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 Review, in Part; 2016, 67229-67233 [2018-28240]
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complete description of the scope of this
administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review,
Rescission of Review, in Part, and
Intent To Rescind Review, in Part; 2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
multilayered wood flooring (wood
flooring) from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC). Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable December 28, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Suzanne Lam, 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
202–482–0783, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:.
AGENCY:
Background
On December 8, 2011, Commerce
issued a countervailing duty (CVD)
order on multilayered wood flooring
from the PRC.1 Interested parties
requested that Commerce conduct an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order,2 and on
February 23, 2018, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of
the Order on 149 producers/exporters
for the period of review (POR).3
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
wood flooring from the PRC. For a
1 See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011) (Order).
2 See, e.g., the Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China,’’
dated December 28, 2017; Dalian Peghong Floor
Products Co., Ltd.’s (Dalian Penghong) et al Letter,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated December 22, 2017; and
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.’s (Huzhou Jesonwood)
et al., Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated January 2, 2018.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
8058 (February 23, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in
Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if the parties
that requested a review withdraw the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
the requested review. This review was
initiated on February 23, 2018. On
March 14, 2018, Huzhou Jesonwood
submitted a withdrawal request within
the 90-day deadline.5 On May 7, 2018,
Dalian Penghong and 15 other
companies submitted withdrawal
requests.6 The petitioner filed
withdrawal requests for Dalian
Penghong, Dunhua City Jisen Wood
Industry Co., Ltd (Dunhua City Jisen),
and Dalian Shumaike Floor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dalian
Shumaike).7 All of the withdrawal
requests submitted above were within
the 90-day deadline. Therefore, because
there are no remaining requests to
review the following companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
and consistent with our practice, we are
rescinding this review with respect to
Dalian Penghong, Dalian Shumaike,
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results in the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review of Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
2016’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice.
5 See Huzhou Jesonwood’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Review Request in the 6th Administrative Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated March 14, 2018.
6 The following companies submitted withdrawal
requests: Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.,
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd., Dalian
Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Dunhua City
Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City
Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City
Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinlong
Wooden Group Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinlong), Fusong
Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinqiu),
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Jiaxing
Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd., Karly Wood Product
Limited, Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
(Shanghaifloor), Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co.,
Ltd., Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd., and Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material
Technology Co., Ltd.
7 See Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.’s
Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China Withdrawal of Request
for Review,’’ dated May 7, 2018; American
Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring’s
(Petitioner’s) Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review, in Part’’ dated March 3,
2018 (Petitioners’ Withdrawal Request of Dalian);
and Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review, in Part’’ dated May 24,
2018 (Petitioner’s Withdrawal Request of Dunhua
City Jisen).
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Dunhau City Jisen, Fusong Jinqui,
Huzhou Jesonwood, and Shanghaifloor.
Intent To Rescind Administrative
Review, in Part
We received timely filed no-shipment
certifications from eight companies.8
Commerce issued no-shipment inquiries
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) requesting any information that
may contradict the no-shipment claims.
