Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission in Part; 2020-2022, 14139-14143 [2023-04609]
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be 5.34 percent, the all-others rate made
effective by the Section 129
Determination.20 These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2023.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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Appendix II
List of Companies for Which the
Administrative Review Has Been Rescinded
A. Wattanachai Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
A.S. Intermarine Foods Co., Ltd.
Ampai Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Anglo-Siam Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd.
Asian Alliance International Co., Ltd.
Asian Sea Corporation Public Company
Limited
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage PLC
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd.
(A.K.A. Asian Seafoods Coldstorage
(Suratthani) Co.)
Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Company
Limited
Asian Star Trading Co., Ltd.
B.S.A. Food Products Co., Ltd.
20 See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO
Panel in United States Antidumping Measure on
Shrimp from Thailand: Notice of Determination
Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand, 74 FR 5638 (January 30,
2009) (Section 129 Determination).
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Bright Sea Co., Ltd./The Union Frozen
Products Co., Ltd.
C N Import Export Co., Ltd.
C.K. Frozen Fish and Food Co., Ltd.
C.P. Intertrade Co. Ltd.
Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Chanthaburi Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company
Limited/CP Merchandising Co., Ltd.
Chonburi LC
Commonwealth Trading Co., Ltd.
CPF Food Products Co., Ltd.
Crystal Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Daedong (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiei Taigen (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Daiho (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Earth Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
F.A.I.T. Corporation Limited
Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
Findus (Thailand) Ltd.
Fortune Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Gallant Ocean (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Golden Seafood International Co., Ltd.
Good Fortune Cold Storage Ltd.
Good Luck Product Co., Ltd.
Grobest Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Haitai Seafood Co., Ltd.
Handy International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Heritrade Co., Ltd. (AKA Heritrade)
HIC (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
I.T. Foods Industries Co., Ltd.
Inter-Oceanic Resources Co., Ltd.
Inter-Pacific Marine Products Co., Ltd.
K & U Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food
Public Co., Ltd.
Kingfisher Holdings Ltd./KF Foods Limited
Kitchens of the Ocean (Thailand) Ltd.
Kongphop Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Kyokuyo Global Seafoods Co., Ltd.
Lee Heng Seafood Co., Ltd.
Li-Thai Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd.
Mahachai Food Processing Co., Ltd.
Marine Gold Products Ltd.
May Ao Foods Co., Ltd./A Foods 1991 Co.,
Limited
Merkur Co., Ltd.
N&N Foods Co., Ltd.
N.R. Instant Produce Co., Ltd.
Narong Seafood Co., Ltd.
Nongmon SMJ Products
Pacific Fish Processing Co., Ltd.
Penta Impex Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Phatthana Seafood Co., Ltd.
Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd.
Royal Andaman Seafood Co., Ltd.
S&D Marine Products Co., Ltd.
S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co., Ltd.
S.K. Foods (Thailand) Public Co. Limited
S2K Marine Product Co., Ltd.
Sea Bonanza Food Co., Ltd.
Sea Wealth Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd./Seafresh
Fisheries
SEAPAC
Sea-Tech Intertrade Co., Ltd.
Sethachon Co., Ltd.
Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd.
Shing Fu Seaproducts Development Co.
Siam Food Supply Co., Ltd.
Siam Intersea Co., Ltd.
Siam Marine Products Co., Ltd.
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Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Siam Union Frozen Foods (A.K.A. The Siam
Union Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.)
Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd.
Smile Heart Foods (A.K.A. Smile Heart Foods
Co. Ltd.)
SMP Food Product Co., Ltd.
Songkla Canning Public Co., Ltd.
Southeast Asian Packaging and Canning Ltd.
Southport Seafood (A.K.A. Southport
Seafood Co., Ltd.)
Starfoods Industries Co., Ltd.
STC Foodpak Ltd.
Suntechthai Intertrading Co., Ltd.
Surapon Foods Public Co. Ltd/Surat Seafoods
Public Co., Ltd.
Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd.
Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd.
Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd./Chaiwarut
Co., Ltd.
Thai Agri Foods Public Co., Ltd.
Thai I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
Thai Ocean Venture Co., Ltd.
Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
Thai Spring Fish Co., Ltd.
Thai Union Manufacturing Company Limited
Top Product Food Co., Ltd.
Trang Seafood Products Public Co., Ltd.
Unicord Public Co., Ltd.
