Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment, 56250-56251 [2021-22032]

Download as PDF 56250 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices publication of the Initiation Notice.4 The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under sections 771(9)(C) and (E) of the Act. Commerce received adequate substantive responses to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).5 Commerce received no substantive responses from any respondent interested parties. In accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset reviews of the AD Orders. Scope of the Orders The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is SSWR which is currently classified under subheading 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes. A full description of the scopes of the AD Orders is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.6 The written description is dispositive. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and the magnitude of dumping margins likely to prevail if the order was revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this 4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘Five Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan— Domestic Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021; see also ‘‘Five Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea—Domestic Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021; and ‘‘Five Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Taiwan—Domestic Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021. 5 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘FiveYear (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan—Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated August 2, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review Of Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea—Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated August 2, 2021; and ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Taiwan—Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated August 2, 2021. 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Oct 07, 2021 Jkt 256001 review and the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be found at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Final Results of Sunset Reviews Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the AD Orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be weightedaverage margins up to the following percentages: VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews VIII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2021–22030 Filed 10–7–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) seeks public comment on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States during the period January 1, 2021, Weightedthrough June 30, 2021. average DATES: Comments must be submitted Country dumping margin within 30 days after publication of this (percent) notice. Japan .......................................... 33.58 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Korea .......................................... 28.44 Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, Taiwan ........................................ 2.22 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Notification Regarding Administrative Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, Protective Orders DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793. This notice serves as a reminder to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their Background responsibility concerning the Pursuant to section 805 of Title VIII disposition of proprietary information of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Softwood disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written Lumber Act of 2008), the Secretary of Commerce is mandated to submit to the notification of the destruction of APO appropriate Congressional committees a materials or conversion to judicial report every 180 days on any subsidy protective order is hereby requested. provided by countries exporting Failure to comply with the regulations softwood lumber or softwood lumber and terms of an APO is a violation products to the United States, including which is subject to sanction. stumpage subsidies. Commerce Notification to Interested Parties submitted its last subsidy report to the Congress on June 30, 2021. Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and notice in Request for Comments accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), Given the large number of countries and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR that export softwood lumber and 351.221(c)(5)(ii). softwood lumber products to the United Dated: October 4, 2021. States, we are soliciting public comment Christian Marsh, only on subsidies provided by countries Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement which had exports accounting for at and Compliance. least one percent of total U.S. imports of softwood lumber by quantity, as Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in classified under Harmonized Tariff the Issues and Decision Memorandum Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) I. Summary codes 4407.1001, 4407.1100, 4407.1200, II. Background 4407.1905, 4407.1906, 4407.1910, III. Scope of the Orders during the period January 1, 2021, IV. History of the Orders through June 30, 2021. Official U.S. V. Legal Framework VI. Discussion of the Issues import data, published by the United PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\08OCN1.SGM 08OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 States International Trade Commission’s DataWeb, indicate that six countries (Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Romania, and Sweden) exported softwood lumber to the United States during that time period in amounts sufficient to account for at least one percent of U.S. imports of softwood lumber products. We intend to rely on similar previous six-month periods to identify the countries subject to future reports on softwood lumber subsidies. For example, we will rely on U.S. imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products during the period July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, to select the countries subject for the next report. Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists where an authority: (i) Provides a financial contribution; (ii) provides any form of income or price support within the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT 1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a funding mechanism to provide a financial contribution to a person, or entrusts or directs a private entity to make a financial contribution, if providing the contribution would normally be vested in the government and the practice does not differ in substance from practices normally followed by governments, and a benefit is thereby conferred.1 Parties should include in their comments: (1) The country which provided the subsidy; (2) the name of the subsidy program; (3) a brief description (no more than 3–4 sentences) of the subsidy program; and (4) the government body or authority that provided the subsidy. Submission of Comments As specified above, to be assured of consideration, comments must be received no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. All comments must be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA– 2021–0007. The materials in the docket will not be edited to remove identifying or contact information, and Commerce cautions against including any information in an electronic submission that the submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF formats only. All comments should be addressed to Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, at U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 1 See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:07 Oct 07, 2021 Jkt 256001 56251 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. comments from interested parties nor was a public hearing requested. Dated: October 4, 2021. Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations. Scope of the Order 2 [FR Doc. 2021–22032 Filed 10–7–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–106] Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On September 2, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof (cabinets) from the People’s Republic of China (China). For these final results, Commerce continues to find that Goldenhome Living Co., Ltd., (Goldenhome) is the successor-ininterest to Xiamen Goldenhome Co., Ltd., (Xiamen Goldenhome) in the context of the AD order on cabinets from China. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Keller, 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) 482–4849. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On September 2, 2021, Commerce published the Initiation and Preliminary Results, in the Federal Register, finding Goldenhome to be the successor-ininterest to Xiamen Goldenhome.1 In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment and request a public hearing regarding our preliminary results. We received no 1 See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 86 FR 49302 (September 2, 2021) (Initiation and Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The merchandise subject to this Order consists of wooden cabinets and vanities that are for permanent installation (including floor mounted, wall mounted, ceiling hung or by attachment of plumbing), and wooden components thereof. Wooden cabinets and vanities and wooden components are made substantially of wood products, including solid wood and engineered wood products (including those made from wood particles, fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board, block board, particle board, or fiberboard), or bamboo. Wooden cabinets and vanities consist of a cabinet box (which typically includes a top, bottom, sides, back, base blockers, ends/end panels, stretcher rails, toe kicks, and/or shelves) and may or may not include a frame, door, drawers and/or shelves. Subject merchandise includes wooden cabinets and vanities with or without wood veneers, wood, paper or other overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim such as metal, marble, glass, plastic, or other resins, whether or not surface finished or unfinished, and whether or not completed. Wooden cabinets and vanities are covered by this Order whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with, faucets, metal plumbing, sinks and/or sink bowls, or countertops. If wooden cabinets or vanities are imported attached to, or in conjunction with, such merchandise, only the wooden cabinet or vanity is covered by the scope. Subject merchandise includes the following wooden component parts of cabinets and vanities: (1) Wooden cabinet and vanity frames (2) wooden cabinet and vanity boxes (which typically include a top, bottom, sides, back, base blockers, ends/end panels, stretcher rails, toe kicks, and/or shelves), (3) wooden cabinet or vanity doors, (4) wooden cabinet or vanity drawers and drawer components (which typically include sides, backs, bottoms, and faces), (5) back panels and end panels, (6) and desks, shelves, and tables that are attached to or incorporated in the subject merchandise. Subject merchandise includes all unassembled, assembled and/or ‘‘ready 2 See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126 (April 21, 2020) (Order). E:\FR\FM\08OCN1.SGM 08OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 193 (Friday, October 8, 2021)]
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[Pages 56250-56251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22032]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber 
and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) seeks public comment on 
any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain 
countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the 
United States during the period January 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of 
this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Pursuant to section 805 of Title VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008), the Secretary of Commerce is 
mandated to submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report 
every 180 days on any subsidy provided by countries exporting softwood 
lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States, including 
stumpage subsidies. Commerce submitted its last subsidy report to the 
Congress on June 30, 2021.