We have not received information from
CBP to date that contradicts Anhui Boya
Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.’s,
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.’s,
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.’s, Jiashan
On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.’s, Kingman
Floors Co., Ltd.’s, Linyi Bonn Flooring
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.’s, and Zhejiang
Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.’s claims of no
sales, shipments or entries of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR.9 Because these companies
timely filed their no-shipment
certifications and CBP has not provided
information that contradicts the
companies’ claims, we preliminarily
intend to rescind the review of these
companies. Absent any evidence of
shipments being placed on the record,
8 See Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co.,
Ltd.’s (Anhui Boya Bamboo) Letter, ‘‘Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
No Shipments Certification,’’ dated March 13, 2018;
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.’s (China
Floors) Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People’s Republic of China: No Shipment
Certification of Chinafloors Timber (China) Co.,
Ltd.,’’ dated March 23, 2018; Hunchun Forest Wolf
Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.’s (Hunchun Forest)
Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: No Shipments
Certification,’’ dated March 13, 2018; Jiangsu Keri
Wood Co., Ltd.’s (Jiangsu Keri Wood) Letter,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: No Sales Certification,’’ dated
March 14, 2018; Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.’s
(Jiashan On-Line Lumber) Letter, ‘‘Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
No Sales Certification,’’ dated March 13, 2018;
Kingman Floors Co., Ltd.’s (Kingman Floors) Letter,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: No Sales Certification,’’ dated
March 13, 2018; Linyi Bonn Flooring
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.’s (Linyi Bonn Flooring)
Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People’s Republic of China: No Sales Certification,’’
dated March 20, 2018; and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber
Co., Ltd.’s (Zhejiang Shiyou Timber) Letter,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: No Sales Certification,’’ dated
March 13, 2018.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Multilayered Wood
Flooring from China: No Shipment Inquiry with
Respect to the Companies Below during the 01/01/
2016 through 12/31/2016,’’ dated September 13,
2018; see also Commerce Memorandum,
‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s
Republic of China: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection No Shipment Inquiry,’’ dated October 9,
2018 (stating that the CBP Center for Excellence and
Expertise found 34 shipment entries for Hunchun
Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. and noshipment entries of subject merchandise by Anhui
Boya Bamboo, China Floors, Jiangsu Keri Wood,
Jiashan On-Line Lumber, Kingman Floors, Linyi
Bonn Flooring and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber).
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pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we
intend to rescind the administrative
review of these companies in the final
results of review.
On October 29, 2018, Huzhou Muyun
Wood Co., Ltd. (Muyun Wood) filed a
no-shipment certification.10 On
November 13, 2018, we rejected Muyun
Wood’s request for no-shipment status
because the request was untimely
filed.11 Consequently, Muyun Wood
continues to be subject to this
administrative review.
Hunchun Forest timely filed a noshipment certification.12 However,
Hunchun Forest subsequently withdrew
its no-shipment submssion.13 Therefore,
we are continuing to include Hunchun
Forest in this administrative review for
purposes of the preliminary results.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(Act). For each of the subsidy programs
found countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
that confers a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.14 For a
full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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 building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. 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 an Appendix to this notice.
In making these preliminary results,
the Commerce relied, in part, on facts
otherwise available.15 For further
information, see ‘‘Provision of
Electricity for Less Than Adequate
Remuneration (LTAR), Provision of
Land-Use Rights to Certain Industrial
Zones for LTAR, Provision of Veneers
for LTAR, Provision of Cut Timber for
LTAR, Export Buyers’ Credit, and Other
Subsidies’’ in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. For further information,
see ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise Available
and Application of Adverse Inferences’’
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
Under Review
There are 132 companies for which a
review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected
as mandatory respondents or found to
be cross-owned with a mandatory
respondent. For these companies, we
are preliminarily applying the average
of the rates calculated for the mandatory
respondents, Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo
Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu
Senmao) and Riverside Plywood Corp.
(Riverside Plywood), which are above
de minimis. For further information on
the calculation of the non-selected
respondent rate, refer to the section in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
entitled ‘‘Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate
for Non-Selected Companies Under
Review.’’
Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a
countervailable subsidy rate for each of
the mandatory respondents, Jiangsu
Senmao and Riverside Plywood, and
their cross-owned affiliates where
applicable.
We preliminarily find the
countervailable subsidy rates for the
mandatory and non-selected
respondents under review to be as
follows:
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Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................
Riverside Plywood Corp. and its Cross-Owned Affiliates 16 ...........................................................................................................
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Benxi Flooring Factory (General Partnership) .................................................................................................................................
Benxi Wood Company .....................................................................................................................................................................
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd ............................................................
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC .........................................................................................................................................
10 See Muyun Wood’s Letter ‘‘Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China—No
Sales Certification,’’ dated October 29, 2018.
11 See Commerce Letter re: Multilayered Wood
Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Rejection of Letter Submitted October 29, 2018,
dated November 13, 2018.
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12 See Hunchun Forest’s Letter, ‘‘Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
No Shipments Certification,’’ dated March 13, 2018.