Xian-Ning Seafood Co., Ltd.
Yeenin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–117]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of
No Shipments, and Rescission in Part;
2020–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Fujian Yinfeng Imp &
Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian Province
Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining
Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng/Mangrove), and 29
non-individually examined exporters of
wood mouldings and millwork products
(WMMP) from the People’s Republic of
China (China) sold subject merchandise
to the United States at prices below
normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR), August 12, 2020, through
January 31, 2022. Commerce also
preliminarily determines that Fujian
Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Baiyuan Wood
Machining Co., Ltd. (Jinquan/Baiyuan)
did not sell subject merchandise to the
United States at prices below NV during
the POR. We further preliminarily find
that Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng
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Wood Industry Limited Company
(Shunchang Shengsheng), Xiamen Jinxi
Building Material Co., Ltd. (Xiamen
Jinxi), and Zhangzhou Green Wood
Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. (Green
Wood) had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR and that
Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co.,
Ltd. is part of the China-wide entity.
Additionally, we are rescinding this
administrative review with respect to 33
companies because the requests for
review of these companies were timely
withdrawn. Finally, we preliminarily
intend to rescind this administrative
review with respect to three companies.
DATES:
Applicable March 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Smith or Samantha Kinney, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1766
and (202) 482–2285, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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This administrative review is being
conducted in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). The review covers
73 companies, including mandatory
respondents Jinquan/Baiyuan and
Yinfeng/Mangrove.1 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this administrative
review, 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
Appendix I to this notice.
1 We have determined that it is appropriate to
treat affiliates Yinfeng and Mangrove, and affiliates
Jinquan and Baiyan, as a single entity for purposes
of this administrative review. For further
discussion, see Memorandum, ‘‘Wood Mouldings
and Millwork Products from the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020–2022,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 2
The merchandise covered by the
Order is wood mouldings and millwork
products, which are primarily
classifiable under subheadings
4409.10.0500, 4409.10.1020,
4409.10.1040, 4409.10.1060,
4409.10.1080, 4409.10.4010,
4409.10.4090, 4409.10.4500,
4409.10.5000, 4409.10.9020,
4409.10.9040, 4409.22.0590,
4409.22.1000, 4409.22.4000,
4409.22.5000, 4409.22.5020,
4409.22.5040, 4409.22.5060,
4409.22.5090, 4409.22.9000,
4409.22.9020, 4409.22.9030,
4409.22.9045, 4409.22.9060,
4409.22.9090, 4409.29.0665,
4409.29.1100, 4409.29.4100,
4409.29.5100, 4409.29.9100,
4412.99.5115, 4412.99.9500,
4418.91.9095, and 4421.91.9780 of the
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). WMMP may
also enter under HTSUS numbers
4409.10.6000, 4409.10.6500,
4409.22.6000, 4409.22.6500,
4409.29.6100, 4409.29.6600,
4412.41.0000, 4412.42.0000,
4412.49.0000, 4412.91.5115,
4412.92.5215, 4412.99.9700,
4418.20.4000, 4418.20.8030,
4418.20.8060, 4418.91.9195,
4418.99.9095, 4418.99.9195,
4421.91.9880, 4421.99.9780, and
4421.99.9880. While the HTSUS
subheading and ASTM specification are
provided for convenience and for
customs purposes, the written
description of the subject merchandise
is dispositive. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213. We
calculated export prices in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. Because
China is a non-market economy (NME)
country within the meaning of section
771(18) of the Act, NV has been
calculated in accordance with section
773(c) of the Act. For a full description
of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
2 See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Amended
Final Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 9486 (February 16,
2021) (Order).
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administrative review, in whole or in
part, if a party who requested the review
withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. On
July 11, 2022, Sanming Lingtong
Trading Co., Ltd. (Sanming) timely
withdrew its request for review of itself
and the petitioner timely withdrew its
requests for review of 58 companies.3
Because no other parties requested a
review of Sanming or 32 of the
companies listed in the petitioner’s
withdrawal of review request,
Commerce is rescinding the
administrative review with respect to
these companies.4 See the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum for further
discussion.
