth Wooden
Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.; (10) Yeh Brothers
World Trade Inc.; and (11) Zhejiang Tianyi
Scientific & Educational Equipment Co., Ltd.
7 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
8 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below.
9 The six companies are: (1) Dongguan Singways
Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) Clearwise Co., Ltd.; (3)
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Department preliminarily determines
that these seven companies are part of
the PRC-wide entity. The PRC-wide
entity rate is 216.01 percent. For
additional information regarding this
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results and
may submit case briefs and/or written
comments, filed electronically using
ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, will be due five days after the
due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit
case or rebuttal briefs in this review are
requested to submit with each argument
a statement of the issue, a summary of
the argument not to exceed five pages,
and a table of statutes, regulations, and
cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2).
Any interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of publication of
this notice.10 Hearing requests should
contain the following information: (1)
The party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations at
the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the case briefs. If a request for
a hearing is made, parties will be
notified of the time and date for the
hearing to be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.11
Unless extended, the Department
intends to issue the final results of this
AR, which will include the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any briefs
received, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of this
review, the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.12 The Department
intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the publication
date of the final results of this review.
We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
Pleasant Wave Ltd., Passwell Corp.; (4) Shanghai
JianPu Export & Import Co., Ltd.; (5) Decca
Furniture Ltd.; and (6) Hangzhou Cadman Trading
Co., Ltd. (Exporter), Haining Changbei Furniture
Co., Ltd. (Producer).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
12 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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entries of subject merchandise exported
by the PRC-wide entity, including
Nantong Wangzhuang and the other six
companies noted above which did not
qualify for separate rate status, at the
PRC-wide rate. Additionally, pursuant
to the Department’s practice in NME
cases, if we continue to determine that
the 11 companies noted above had no
shipments of subject merchandise, any
suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR under
their case numbers will be liquidated at
the PRC-wide rate.13
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
review for shipments of the subject
merchandise from the PRC entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided by sections
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters that received a
separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (2) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been
found to be entitled to a separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the PRC-wide entity, which is 216.01
percent; and (3) for all non-PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the PRC exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter.
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties. 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.
13 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
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Dated: October 3, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
(1) Summary
(2) Background
(3) Scope of the Order
(4) Respondent Selection
(5) Discussion of the Methodology
a. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
b. Duty Absorption
c. NME Country Status
d. Separate Rates
(6) Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Executive-Led Power Technologies
Trade Mission to the United Arab
Emirates and Saudi Arabia, March 12–
16, 2017
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Commerce (DOC), International Trade
Administration (ITA), is organizing an
executive-led Power Technologies Trade
Mission to the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) and Saudi Arabia (KSA) on
March 12–16, 2017. The purpose of the
trade mission is to introduce U.S. firms
to KSA and UAE’s expanding power
technology sector, which seeks to
procure power equipment, distribution,
power grid, as well as spare parts, and
equipment with a focus on the
renewable sector, and also to assist
those U.S. firms in pursuing export
opportunities in this sector, by helping
new-to-market companies learn about
the KSA and UAE energy markets and
make initial contacts, and by supporting
U.S. companies already doing business
in the KSA and UAE to widen and
deepen their business interests.
SUMMARY:
UAE Commercial Setting
The UAE is a federation of the seven
emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai,
Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Sharjah and
Umm Al-Quwain. The generation,
transmission and distribution of
electricity in the UAE is dominated by
three water and power authorities
owned by each of the individual
emirates: Abu Dhabi Water and
Electricity Authority (ADWEA), Dubai
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Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
and Sharjah Electricity and Water
Authority, and by a federal authority
that operates in the smaller northern
emirates (FEWA).
In Abu Dhabi, ADWEA has
established a long-term program for the
privatization of the electricity sector and
a number of independent water and
power producers have been established
as joint-venture arrangements between
ADWEA and various international
power companies as Build—Operate—
Own projects. The Dubai government is
also promoting private investment in its
electricity generation sector, and
recently passed legislation allowing the
private sector to participate in
electricity generation by establishing
project companies and by collaborating
with third parties.
Per the UAE Ministry of Energy, the
total generated electricity in 2014 was
116, 528 GWH and consumption was
about 111.685 GWH. Rapid economic
and demographic growth over the past
decade is pushing the UAE’s electricity
grid close to its limits. The UAE
currently relies primarily on natural gas,
but it is also adding nuclear, renewable,
and coal-fired electricity generating
capacity. To support its economic
diversification and sustainable
development, the UAE plans to meet a
significant portion of its energy needs
using renewable sources. According to
statements made by Energy Minister
Suhail Al Mazrouei in January 2016, the
UAE plans to increase its target for
power generation from clean energy to
30 percent by 2030, with at least 25
percent of the country’s electricity
generated from both nuclear and solar.
Below is information on various subsectors of the power sector in the UAE.
D Solar: In 2013, DEWA launched the
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Solar Park in Dubai, which was
originally slated to generate 1,000MW of
solar energy; however, in January 2016,
DEWA announced that it would triple
the project’s size to 3,000MW, and then
in February, the Dubai directives
expanded the plant to 5,000MW by 2030
(the expected completion date). Also in
2013, Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Clean Energy
commissioned the 100-megawatt, grid
connected concentrated solar power
plant Shams One, a joint venture with
Abengoa Solar and Total. Masdar also
developed the 10MW solar PV plant at
Masdar City and is developing a 30MW
wind farm and a PV array on Sir
BaniYas Island.