13 See Hunchun Forest’s Letter, ‘‘Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China:
Comments on Hunchun Forest Shipments,’’ dated
October 23, 2018.
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14 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.
15 See section 776 of the Act.
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Dongtai Zhangshi 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 ...............................................................................................................................
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited ...................................................................................................................................................
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
GTP International Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................................
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited ..............................................................................................................................
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 Company Limted ..........................................................................................................................................
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Huaxin Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Huber Engineering Wood Corp. ......................................................................................................................................................
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc ............................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Innomaster Home (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Jingsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
Karly Wood Product Limited ............................................................................................................................................................
Kember Flooring, Inc .......................................................................................................................................................................
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Kornbest Enterprises Limited ..........................................................................................................................................................
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Les Planchers Mercier, Inc ..............................................................................................................................................................
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc .................................................................................................................................................
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Power Dekor Group Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Samling Global USA, Inc .................................................................................................................................................................
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................................
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Shandong Longteng Wood Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Shandong Puli Trading Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Demeija Timber Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
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Subsidy rate
(percent)
Producer/exporter
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (aka The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai) ..........................
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation .........................................................................................................................................................
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co .........................................................................................................................................
Tech Wood International Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................................
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 .......................................................................................................................................................................
Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
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 Jesonwood Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................
Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd ..........................................................................................................
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties in this
proceeding the calculations performed
in reaching the preliminary results
within five days of publication of these
preliminary results.17 Interested parties
may submit written comments (case
briefs) on the preliminary results no
later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal
briefs) within five days after the time
limit for filing case briefs.18 Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs
must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this review are requested to submit with
each argument: (1) A statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
16 Cross-owned affiliates are Baroque Timber
Zhongshan Co. Ltd. and Suzhou Times Flooring
Co., Ltd.
17 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
18 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance within 30 days of the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues parties intend to discuss.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for
a hearing is made, Commerce intends to
hold the hearing at the U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a date
and time to be determined.19 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
Parties are reminded that briefs and
hearing requests are to be filed
electronically using ACCESS and that
electronically filed documents must be
received successfully in their entirety by
5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
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Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, we intend to issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their comments,
within 120 days after publication of
these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts
shown above for the producer/exporters
shown above. Upon completion of the
administrative review, consistent with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce 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 directly to
CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review. For the
companies for which this review is
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP
to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
cash deposit of estimated countervailing
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duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January
1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
Commerce intends to issue appropriate
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of this notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce intends upon
publication of the final results to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for each of the
respective companies listed 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
administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits at the
most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company.
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued
and published pursuant to sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 20, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
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Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
A. Case History
B. Postponement of Preliminary Results
C. Period of Review
D. Rescission of Review, In Part
E. Intent To Rescind, in Part, the
Administrative Review
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Application of Adverse Inferences
A. Legal Standard
B. Application of AFA: Provision of
Electricity for LTAR
C. Application of AFA: Provision of LandUse Rights to Certain Industrial Zones
for LTAR
D. Application of AFA: Provision of
Veneers for LTAR
E. Application of AFA: Provision of Cut
Timber for LTAR
F. Application of AFA: Export Buyers’
Credit
G. Application of AFA: ‘‘Other Subsidies’’
V. Subsidies Valuation
A. Allocation Period
B. Attribution of Subsidies
C. Denominators
VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates,
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VII. Analysis of Programs
A. Programs Preliminarily Determined To
Be Countervailable
B. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not
To Confer a Countervailable Benefit
C. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not
To Confer a Measurable Benefit
D. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not
To Be Used
VIII. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for NonSelected Companies Under Review
IX. Recommendation
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ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
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DATES: This meeting will be held on
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ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
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potential approaches to evaluate the
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Other business may be discussed as
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This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
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Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
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the meeting date. Consistent with 16
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available upon request.
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Dated: December 21, 2018.
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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,
Rescission of Review, in Part, and Intent To Rescind Review, in Part;
2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and
exporters of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the
People's Republic of China (PRC). Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable December 28, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Suzanne Lam, 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-
0783, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:.
