Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 11050-11051 [2020-03786]
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companies for which they had requested
a review.4
based on the timely withdrawal of the
request for review.
DATES:
Applicable February 26, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Langley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3861.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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On October 1, 2019, Commerce
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain hotrolled steel flat products (hot-rolled
steel) from Brazil for the POR of October
1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.1
United States Steel Corporation, Steel
Dynamics, Inc., and SSAB Enterprises,
LLC (collectively, the domestic
interested parties) timely filed a request
for administrative review of the
following Brazilian exporters/producers
of hot-rolled steel: AG Royce Metal
Marketing; Aperam South America;
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional;
Companhia Siderurgica Suape;
Cummins Inc.; Erico Incorporated;
Gautier Steel Limited; Gerdau Acominas
S.A.; Mahle Engine Components USA
Inc.; Mahle Metal Leve S.A.;
Marcegaglia do Brasil; Modine do Brasil
Sistemas Termicos; Nvent do Brasil
Eletrometalurgica Ltda.; Nvent Erico;
Optimus Steel Inc.; Ternium Brasil
Ltda.; Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.; and
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais
S.A. (Usiminas), in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.213(b).2
On December 11, 2019, pursuant to
these requests and in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce
published a notice initiating an
administrative review of the
antidumping order on hot-rolled steel
from Brazil with respect to all 18
companies for which a review was
requested.3 On February 10, 2020, the
domestic interested parties withdrew
their request for an administrative
review with respect to all of the
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 52068
(October 1, 2019).
2 See domestic interested parties’ letter, ‘‘HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Request for
Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty
Order,’’ dated October 31, 2019.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
67712 (December 11, 2019).
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party or parties that
requested a review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
domestic interested parties withdrew
their request for review of all of the
Brazilian producers/exporters of hotrolled steel for which they had
requested an administrative review,
within 90 days of the publication date
of the notice of initiation. No other
parties requested an administrative
review of the order. Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
we are rescinding this review in its
entirety.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of hot-rolled steel from Brazil.
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at
rates equal to the cash deposit of
estimated antidumping duties required
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to
issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a reminder to
importers of their responsibility under
19 CFR 351.42(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of AD
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of AD
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled AD duties.
notification of the return/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 violation
which is subject to sanction.
This notice is issues and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: February 20, 2020,
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–052]
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and/or exporters
of certain hardwood plywood products
(hardwood plywood) from the People’s
Republic of China (China) during the
period of review (POR) April 25, 2017
through December 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable February 26, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annathea Cook, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to all parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written
On October 11, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.1 No party
commented on the Preliminary Results.
Accordingly, Commerce has not
modified its analysis from the
Preliminary Results, and no decision
memorandum accompanies this Federal
Register notice. Commerce conducted
this review in accordance with section
4 See domestic interested parties’ letter, ‘‘HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Withdrawal
of Request for Administrative Review of
Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated February 10,
2020.
1 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017–2018, 84 FR
54844 (October 11, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order
is hardwood and decorative plywood,
and certain veneered panels.2 For the
purposes of this proceeding, hardwood
and decorative plywood are described
as a generally flat, multilayered
plywood or other veneered panel,
consisting of two or more layers of plies
of wood veneers and a core, with the
face and/or back veneer made of
nonconiferous wood (hardwood) or
bamboo. For a complete description of
the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3
Methodology
For each of the subsidy programs we
found to be countervailable, we
determined 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.4
In making these findings, Commerce
relied on facts available and, because we
found that two companies selected as
mandatory respondents for individual
examination (Jiangsu High Hope Arser
Co., Ltd. (High Hope) and Zhejiang
Dehua TB Import & Export Co., Ltd
(Zhejiang Dehua)), as well as the
Government of China, did not act to the
best of their abilities to respond to
Commerce’s requests for information,
we drew an adverse inference, where
appropriate, in selecting from among the
facts otherwise available.
As no party submitted comments on
the methodology used in calculating the
adverse facts available subsidy rates
assigned in the Preliminary Results,
Commerce has made no adjustments to
its determination that High Hope and
Zhejiang Dehua did not cooperate to the
best of their abilities to comply with
Commerce’s request for information.