Preliminary Intent To Rescind
Administrative Review, in Part
We preliminary determine that China
Cornici Co., Ltd. (China Cornici) had no
suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR. Absent
any evidence of a reviewable entry,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we
intend to rescind the administrative
review of this company in the final
results of review. We also intend to
rescind this review with respect two
companies, Aventra and TL Wood,
because the record evidence indicates
that they are U.S. resellers not eligible
for review pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(b)(1). For further information,
see ‘‘Preliminary Intent to Rescind
Administrative Review, in Part’’ in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Based on an analysis of information
from U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), no-shipment
certifications and other record
information, we preliminarily determine
that Shunchang Shengsheng, Xiamen
Jinxi, and Green Wood had no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.5 Consistent with our
practice in NME cases, we will not
rescind the review with respect to these
companies, but, rather, we intend to
complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review.6
3 See Sanming’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review and Request for
Extension of Time to File Request,’’ dated July 11,
2022; see also Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 11,
2022.
4 See Appendix III.
5 See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for
further discussion.
6 See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of
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Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily finds that, in
addition to Yinfeng/Mangrove and
Jinquan/Baiyuan, the information
placed on the record by 29 companies
not individually examined in this
review demonstrates that these
companies are eligible for a separate
rate.7 The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not address what
dumping margin to apply to
respondents not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the
Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation, for
guidance when calculating the dumping
margin for respondents that are not
selected for individual examination in
an administrative review. Section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that the all-
others rate should be calculated by
averaging the weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for
individually-examined respondents,
excluding dumping margins that are
zero, de minimis, or based entirely on
facts available. Because we calculated a
preliminary dumping margin of zero for
Jinquan/Baiyuan, and a preliminary
dumping margin that is not zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts
available for Yinfeng/Mangrove, we
assigned the separate rate recipients a
dumping margin equal to Yinfeng/
Mangrove’s preliminary dumping
margin consistent with Commerce’s
practice and section 735(c)(5)(A) of the
Act.
The China-Wide Entity
Commerce’s policy regarding
conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative
review.8 Under this policy, the Chinawide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests and
Commerce initiates, or Commerce selfinitiates, a review of the China-wide
entity.9 Because no party requested a
review of the China-wide entity and no
review was initiated for this POR, the
China-wide entity is not under review
and the China-wide entity’s rate (i.e.,
220.87 percent) is not subject to
change.10
Commerce preliminarily finds that
Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co.,
Ltd. did not establish its eligibility for
a separate rate because it failed to
provide a separate rate application or a
separate rate certification. As such, we
preliminarily determine that this
company is part of the China-wide
entity.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the POR:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................
Fuijian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining Co., Ltd ...............................
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate Rate 11 ...........................................................................................
Disclosure and Public Comment
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Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties under
administrative protective order within
five days of the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
A schedule for the submission of case
briefs and written comments will be
provided to interested parties at a later
date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in case briefs, may be submitted
no later than seven days after the
deadline date for case briefs.12 Parties
who submit a case brief or a rebuttal
brief in this proceeding are encouraged
to submit with each argument: (1) a
statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
Review, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2012–2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March
24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final
Determination of No Shipments, and Partial
Rescission of Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR at 51306
(August 28, 2014).
7 See Appendix II for a list of these companies.
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9.03
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; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) 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.13 If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce will announce the
date and time of the hearing.
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any briefs,
within 120 days of the date of
publication of these preliminary results,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results
of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by this
review. Upon issuance of the final
results, Commerce will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this
review.14 Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
8 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
9 Id.
10 See Order, 86 FR 9488.
11 See Appendix II.
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary
Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due
to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020)
(‘‘To provide adequate time for release of case briefs
via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date
for all rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs
are filed (while these modifications remain in
effect.’’)).
13 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this
deadline is extended.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the
Act, Commerce intends to verify the
information relied upon for its final
results.
Assessment Rates
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review. If a timely summons is filed at
the U.S. Court of International Trade,
the assessment instructions will direct
CBP not to liquidate relevant entries
until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired
(i.e., within 90 days of publication).
If a mandatory respondent’s ad
valorem weighted-average dumping
margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent) in the final
results of this review, Commerce will
calculate importer-specific assessment
rates for that respondent, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).15 Because
both respondents did not report entered
value, we will calculate importerspecific per-unit duty assessment rates
based on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.16 To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will
calculate an importer-specific ad
valorem ratio based on estimated
entered values.