Request for Comments

    Given the large number of countries that export softwood lumber and 
softwood lumber products to the United States, we are soliciting public 
comment only on subsidies provided by countries which had exports 
accounting for at least one percent of total U.S. imports of softwood 
lumber by quantity, as classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) codes 4407.1001, 4407.1100, 4407.1200, 
4407.1905, 4407.1906, 4407.1910, during the period January 1, 2021, 
through June 30, 2021. Official U.S. import data, published by the 
United

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States International Trade Commission's DataWeb, indicate that six 
countries (Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Romania, and Sweden) 
exported softwood lumber to the United States during that time period 
in amounts sufficient to account for at least one percent of U.S. 
imports of softwood lumber products. We intend to rely on similar 
previous six-month periods to identify the countries subject to future 
reports on softwood lumber subsidies. For example, we will rely on U.S. 
imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products during the 
period July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, to select the countries 
subject for the next report.
    Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists where an authority: (i) 
Provides a financial contribution; (ii) provides any form of income or 
price support within the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT 1994; or 
(iii) makes a payment to a funding mechanism to provide a financial 
contribution to a person, or entrusts or directs a private entity to 
make a financial contribution, if providing the contribution would 
normally be vested in the government and the practice does not differ 
in substance from practices normally followed by governments, and a 
benefit is thereby conferred.\1\
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    \1\ See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
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    Parties should include in their comments: (1) The country which 
provided the subsidy; (2) the name of the subsidy program; (3) a brief 
description (no more than 3-4 sentences) of the subsidy program; and 
(4) the government body or authority that provided the subsidy.

Submission of Comments

    As specified above, to be assured of consideration, comments must 
be received no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. All comments must be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. 
ITA-2021-0007. The materials in the docket will not be edited to remove 
identifying or contact information, and Commerce cautions against 
including any information in an electronic submission that the 
submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic 
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 
formats only.
    All comments should be addressed to Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, at U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: October 4, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2021-22032 Filed 10-7-21; 8:45 am]
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