Accordingly, we continue to determine
that it is appropriate to apply facts
otherwise available with adverse
inferences, in accordance with sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act. For details
regarding the issues raised in this
proceeding, including Commerce’s
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2 See
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from
the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Hardwood Plywood
Products from the People’s Republic of China;
2017–2018,’’ dated October 3, 2019 (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
4 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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determination to apply adverse facts
available to High Hope and Zhejiang
Dehua, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.5
Additionally, due to the absence of
reviewable entries, in our Preliminary
Determination, we preliminarily
rescinded this review with respect to
the following companies: Happy Wood
Industrial Group Co., Ltd; Jiangsu
Sunwell Cabinetry Co., Ltd.; Linyi
Bomei Furniture Co., Ltd.; Pingyi Jinniu
Wood Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Top P&Q
International Corp.; SAICG International
Trading Co., Ltd.; Shandong Huaxin
Jiasheng Wood Co., Ltd.; Shandong
Jinhua International Trading Co., Ltd.;
and Xuzhou Amish Import & Export Co.,
Ltd.6 There is no additional record
evidence that calls into question the
preliminary decision to rescind this
review for the above-referenced
companies. Accordingly, we continue to
find that it is appropriate to rescind this
review with respect to each of these
companies.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amount indicated above on shipments
of subject merchandise from the abovenamed companies 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
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance
Final Results
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
The final net countervailable subsidy
continues to govern business
rates are as follows:
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
Net subsidy
notification of the return or destruction
rate
Exporter/producer
of APO materials or conversion to
ad valorem
judicial protective order is hereby
(percent)
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is
Zhejiang Dehua TB Import &
Export Co., Ltd ..................
194.90 a violation subject to sanction.
Jiangsu High Hope Arser
Co., Ltd .............................
194.90
Disclosure
We described the subsidy rate
calculations, which were based on
adverse facts available, in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7
As noted above, there are no changes to
our calculations. Thus, no additional
disclosure is necessary for this final
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 10, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
5 See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
6 Id.
7 See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 13–
17.
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ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-052]
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and/or
exporters of certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from
the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review
(POR) April 25, 2017 through December 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable February 26, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annathea Cook, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 11, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.\1\ No party commented on the Preliminary
Results. Accordingly, Commerce has not modified its analysis from the
Preliminary Results, and no decision memorandum accompanies this
Federal Register notice. Commerce conducted this review in accordance
with section
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751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017-2018,
84 FR 54844 (October 11, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order is hardwood and decorative
plywood, and certain veneered panels.\2\ For the purposes of this
proceeding, hardwood and decorative plywood are described as a
generally flat, multilayered plywood or other veneered panel,
consisting of two or more layers of plies of wood veneers and a core,
with the face and/or back veneer made of nonconiferous wood (hardwood)
or bamboo. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\2\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4,
2018).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China; 2017-
2018,'' dated October 3, 2019 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
For each of the subsidy programs we found to be countervailable, we
determined 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.\4\
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\4\ 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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In making these findings, Commerce relied on facts available and,
because we found that two companies selected as mandatory respondents
for individual examination (Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co., Ltd. (High
Hope) and Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co., Ltd (Zhejiang Dehua)),
as well as the Government of China, did not act to the best of their
abilities to respond to Commerce's requests for information, we drew an
adverse inference, where appropriate, in selecting from among the facts
otherwise available.
As no party submitted comments on the methodology used in
calculating the adverse facts available subsidy rates assigned in the
Preliminary Results, Commerce has made no adjustments to its
determination that High Hope and Zhejiang Dehua did not cooperate to
the best of their abilities to comply with Commerce's request for
information. Accordingly, we continue to determine that it is
appropriate to apply facts otherwise available with adverse inferences,
in accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For details
regarding the issues raised in this proceeding, including Commerce's
determination to apply adverse facts available to High Hope and
Zhejiang Dehua, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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\5\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Additionally, due to the absence of reviewable entries, in our
Preliminary Determination, we preliminarily rescinded this review with
respect to the following companies: Happy Wood Industrial Group Co.,
Ltd; Jiangsu Sunwell Cabinetry Co., Ltd.; Linyi Bomei Furniture Co.,
Ltd.; Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Top P&Q International
Corp.; SAICG International Trading Co., Ltd.; Shandong Huaxin Jiasheng
Wood Co., Ltd.; Shandong Jinhua International Trading Co., Ltd.; and
Xuzhou Amish Import & Export Co., Ltd.\6\ There is no additional record
evidence that calls into question the preliminary decision to rescind
this review for the above-referenced companies. Accordingly, we
continue to find that it is appropriate to rescind this review with
respect to each of these companies.
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Final Results
The final net countervailable subsidy rates are as follows:
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Net subsidy
rate ad
Exporter/producer valorem
(percent)
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Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co., Ltd.............. 194.90
Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co., Ltd........................ 194.90
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Disclosure
We described the subsidy rate calculations, which were based on
adverse facts available, in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ As
noted above, there are no changes to our calculations. Thus, no
additional disclosure is necessary for this final determination.
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\7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 13-17.
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries. Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated above on shipments of subject
merchandise from the above-named companies 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 collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others
rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. 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 the
terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 10, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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