If, in the final results, a mandatory
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent), Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries for that respondent without
regard to antidumping duties.17 For
entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales databases submitted by each
mandatory respondent during this
review, and for the companies that do
not qualify for a separate rate,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the China-wide rate (i.e.,
220.87 percent).18 For the respondents
that were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative
review but qualified for a separate rate,
the assessment rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
determined in the final results of this
review. Additionally, if Commerce
continues to find in the final results that
Shunchang Shengsheng, Xiamen Jinxi,
and Green Wood had no shipments of
the subject merchandise, any suspended
15 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
16 We received comments concerning entered
value from U.S. importers. We have issued
supplemental questionnaires and the responses are
not due until after the preliminary results.
Therefore, we will take these comments and the
responses to these questionnaires into consideration
for the final results.
17 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
18 See Order.
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entries of subject merchandise
associated with those companies will be
liquidated at the China-wide rate.
For the companies for which we have
rescinded this review, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
rate 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 assessment instructions to CBP
for the rescinded companies no earlier
than 35 days after the date of
publication of the preliminary results in
the Federal Register.
If Commerce rescinds this review
with respect to Aventra, TL Wood, and
China Cornici in the final results, we
intend to instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
rate 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). We will issue such
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
days after the date of publication of the
final results in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for shipments of
the subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for
companies listed above that have
established their eligibility for a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if the rate
is de minimis, then the cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously
examined Chinese and non-Chinese
exporters not listed above that received
a separate rate in a prior completed
segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
existing exporter-specific cash deposit
rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been
found to be entitled to a separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the China-wide entity (i.e., 220.87
percent); and (4) for all non-Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the Chinese exporter
that supplied that non-Chinese exporter.
These cash deposit requirements, when
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imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties, and/or an increase
in the amount of antidumping duties by
the amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4), and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Selection of Respondents
VI. Partial Rescission of Review
VII. Single Entity Determinations
VIII. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
IX. Discussion of the Methodology
X. Recommendation
Appendix II—Non-Selected Companies
Under Review Receiving a Separate
Rate
1. Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products
Co., Ltd.
2. Baixing Import and Export Trading Co.,
Ltd Youxi Fujian
3. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd Youxi
Fujian
4. Fotiou Frames Limited
5. Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd.
6. Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co.,
Ltd
7. Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co.,
Ltd
8. Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co. Ltd
9. Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry
Products Co., Ltd.
10. Homebuild Industries Co., Ltd.
11. Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry
Development Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Space
Axis Wood Technology Co., Ltd
12. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.
13. Jim Fine Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
14. Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd.
15. Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd
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17. Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
18. Raoping HongRong Handicrafts, Co., Ltd.
19. Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd.
20. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co.,
Ltd
21. Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd
22. Shenzhen Xinjintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
23. Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd
24. Sun Valley Shade Co., Ltd.
25. Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co.,
Ltd
26. Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
27. Wuxi Boda Bamboo & Wood Industrial
Co., Ltd.
28. Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry & Trade
Co., Ltd.
29. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Appendix III—Companies for Which
the Review Is Rescinded
1. Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo Wooden
Industry Co., Ltd
2. Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co.,
Ltd
3. Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd
4. Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood Industry
Co., Ltd
5. Fujian Province Youxi County Chang
Sheng Wood Machining Co., Ltd
6. Fujian Ruisen International Industrial Co.,
Ltd
7. Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd
8. Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd
9. Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial Co., Ltd
10. Lianyungang Tianke New Energy
Technology Co., Ltd
11. Nanping Qiangmei Import & Export Co.,
Ltd
12. Oppein Home Group Inc
13. Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood
Company, Ltd
14. Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood Goods
Co., Ltd
15. Qingdao Sanhe Dacheng International
Trade Co., Ltd
16. Rizhao Duli Trade Co., Ltd
17. Rizhao Forest International Trading Co.,
Ltd.