Background
On December 8, 2011, Commerce issued a countervailing duty (CVD)
order on multilayered wood flooring from the PRC.\1\ Interested parties
requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review of the
countervailing duty order,\2\ and on February 23, 2018, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the Order on 149 producers/exporters for the
period of review (POR).\3\
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011)
(Order).
\2\ See, e.g., the Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for
Administrative Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China,'' dated December 28, 2017; Dalian Peghong Floor
Products Co., Ltd.'s (Dalian Penghong) et al Letter, ``Multilayered
Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China,'' dated December
22, 2017; and Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.'s (Huzhou Jesonwood) et
al., Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China,'' dated January 2, 2018.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 8058 (February 23, 2018) (Initiation
Notice).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is wood flooring from the PRC. For
a complete description of the scope of this administrative review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results in the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
2016'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. This
review was initiated on February 23, 2018. On March 14, 2018, Huzhou
Jesonwood submitted a withdrawal request within the 90-day deadline.\5\
On May 7, 2018, Dalian Penghong and 15 other companies submitted
withdrawal requests.\6\ The petitioner filed withdrawal requests for
Dalian Penghong, Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd (Dunhua City
Jisen), and Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dalian
Shumaike).\7\ All of the withdrawal requests submitted above were
within the 90-day deadline. Therefore, because there are no remaining
requests to review the following companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding this
review with respect to Dalian Penghong, Dalian Shumaike, Dunhau City
Jisen, Fusong Jinqui, Huzhou Jesonwood, and Shanghaifloor.
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\5\ See Huzhou Jesonwood's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Review
Request in the 6th Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated March 14, 2018.
\6\ The following companies submitted withdrawal requests:
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., Dalian Huilong Wooden Products
Co., Ltd., Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Dunhua City
Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry
Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinlong
Wooden Group Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinlong), Fusong Jinqiu Wooden
Product Co., Ltd. (Fusong Jinqiu), Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product
Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd., Karly Wood Product
Limited, Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Shanghaifloor),
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd., Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood
Industry Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material
Technology Co., Ltd.
\7\ See Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.'s Letter,
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China
Withdrawal of Request for Review,'' dated May 7, 2018; American
Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring's (Petitioner's) Letter,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review, in Part'' dated
March 3, 2018 (Petitioners' Withdrawal Request of Dalian); and
Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative
Review, in Part'' dated May 24, 2018 (Petitioner's Withdrawal
Request of Dunhua City Jisen).
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Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
We received timely filed no-shipment certifications from eight
companies.\8\ Commerce issued no-shipment inquiries to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) requesting any information that may contradict
the no-shipment claims. We have not received information from CBP to
date that contradicts Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.'s,
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.'s, Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.'s,
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.'s, Kingman Floors Co., Ltd.'s, Linyi
Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s, and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber
Co., Ltd.'s claims of no sales, shipments or entries of subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR.\9\ Because these
companies timely filed their no-shipment certifications and CBP has not
provided information that contradicts the companies' claims, we
preliminarily intend to rescind the review of these companies. Absent
any evidence of shipments being placed on the record,
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administrative review of these companies in the final results of
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\8\ See Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.'s (Anhui
Boya Bamboo) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,'' dated March 13,
2018; Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.'s (China Floors) Letter,
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: No
Shipment Certification of Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.,''
dated March 23, 2018; Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co.,
Ltd.'s (Hunchun Forest) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,'' dated
March 13, 2018; Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.'s (Jiangsu Keri Wood)
Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of
China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March 14, 2018; Jiashan On-
Line Lumber Co., Ltd.'s (Jiashan On-Line Lumber) Letter,
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: No
Sales Certification,'' dated March 13, 2018; Kingman Floors Co.,
Ltd.'s (Kingman Floors) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated
March 13, 2018; Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s (Linyi
Bonn Flooring) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March
20, 2018; and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.'s (Zhejiang Shiyou
Timber) Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: No Sales Certification,'' dated March 13, 2018.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Multilayered Wood Flooring from
China: No Shipment Inquiry with Respect to the Companies Below
during the 01/01/2016 through 12/31/2016,'' dated September 13,
2018; see also Commerce Memorandum, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People's Republic of China: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection No Shipment Inquiry,'' dated October 9, 2018 (stating
that the CBP Center for Excellence and Expertise found 34 shipment
entries for Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. and no-
shipment entries of subject merchandise by Anhui Boya Bamboo, China
Floors, Jiangsu Keri Wood, Jiashan On-Line Lumber, Kingman Floors,
Linyi Bonn Flooring and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber).