D Smart Grid and Smart Metering: In
2014, ADWEA achieved a milestone
when it successfully deployed a Battery
Energy Storage System which is
connected to the Abu Dhabi electricity
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments in Part; 2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the
Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting the eleventh
administrative review (``AR'') of the antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is January 1, 2015, through
December 31, 2015. This AR covers 18 companies. The Department has
preliminarily determined that seven of the 18 companies, including the
sole mandatory respondent, have not established their entitlement to a
separate rate and are part of the PRC-wide entity. The Department has
also preliminarily determined that the remaining 11 companies had no
reviewable transactions during the POR. We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective October 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O'Connor, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
After initiating this review with respect to 141 companies or
company groupings,\1\ interested parties withdrew
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all review requests for 123 of the 141 companies.\2\ On June 8, 2016,
the Department issued an antidumping duty questionnaire to the sole
mandatory respondent in this review, Nantong Wangzhuang Furniture Co.,
Ltd. (``Nantong Wangzhuang''). Nantong Wangzhuang did not respond to
the questionnaire. For a complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum which is hereby adopted by this
notice.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 81 FR
11179 (March 3, 2016) (``Initiation Notice'').
\2\ See Wooden Bedroom Furniture, From the People's Republic of
China: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
81 FR 62083 (September 8, 2016).
\3\ See ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture
from the People's Republic of China,'' from Edward Yang, Senior
Director, Office VII, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance (``Preliminary Decision
Memorandum''), dated concurrently with this notice.
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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'').
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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum
and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture,
subject to certain exceptions.\4\ Imports of subject merchandise are
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 9403.50.9041,
9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, 9403.90.8041, 7009.92.1000 or 7009.92.5000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written product description in the Order remains
dispositive.\5\
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\4\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture
From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005)
(``Order'').
\5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, please
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') and 19
CFR 351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided in Appendix I to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Because U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') did not
provide any information contradicting the claims of the 11 companies
under review which claimed to have made no shipments, the Department
preliminarily determines that these 11 companies did not have any
reviewable transactions during the POR.\6\ For additional information
regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ Consistent with the Department's practice in non-market
economy (``NME'') cases, the Department is not rescinding this AR, in
part, with respect to these 11 companies, but intends to complete the
review with respect to the companies for which it has preliminarily
found no shipments and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on
the final results of the review.\8\
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\6\ The 11 companies/company groupings are: (1) Dongguan Sunrise
Furniture Co., Ltd., Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd.,
Taicang Fairmount Designs Furniture Co., Ltd., Meizhou Sunrise
Furniture Co., Ltd.; (2) Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Eurosa
Furniture Co., (Pte) Ltd.; (3) Golden Well International (HK) Ltd.;
(4) Jiangsu Tairui Structure Engineering Co., Ltd.; (5) Nanhai
Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd., Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (H.K.
Ltd.); (6) Rizhao Sanmu Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (7) Shenyang Shining
Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.; (8) Wanvog Furniture (Kunshan) Co.,
Ltd.; (9) Woodworth Wooden Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.; (10)
Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc.; and (11) Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific &
Educational Equipment Co., Ltd.
\7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\8\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As noted above, Nantong Wangzhuang did not respond to the
Department's antidumping duty questionnaire. Therefore, the Department
preliminarily determines that Nantong Wangzhuang did not establish its
eligibility for separate rate status. In addition, six other companies
for which a review was requested failed to provide separate rate
applications or certifications.\9\ Therefore, the Department
preliminarily determines that these seven companies are part of the
PRC-wide entity. The PRC-wide entity rate is 216.01 percent. For
additional information regarding this determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\9\ The six companies are: (1) Dongguan Singways Furniture Co.,
Ltd.; (2) Clearwise Co., Ltd.; (3) Pleasant Wave Ltd., Passwell
Corp.; (4) Shanghai JianPu Export & Import Co., Ltd.; (5) Decca
Furniture Ltd.; and (6) Hangzhou Cadman Trading Co., Ltd.
(Exporter), Haining Changbei Furniture Co., Ltd. (Producer).
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Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed
electronically using ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days
after the due date for case briefs, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d).
Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested
to submit with each argument a statement of the issue, a summary of the
argument not to exceed five pages, and a table of statutes,
regulations, and cases cited, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of
publication of this notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain the
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to
be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to
issues raised in the case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be
held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the final results
of this AR, which will include the results of its analysis of issues
raised in any briefs received, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of this review, the Department will
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\12\ The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of
the final results of this review. We intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate
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entries of subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity,
including Nantong Wangzhuang and the other six companies noted above
which did not qualify for separate rate status, at the PRC-wide rate.
Additionally, pursuant to the Department's practice in NME cases, if we
continue to determine that the 11 companies noted above had no
shipments of subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR under their case numbers will be liquidated
at the PRC-wide rate.\13\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters that received a separate rate in a
prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-wide
entity, which is 216.01 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter.
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties. 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: October 3, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(1) Summary
(2) Background
(3) Scope of the Order
(4) Respondent Selection
(5) Discussion of the Methodology
a. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
b. Duty Absorption
c. NME Country Status
d. Separate Rates
(6) Conclusion
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