18. Rizhao Guantong Woodworking Co., Ltd
19. Rizhao Jiayue Industry & Trading Co., Ltd
20. Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd/
Sanming Lintong Trading Co., Ltd
21. Sanming Shitong Wood Industry Co., Ltd
22. Shandong Jicheng Decorative Material
Co., Ltd
23. Shouguang Luli Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
24. Shuyang Zhongding Decoration Materials
Co., Ltd
25. The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd
26. Xiamen Oubai Industry & Trade Co., Ltd
27. Xuzhou Goodwill Resource Co., Ltd
28. Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd
29. Yongan Tenlong Bamboo & Wood
Products Co., Ltd
30. Zhangping San Chuan Industrial & Trade
Co., Ltd
31. Zhangzhou Fukangyuan Industry and
Trade Co., Ltd
32. Zhangzhou City Jinxi Building Material
Co., Ltd
33. Zhejiang Senya Board Industry Co., Ltd
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–874]
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing
of Carbon and Alloy Steel From India:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that countervailable subsidies are
being provided to producers and
exporters of certain cold-drawn
mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy
steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing)
from India during the period of review,
January 1, 2021, through December 31,
2021. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eliza DeLong or Eric Hawkins, 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) 482–3878 or (202) 482–1988,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 1, 2018, Commerce
published the countervailing duty order
on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from
India.1 On February 8, 2022, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the Order.2 On
October 6, 2022, Commerce extended
the time period for issuing these
preliminary results by 120 days, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), to no later than February 28,
2023.3
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
1 See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic
of China and India: Countervailing Duty Orders, 83
FR 4637 (February 1, 2018) (Order).
2 See Initiation and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21619 (April 12,
2022).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Cold-Drawn
Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from
India: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,
2021,’’ dated October 6, 2022.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Cold-Drawn
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discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as the
appendix to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the
Order is cold-drawn mechanical tubing
from India. For a complete description
of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A)
of the Act. For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable, we
preliminarily find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution
that gives rise to a benefit to the
recipient, and the subsidy is specific.5
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Companies Not Selected for Individual
Review
The Act and Commerce’s regulations
do not directly address the subsidy rate
to be applied to companies not selected
for individual examination where
Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However,
Commerce normally determines the
rates for non-selected companies in
reviews in a manner that is consistent
with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation.
Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides
that ‘‘the individual countervailable
subsidy rates determined under
subparagraph (A) shall be used to
determine the all-others rate under
section 705(c)(5) {of the Act}.’’ Section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that for
companies not investigated, in general,
we will determine an all-others rate by
Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from
India; 2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-117]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission in
Part; 2020-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian
Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng/
Mangrove), and 29 non-individually examined exporters of wood mouldings
and millwork products (WMMP) from the People's Republic of China
(China) sold subject merchandise to the United States at prices below
normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 12, 2020,
through January 31, 2022. Commerce also preliminarily determines that
Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.
(Jinquan/Baiyuan) did not sell subject merchandise to the United States
at prices below NV during the POR. We further preliminarily find that
Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng
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Wood Industry Limited Company (Shunchang Shengsheng), Xiamen Jinxi
Building Material Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Jinxi), and Zhangzhou Green Wood
Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. (Green Wood) had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR and that Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co.,
Ltd. is part of the China-wide entity. Additionally, we are rescinding
this administrative review with respect to 33 companies because the
requests for review of these companies were timely withdrawn. Finally,
we preliminarily intend to rescind this administrative review with
respect to three companies.
DATES: Applicable March 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samantha Kinney, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 and (202) 482-2285,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This administrative review is being conducted in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The
review covers 73 companies, including mandatory respondents Jinquan/
Baiyuan and Yinfeng/Mangrove.\1\ For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of this administrative review, 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
Appendix I to this notice.
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\1\ We have determined that it is appropriate to treat
affiliates Yinfeng and Mangrove, and affiliates Jinquan and Baiyan,
as a single entity for purposes of this administrative review. For
further discussion, see Memorandum, ``Wood Mouldings and Millwork
Products from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2022,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \2\
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\2\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 9486 (February 16, 2021) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is wood mouldings and millwork
products, which are primarily classifiable under subheadings
4409.10.0500, 4409.10.1020, 4409.10.1040, 4409.10.1060, 4409.10.1080,
4409.10.4010, 4409.10.4090, 4409.10.4500, 4409.10.5000, 4409.10.9020,
4409.10.9040, 4409.22.0590, 4409.22.1000, 4409.22.4000, 4409.22.5000,
4409.22.5020, 4409.22.5040, 4409.22.5060, 4409.22.5090, 4409.22.9000,
4409.22.9020, 4409.22.9030, 4409.22.9045, 4409.22.9060, 4409.22.9090,
4409.29.0665, 4409.29.1100, 4409.29.4100, 4409.29.5100, 4409.29.9100,
4412.99.5115, 4412.99.9500, 4418.91.9095, and 4421.91.9780 of the of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). WMMP may
also enter under HTSUS numbers 4409.10.6000, 4409.10.6500,
4409.22.6000, 4409.22.6500, 4409.29.6100, 4409.29.6600, 4412.41.0000,
4412.42.0000, 4412.49.0000, 4412.91.5115, 4412.92.5215, 4412.99.9700,
4418.20.4000, 4418.20.8030, 4418.20.8060, 4418.91.9195, 4418.99.9095,
4418.99.9195, 4421.91.9880, 4421.99.9780, and 4421.99.9880. While the
HTSUS subheading and ASTM specification are provided for convenience
and for customs purposes, the written description of the subject
merchandise is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213. We calculated export prices
in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because China is a non-
market economy (NME) country within the meaning of section 771(18) of
the Act, NV has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On
July 11, 2022, Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd. (Sanming) timely
withdrew its request for review of itself and the petitioner timely
withdrew its requests for review of 58 companies.\3\ Because no other
parties requested a review of Sanming or 32 of the companies listed in
the petitioner's withdrawal of review request, Commerce is rescinding
the administrative review with respect to these companies.\4\ See the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum for further discussion.