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On October 29, 2018, Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. (Muyun Wood) filed
a no-shipment certification.\10\ On November 13, 2018, we rejected
Muyun Wood's request for no-shipment status because the request was
untimely filed.\11\ Consequently, Muyun Wood continues to be subject to
this administrative review.
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\10\ See Muyun Wood's Letter ``Multilayered Wood Flooring from
the People's Republic of China--No Sales Certification,'' dated
October 29, 2018.
\11\ See Commerce Letter re: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China: Rejection of Letter Submitted October
29, 2018, dated November 13, 2018.
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Hunchun Forest timely filed a no-shipment certification.\12\
However, Hunchun Forest subsequently withdrew its no-shipment
submssion.\13\ Therefore, we are continuing to include Hunchun Forest
in this administrative review for purposes of the preliminary results.
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\12\ See Hunchun Forest's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People's Republic of China: No Shipments Certification,''
dated March 13, 2018.
\13\ See Hunchun Forest's Letter, ``Multilayered Wood Flooring
from the People's Republic of China: Comments on Hunchun Forest
Shipments,'' dated October 23, 2018.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act). For each of
the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily determine
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.\14\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\14\ 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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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
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this
notice.
In making these preliminary results, the Commerce relied, in part,
on facts otherwise available.\15\ For further information, see
``Provision of Electricity for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR),
Provision of Land-Use Rights to Certain Industrial Zones for LTAR,
Provision of Veneers for LTAR, Provision of Cut Timber for LTAR, Export
Buyers' Credit, and Other Subsidies'' in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise
Available and Application of Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
There are 132 companies for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or
found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent. For these
companies, we are preliminarily applying the average of the rates
calculated for the mandatory respondents, Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood
Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao) and Riverside Plywood Corp.
(Riverside Plywood), which are above de minimis. For further
information on the calculation of the non-selected respondent rate,
refer to the section in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum entitled
``Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under
Review.''
Preliminary Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated a
countervailable subsidy rate for each of the mandatory respondents,
Jiangsu Senmao and Riverside Plywood, and their cross-owned affiliates
where applicable.
We preliminarily find the countervailable subsidy rates for the
mandatory and non-selected respondents under review to be as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent)
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Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......... 2.17
Riverside Plywood Corp. and its Cross-Owned Affiliates 3.25
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A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd..................... 2.81
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd............ 2.81
Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Benxi Flooring Factory (General Partnership).......... 2.81
Benxi Wood Company.................................... 2.81
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone 2.81
Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd......................
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd...................... 2.81
Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd.............................. 2.81
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd............................ 2.81
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd.................... 2.81
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.................. 2.81
Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd................ 2.81
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd.................. 2.81
Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC.................. 2.81
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Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co. Ltd................ 2.81
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 2.81
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd........... 2.81
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd............ 2.81
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited..................... 2.81
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd........................... 2.81
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd........ 2.81
Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.................. 2.81
Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd................ 2.81
GTP International Ltd................................. 2.81
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited............ 2.81
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.............. 2.81
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd....... 2.81
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd................ 2.81
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd................... 2.81
HaiLin XinCheng Wooden Products, Ltd.................. 2.81
Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba Dasso 2.81
Industrial Group Co., Ltd.)..........................
