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[C–570–971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) has completed its
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (MLWF)
from the People’s Republic of China
(PRC) for the January 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2014, period of review
(POR). We have determined that
mandatory respondents Dalian
Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.
(Penghong) and Fine Furniture
(Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture),
and their cross-owned affiliates, where
applicable, received countervailable
subsidies during the POR. The final net
subsidy rates are listed below in ‘‘Final
Results of Administrative Review.’’ We
are also rescinding the review for three
companies that timely certified they
made no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR.
DATES: Effective May 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Sergio Balbontin,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5973 or
(202) 482–6478, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department selected Penghong
and Fine Furniture as mandatory
respondents in this administrative
review of the CVD Order on MLWF from
the PRC.1 The Department published
1 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011); see also
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the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review in the Federal
Register on January 9, 2017.2 We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. On February 8,
2017, we received case briefs from the
Government of the People’s Republic of
China (GOC) and Fine Furniture.3 No
party filed a rebuttal brief.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
multilayered wood flooring from the
PRC. For a complete description of the
scope of the order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.4
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the parties’ briefs
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues
addressed is attached to this notice at
Appendix I. 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 building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly 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.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February
3, 2012), wherein the scope of the Order was
modified (collectively, Order).
2 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,
Rescission of Review, in Part, and Intent to Rescind
the Review in Part; 2014, 82 FR 2319 (January 9,
2017) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
3 See Letters from the GOC, ‘‘Case Brief of the
Government of the People’s Republic of China,’’ and
Fine Furniture, ‘‘Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Case
Brief,’’ dated February 8, 2017.
4 See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, from Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China; 2014’’ (Issues and
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (Act). For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable, we
find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.5 The Issues and Decision
Memorandum contains a full
description of the methodology
underlying the Department’s
conclusions, including any
determination that relied upon the use
of adverse facts available pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
As noted in the Preliminary Results,
the Department timely received noshipment certifications from Changbai
Mountain Development and Protection
Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.,
Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry
Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Yuhui
International Trade Co., Ltd. The
Department stated its intention to
rescind the review with respect to these
companies. The Department inquired
with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) whether these
companies had shipped merchandise to
the United States during the POR, and
CBP provided no evidence to contradict
the claims of no shipments made by
these companies. Accordingly, the
Department is rescinding the
administrative review of these
companies, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
As noted in the Preliminary Results,
three additional companies also filed
timely no-shipment certifications:
Henan Xingwangjia, Technology Co.,
Ltd., Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.,
and Xuzhou Antop International Trade
Co., Ltd. However, we continue to
determine that there is sufficient
evidence on the record of this review to
conclude that these companies had
reviewable transactions during the POR.
Therefore, we are continuing to include
these companies in this administrative
review for the final results.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
Under Review
In this review, in addition to the two
selected mandatory respondents, there
are 104 companies for which a review
was requested and not rescinded, but
which were not selected for individual
examination (non-selected respondents).
To determine a rate for the non-selected
respondents, we followed the
5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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Department’s practice, which is to
derive 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. In this case, we
assigned to the non-selected
respondents the simple average of the
rates calculated for Fine Furniture and
Penghong. Instead of a weighted
average, we are using a simple average
as it provides a reasonable proxy for a
weighted-average rate and protects
business proprietary data otherwise
necessary for deriving a weighted
average.
Final Results of Administrative Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we determine the
following net subsidy rates for the 2014
administrative review.
Producer/exporter
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
Dalian Penghong Floor Products
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited
1.45
0.67
Review-Specific Average Rate
Applicable to the Following NonSelected Companies:
Producer/exporter
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.
Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood
Products Co., Ltd. .....................
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Baroque
Timber
Industries
(Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. ...............
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Benxi Wood Company ..................
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co.,
Ltd. ............................................
Cheng Hang Wood 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 Jiahong Wood Industry
Co., Ltd .....................................
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC .....................................
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Subsidy
rate
(percent)
1.06
1.06
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Producer/exporter
Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry
Co. Ltd. .....................................
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. ...............................
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. .........................
Dunhua City Wanrong 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 LinJing Wooden Products,
Ltd. ............................................
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd. ...................................
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co.,
Ltd. (dba Dasso Industrial
Group Co., Ltd.) ........................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd. .....
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Henan Xingwangjia Technology
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Huber Engineering Wood Corp. ...
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. .........................
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring
Inc. ............................................
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda
Wood Co., Ltd. ..........................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co.,
Ltd. ............................................
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp.
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd. .....
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd. .......
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. ....
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd. ..............................
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. ........
Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co. .........
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and
Wood Industry Co., Ltd. ............
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.
Jiashan Huijiale Decoration Material Co., Ltd. ..............................
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood 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. ....................................
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Subsidy
rate
(percent)
1.06
1.06
1.06
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Kingman Floors Co., Ltd. .............