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\3\ See Sanming's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review and Request for Extension of Time to File
Request,'' dated July 11, 2022; see also Petitioner's Letter,
``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 11,
2022.
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Preliminary Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
We preliminary determine that China Cornici Co., Ltd. (China
Cornici) had no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the
POR. Absent any evidence of a reviewable entry, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind the administrative review of this
company in the final results of review. We also intend to rescind this
review with respect two companies, Aventra and TL Wood, because the
record evidence indicates that they are U.S. resellers not eligible for
review pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1). For further information, see
``Preliminary Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, in Part'' in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on an analysis of information from U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), no-shipment certifications and other record
information, we preliminarily determine that Shunchang Shengsheng,
Xiamen Jinxi, and Green Wood had no shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.\5\ Consistent with our practice in NME cases, we will
not rescind the review with respect to these companies, but, rather, we
intend to complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.\6\
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\5\ See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for further
discussion.
\6\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR at
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Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily finds that, in addition to Yinfeng/Mangrove
and Jinquan/Baiyuan, the information placed on the record by 29
companies not individually examined in this review demonstrates that
these companies are eligible for a separate rate.\7\ The statute and
Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping margin to apply to
respondents not selected for individual examination when Commerce
limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section
777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5)
of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others
rate in an investigation, for guidance when calculating the dumping
margin for respondents that are not selected for individual examination
in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states
that the all-others rate should be calculated by averaging the
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for individually-examined
respondents, excluding dumping margins that are zero, de minimis, or
based entirely on facts available. Because we calculated a preliminary
dumping margin of zero for Jinquan/Baiyuan, and a preliminary dumping
margin that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available for Yinfeng/Mangrove, we assigned the separate rate
recipients a dumping margin equal to Yinfeng/Mangrove's preliminary
dumping margin consistent with Commerce's practice and section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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The China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\8\ Under this policy, the
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically
requests and Commerce initiates, or Commerce self-initiates, a review
of the China-wide entity.\9\ Because no party requested a review of the
China-wide entity and no review was initiated for this POR, the China-
wide entity is not under review and the China-wide entity's rate (i.e.,
220.87 percent) is not subject to change.\10\
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\8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\9\ Id.
\10\ See Order, 86 FR 9488.
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Commerce preliminarily finds that Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co.,
Ltd. did not establish its eligibility for a separate rate because it
failed to provide a separate rate application or a separate rate
certification. As such, we preliminarily determine that this company is
part of the China-wide entity.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Baiyuan Wood Machining 0.00
Co., Ltd...............................................
Fuijian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian 9.03
Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining Co., Ltd...
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate 9.03
Rate \11\..............................................
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties under administrative protective
order within five days of the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
A schedule for the submission of case briefs and written comments
will be provided to interested parties at a later date. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no
later than seven days after the deadline date for case briefs.\12\
Parties who submit a case brief or a rebuttal brief in this proceeding
are encouraged 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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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007
(March 26, 2020) (``To provide adequate time for release of case
briefs via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all
rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while
these modifications remain in effect.'')).
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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; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (4) 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.\13\ If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will announce the date and time
of the hearing.
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised
in any briefs, within 120 days of the date of publication of these
preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h), unless this deadline is extended.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon for its final results.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review.