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Company Limted..................... 2.81
Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd................ 2.81
Henan Xingwangjia Technology Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd............. 2.81
Huaxin Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Huber Engineering Wood Corp........................... 2.81
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.......... 2.81
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc................... 2.81
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd........................ 2.81
Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., Ltd.............. 2.81
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.................. 2.81
Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd............................. 2.81
Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd............................ 2.81
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd................... 2.81
Innomaster Home (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.................. 2.81
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd........................ 2.81
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd........... 2.81
Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd............ 2.81
Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd......... 2.81
Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd............ 2.81
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd........................ 2.81
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd. 2.81
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd................ 2.81
Jingsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Karly Wood Product Limited............................ 2.81
Kember Flooring, Inc.................................. 2.81
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Kornbest Enterprises Limited.......................... 2.81
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd........... 2.81
Les Planchers Mercier, Inc............................ 2.81
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd............................ 2.81
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd............................ 2.81
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc..................... 2.81
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd......... 2.81
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.............. 2.81
Ningbo Tianyi Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd....... 2.81
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd........ 2.81
Power Dekor Group Co. Ltd............................. 2.81
Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Ltd........... 2.81
Samling Global USA, Inc............................... 2.81
Samling Riverside Co., Ltd............................ 2.81
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co. Ltd.......... 2.81
Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Shandong Longteng Wood Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Shandong Puli Trading Co., Ltd........................ 2.81
Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd............. 2.81
Shanghai Demeija Timber Co., Ltd...................... 2.81
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Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (aka The 2.81
Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai)...
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation.......................... 2.81
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd................... 2.81
Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 2.81
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd.................... 2.81
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd................. 2.81
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd........................... 2.81
Tak Wah Building Material (Suzhou) Co................. 2.81
Tech Wood International Ltd........................... 2.81
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd.......... 2.81
Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd..................... 2.81
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd...................... 2.81
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd............. 2.81
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 2.81
Yekalon Industry, Inc................................. 2.81
Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd................... 2.81
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd........ 2.81
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry...................... 2.81
Zhejiang Anji Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., 2.81
Ltd..................................................
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd......................... 2.81
Zhejiang Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd............ 2.81
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd.............. 2.81
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd...................... 2.81
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd................ 2.81
Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Zhejiang Jesonwood Co., Ltd........................... 2.81
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............... 2.81
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd................... 2.81
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., 2.81
Ltd..................................................
Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd....................... 2.81
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd.. 2.81
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd........... 2.81
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\16\ Cross-owned affiliates are Baroque Timber Zhongshan Co.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties in this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of
publication of these preliminary results.\17\ Interested parties may
submit written comments (case briefs) on the preliminary results no
later than 30 days from the date of publication of this Federal
Register notice, and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\18\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in
the case briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and
(3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends
to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a date and time to be
determined.\19\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be
filed electronically using ACCESS and that electronically filed
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by
the parties in their comments, within 120 days after publication of
these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producer/
exporters shown above. Upon completion of the administrative review,
consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
Commerce 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 directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of this review. For the
companies for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will instruct
CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a
rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing
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duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January 1, 2016, through December 31,
2016, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to
issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends
upon publication of the final results to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown for
each of the respective companies listed 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
administrative review. 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued and published pursuant to
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 20, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
A. Case History
B. Postponement of Preliminary Results
C. Period of Review
D. Rescission of Review, In Part
E. Intent To Rescind, in Part, the Administrative Review
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
A. Legal Standard
B. Application of AFA: Provision of Electricity for LTAR
C. Application of AFA: Provision of Land-Use Rights to Certain
Industrial Zones for LTAR
D. Application of AFA: Provision of Veneers for LTAR
E. Application of AFA: Provision of Cut Timber for LTAR
F. Application of AFA: Export Buyers' Credit
G. Application of AFA: ``Other Subsidies''
V. Subsidies Valuation
A. Allocation Period
B. Attribution of Subsidies
C. Denominators
VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Inputs, Land-Use and
Electricity
VII. Analysis of Programs
A. Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be Countervailable
B. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer a
Countervailable Benefit
C. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer a Measurable
Benefit
D. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Be Used
VIII. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under
Review
IX. Recommendation
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