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd. .........
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. .......
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture
(Dalian) Co., Ltd. .......................
Pinge
Timber
Manufacturing
(Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. ...................
Puli Trading Limited ......................
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd ..
Riverside Plywood Corporation ....
Samling Elegant Living Trading
(Labuan) Limited .......................
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd. ..........
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd. ..............................
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products
Co., Ltd. (also known as The
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited
Company of Shanghai) .............
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co.,
Ltd. ............................................
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation .....
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. .....
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co.,
Ltd.(8M) .....................................
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and
Export Co., Ltd. .........................
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co.
Ltd. ............................................
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co.,
Ltd. ............................................
Xuzhou Antop International Trade
Co., Ltd. ....................................
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.
Yekalon Industry, Inc. ...................
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood
Industry Co., Ltd. ......................
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry
Zhejiang AnJi Xinfeng Bamboo
and Wood Industry 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 Shuimojiangnan New
Material Technology Co., Ltd. ...
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Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
1.06 after the date of publication of these
1.06 final results of review, to liquidate
shipments of subject merchandise
1.06 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
1.06 for consumption on or after January 1,
2014, through December 31, 2014, at the
1.06 ad valorem rates listed above.
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
Producer/exporter
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Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, the Department intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for each of the
respective companies listed above. For
all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
at the most recent company-specific or
all-others rate applicable to the
company. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and 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.
Dated: May 9, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Final
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Interested Party Comments
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Loan Benchmark Rates
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Facts Available and Corroboration
of Secondary Information
IX. Programs Determined to Be
Countervailable
X. Programs Determined Not to Confer
Measurable Benefits
XI. Programs Determined Not to Be Used
XII. Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected
Companies Under Review
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XIII. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether the Provision of
Electricity Is Regionally-Specific
Comment 2: Whether the Department
Improperly Compared VAT-Inclusive
Electricity Benchmarks to VATExclusive Paid Electricity Prices and
Whether the Department Should Remove
VAT from the Comparison
Comment 3: Whether Fine Furniture’s
Electricity Subsidy Rate Was Calculated
Correctly
Comment 4: Whether Additional Fees Are
Properly Included in the Benchmark
Comparison Used in the Electricity for
LTAR Program
Comment 5: Whether the Potential
Rectification Fund for Safe Production Is
Specific
Comment 6: Whether Fine Furniture’s 2010
Sales Value Is Correctly Reflected in the
Final Results
Comment 7: Whether the Allowance for
Attorney’s Fees Program Is
Countervailable
Comment 8: Whether the Patent
Application Support Program Is Specific
XIV. Conclusion
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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; 2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has completed its
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
multilayered wood flooring (MLWF) from the People's Republic of China
(PRC) for the January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, period of
review (POR). We have determined that mandatory respondents Dalian
Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd. (Penghong) and Fine Furniture
(Shanghai) Limited (Fine Furniture), and their cross-owned affiliates,
where applicable, received countervailable subsidies during the POR.
The final net subsidy rates are listed below in ``Final Results of
Administrative Review.'' We are also rescinding the review for three
companies that timely certified they made no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR.
DATES: Effective May 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Sergio Balbontin,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5973 or (202) 482-6478, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department selected Penghong and Fine Furniture as mandatory
respondents in this administrative review of the CVD Order on MLWF from
the PRC.\1\ The Department published the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017.\2\ We
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On
February 8, 2017, we received case briefs from the Government of the
People's Republic of China (GOC) and Fine Furniture.\3\ No party filed
a rebuttal brief.
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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);
see also Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR
5484 (February 3, 2012), wherein the scope of the Order was modified
(collectively, Order).
\2\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, Rescission of Review, in Part, and Intent to Rescind the
Review in Part; 2014, 82 FR 2319 (January 9, 2017) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\3\ See Letters from the GOC, ``Case Brief of the Government of
the People's Republic of China,'' and Fine Furniture,
``Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Case
Brief,'' dated February 8, 2017.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is multilayered wood flooring from
the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Decision Memorandum for Final
Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China; 2014'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the parties' briefs are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed is
attached to this notice at Appendix I. 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 building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly 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.
Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
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751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act). For each of
the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that gives
rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\5\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains a full
description of the methodology underlying the Department's conclusions,
including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts
available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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\5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
As noted in the Preliminary Results, the Department timely received
no-shipment certifications from Changbai Mountain Development and
Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd., Shenyang Senwang
Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co.,
Ltd. The Department stated its intention to rescind the review with
respect to these companies. The Department inquired with U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) whether these companies had shipped
merchandise to the United States during the POR, and CBP provided no
evidence to contradict the claims of no shipments made by these
companies. Accordingly, the Department is rescinding the administrative
review of these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
As noted in the Preliminary Results, three additional companies
also filed timely no-shipment certifications: Henan Xingwangjia,
Technology Co., Ltd., Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd., and Xuzhou
Antop International Trade Co., Ltd. However, we continue to determine
that there is sufficient evidence on the record of this review to
conclude that these companies had reviewable transactions during the
POR. Therefore, we are continuing to include these companies in this
administrative review for the final results.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
In this review, in addition to the two selected mandatory
respondents, there are 104 companies for which a review was requested
and not rescinded, but which were not selected for individual
examination (non-selected respondents). To determine a rate for the
non-selected respondents, we followed the Department's practice, which
is to derive 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. In this case, we
assigned to the non-selected respondents the simple average of the
rates calculated for Fine Furniture and Penghong. Instead of a weighted
average, we are using a simple average as it provides a reasonable
proxy for a weighted-average rate and protects business proprietary
data otherwise necessary for deriving a weighted average.
Final Results of Administrative Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we determine the
following net subsidy rates for the 2014 administrative review.
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Subsidy
Producer/exporter rate
(percent)
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Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd...................... 1.45
Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited............................ 0.67
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Non-
Selected Companies:
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Subsidy
Producer/exporter rate
(percent)
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A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd................................ 1.06
Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd................... 1.06
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd............... 1.06
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
Benxi Wood Company........................................... 1.06
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd............................. 1.06
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd..................................... 1.06
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.......................... 1.06
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd........................... 1.06
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd......................... 1.06
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd......................... 1.06
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC......................... 1.06
Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co. Ltd....................... 1.06
Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................... 1.06
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd................................ 1.06
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd..................... 1.06
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................. 1.06
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd................... 1.06
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.................................. 1.06
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd......................... 1.06
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd....................... 1.06
GTP International Ltd........................................ 1.06
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd..................... 1.06
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.............. 1.06
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd....................... 1.06
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd.......................... 1.06
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd......................... 1.06
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba Dasso Industrial Group 1.06
Co., Ltd.)..................................................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd.................................. 1.06
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd........................ 1.06
Huber Engineering Wood Corp.................................. 1.06
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................. 1.06
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.......................... 1.06
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd..................... 1.06
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd............................... 1.06
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd......................... 1.06
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd.................................... 1.06
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.................................... 1.06
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.......................... 1.06
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd............................... 1.06
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd.................. 1.06
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co................................... 1.06
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 1.06
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Jiashan Huijiale Decoration Material Co., Ltd................ 1.06
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd............................... 1.06
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd........ 1.06
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd....................... 1.06
Karly Wood Product Limited................................... 1.06
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
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Kingman Floors Co., Ltd...................................... 1.06
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd................... 1.06
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd................ 1.06
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd............... 1.06
Puli Trading Limited......................................... 1.06
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Riverside Plywood Corporation................................ 1.06
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited.............. 1.06
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd................................... 1.06
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd.................... 1.06
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (also known as The 1.06
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai)..........
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation................................. 1.06
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.......................... 1.06
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd........................... 1.06
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd................................ 1.06
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.(8M)............................. 1.06
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd................. 1.06
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd............................ 1.06
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd............................. 1.06
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd.................... 1.06
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd................................. 1.06
Yekalon Industry, Inc........................................ 1.06
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 1.06
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry............................. 1.06
Zhejiang AnJi Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd...... 1.06
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd................................ 1.06
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd................... 1.06
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd...................... 1.06
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd..................... 1.06
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd............................. 1.06
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd....................... 1.06
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.......................... 1.06
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.............................. 1.06
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd..... 1.06
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Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the date of publication of these final results of review, to
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2014, at the ad valorem rates listed above.
Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the Department
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective
companies listed above. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and 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.
Dated: May 9, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Interested Party Comments
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Loan Benchmark Rates
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Facts Available
and Corroboration of Secondary Information
IX. Programs Determined to Be Countervailable
X. Programs Determined Not to Confer Measurable Benefits
XI. Programs Determined Not to Be Used
XII. Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
XIII. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether the Provision of Electricity Is Regionally-
Specific
Comment 2: Whether the Department Improperly Compared VAT-
Inclusive Electricity Benchmarks to VAT-Exclusive Paid Electricity
Prices and Whether the Department Should Remove VAT from the
Comparison
Comment 3: Whether Fine Furniture's Electricity Subsidy Rate Was
Calculated Correctly
Comment 4: Whether Additional Fees Are Properly Included in the
Benchmark Comparison Used in the Electricity for LTAR Program
Comment 5: Whether the Potential Rectification Fund for Safe
Production Is Specific
Comment 6: Whether Fine Furniture's 2010 Sales Value Is
Correctly Reflected in the Final Results
Comment 7: Whether the Allowance for Attorney's Fees Program Is
Countervailable
Comment 8: Whether the Patent Application Support Program Is
Specific
XIV. Conclusion
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