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.\14\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final
results of this
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review. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International
Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate
relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
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If a mandatory respondent's ad valorem weighted-average dumping
margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the
final results of this review, Commerce will calculate importer-specific
assessment rates for that respondent, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\15\ Because both respondents did not report entered
value, we will calculate importer-specific per-unit duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales to the total quantity of those
sales.\16\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values.
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\15\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\16\ We received comments concerning entered value from U.S.
importers. We have issued supplemental questionnaires and the
responses are not due until after the preliminary results.
Therefore, we will take these comments and the responses to these
questionnaires into consideration for the final results.
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If, in the final results, a mandatory respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent),
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries for
that respondent without regard to antidumping duties.\17\ For entries
that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by each
mandatory respondent during this review, and for the companies that do
not qualify for a separate rate, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate (i.e., 220.87
percent).\18\ For the respondents that were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative review but qualified for a separate
rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin determined in the final results of this review. Additionally, if
Commerce continues to find in the final results that Shunchang
Shengsheng, Xiamen Jinxi, and Green Wood had no shipments of the
subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject merchandise
associated with those companies will be liquidated at the China-wide
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For the companies for which we have rescinded this review, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit rate 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 assessment instructions to CBP for the
rescinded companies no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the preliminary results in the Federal Register.
If Commerce rescinds this review with respect to Aventra, TL Wood,
and China Cornici in the final results, we intend to instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to
the cash deposit rate 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). We will issue such
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for companies listed
above that have established their eligibility for a separate rate, the
cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is
de minimis, then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for
previously examined Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not listed above
that received a separate rate in a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the China-
wide entity (i.e., 220.87 percent); and (4) for all non-Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the
Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 28, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Selection of Respondents
VI. Partial Rescission of Review
VII. Single Entity Determinations
VIII. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
IX. Discussion of the Methodology
X. Recommendation
Appendix II--Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate
Rate
1. Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
2. Baixing Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian
3. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian
4. Fotiou Frames Limited
5. Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd.
6. Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co., Ltd
7. Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd
8. Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co. Ltd
9. Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Ltd.
10. Homebuild Industries Co., Ltd.
11. Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry Development Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Space
Axis Wood Technology Co., Ltd
12. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.
13. Jim Fine Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
14. Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd.
15. Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd
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16. Omni One, Co., Limited
17. Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
18. Raoping HongRong Handicrafts, Co., Ltd.
19. Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd.
20. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd
21. Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd
22. Shenzhen Xinjintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
23. Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd
24. Sun Valley Shade Co., Ltd.
25. Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd
26. Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
27. Wuxi Boda Bamboo & Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.
28. Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
29. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Appendix III--Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded
1. Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo Wooden Industry Co., Ltd
2. Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co., Ltd
3. Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd
4. Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood Industry Co., Ltd
5. Fujian Province Youxi County Chang Sheng Wood Machining Co., Ltd
6. Fujian Ruisen International Industrial Co., Ltd
7. Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd
8. Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd
9. Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial Co., Ltd
10. Lianyungang Tianke New Energy Technology Co., Ltd
11. Nanping Qiangmei Import & Export Co., Ltd
12. Oppein Home Group Inc
13. Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood Company, Ltd
14. Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood Goods Co., Ltd
15. Qingdao Sanhe Dacheng International Trade Co., Ltd
16. Rizhao Duli Trade Co., Ltd
17. Rizhao Forest International Trading Co., Ltd.
18. Rizhao Guantong Woodworking Co., Ltd
19. Rizhao Jiayue Industry & Trading Co., Ltd
20. Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd/Sanming Lintong Trading Co.,
Ltd
21. Sanming Shitong Wood Industry Co., Ltd
22. Shandong Jicheng Decorative Material Co., Ltd
23. Shouguang Luli Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
24. Shuyang Zhongding Decoration Materials Co., Ltd
25. The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd
26. Xiamen Oubai Industry & Trade Co., Ltd
27. Xuzhou Goodwill Resource Co., Ltd
28. Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd
29. Yongan Tenlong Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd
30. Zhangping San Chuan Industrial & Trade Co., Ltd
31. Zhangzhou Fukangyuan Industry and Trade Co., Ltd
32. Zhangzhou City Jinxi Building Material Co., Ltd
33. Zhejiang Senya Board Industry Co., Ltd
[FR Doc. 2023-04609 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
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