Mattresses From Thailand: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 5206-5208 [2024-01595]
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on the financial results and position of
U.S. corporations. The QFR target
population consists of all corporations
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0432.
Form Number(s): QFR 200 (MT), QFR
201 (MG), and QFR 300 (S).
Type of Review: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Manufacturing
corporations with assets of $5 million or
more and Mining, Wholesale Trade,
Retail Trade, Information, Professional,
Scientific, and Technical Services
(excluding legal) with assets of $50
million or more.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Form QFR 200 (MT)—4,300 per quarter
= 17,200 annually
Form QFR 201 (MG)—2,750 per quarter
= 11,000 annually
Form QFR 300 (S)—1,500 per quarter =
6,000 annually
Total 34,200 annually
Estimated Time per Response:
Form QFR 200 (MT)—Average hours 3.0
Form QFR 201 (MG)—Average hours 1.2
Form QFR 300 (S)—Average hours 3.0
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 82,800 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 91
and 224.
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permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
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the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–549–841]
Mattresses From Thailand: Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that Saffron Living Co., Ltd.
(Saffron), the sole producer/exporter
subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at
prices below normal value during the
period of review (POR) May 1, 2022,
through April 30, 2023. We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 26, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On May 2, 2023, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
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review of the order 1 for the period May
1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.2 In May
2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1),
Commerce received requests to conduct
an administrative review of Saffron
from: (1) the petitioners; 3 and (2)
Saffron.4 On July 12, 2023, based on
these timely requests for administrative
review, Commerce initiated this
administrative review with respect to
Saffron.5 On August 10, 2023, Saffron
timely withdrew its request for
administrative review.6
For a more complete description of
the events between the initiation of this
review and these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.7
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are mattresses from Thailand. For a full
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B)
and (2) of the Act. In reaching these
preliminary results, Commerce relied on
facts otherwise available, with adverse
inferences, in accordance with sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
1 See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey,
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
Cambodia, 86 FR 26460 (May 14, 2021), as
amended in Mattresses from Thailand: Notice of
Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final
Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice
of Amended Final Determination; Notice of
Amended Order, in Part, 89 FR 456 (January 4,
2024) (Amended Order or Order).
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445 (May 2, 2023).
3 The petitioners are: Brooklyn Bedding, Elite
Comfort Solutions, FXI, Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises,
Inc., Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, and United Steel, Paper
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International
Union, AFL–CIO (USW). See Petitioners’ Letter,
‘‘Request for Administrative Review of
Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated May 31, 2023.
4 See Saffron’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative
Review of Saffron Living Co., Ltd.,’’ dated May 21,
2023.
5 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
44262 (July 12, 2023).
6 See Saffron’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for
Review,’’ dated August 10, 2023.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of Mattresses from Thailand; 2022–2023,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is made available to the
public 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.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminary determine that the
following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period
May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
Producer and/or exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Saffron Living Co., Ltd ..............
763.28
Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce will disclose to
the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection
with the preliminary results within five
days of any public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of the notice of the
preliminary results in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because
Commerce has preliminarily determined
to apply AFA to Saffron, there are no
calculations to disclose.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii),
interested parties may submit case briefs
to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.8
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, may be filed not later
than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.9 Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.10
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged
interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that
should be limited to five pages total,
8 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,
88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and
Service Final Rule).
10 See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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including footnotes. In this
investigation, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the
beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised
in their briefs.11 Further, we request that
interested parties limit their executive
summary of each issue to no more than
450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries
as the basis of the comment summaries
included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the
final determination in this investigation.
We request that interested parties
include footnotes for relevant citations
in the executive summary of each issue.
Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to
the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).12
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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1)
the party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. All submissions,
including case and rebuttal briefs, as
well as hearing requests, should be filed
using ACCESS.13 An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results
of this administrative review, pursuant
to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act,
Commerce shall determine, and the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review.14
If Saffron’s weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in
the final results of this review, we
intend to calculate an importer-specific
assessment rate for antidumping duties
based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer’s
examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Saffron’s
weighted-average dumping margin or an
11 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
12 See APO and Service Final Rule.
13 See 19 CFR 351.303.
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis in the final results of this
review, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Saffron for
which the company did not know that
the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate these entries at the all-others
rate (i.e., 572.56 percent) 15 if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.16
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication
in the Federal Register of the notice of
the final results of this review for all
shipments of mattresses from Thailand
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit
rate for Saffron will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of the
review; (2) for merchandise exported by
companies not covered in this review
but covered in a prior completed
segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published in the
completed segment for the most recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the LTFV investigation but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established in the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be the all-others rate
(i.e., 572.56 percent).17 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
15 See
Amended Order, 89 FR at 457.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
17 See Amended Order, 89 FR at 457.
16 See
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, Commerce intends
to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: January 22, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of
Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD666]
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public scoping
meetings.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold two public scoping meetings via
webinar pertaining to Regulatory
Amendment 36 to the Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the
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Snapper Grouper Fishery in the South
Atlantic Region. This amendment
revises the recreational vessel limits for
gag and black grouper and considers
necessary regulatory changes to
accommodate the use of on-demand
gear for the black sea bass pot
commercial fishery.
DATES: The scoping meetings will be
held via webinar February 12 and 13,
2024, beginning at 6 p.m., EDT. For
specific dates and times, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held
via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Information,
including a link to webinar registration
will be posted on the Council’s website
at: https://safmc.net/public-hearingsand-scoping/ when it becomes
available.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scoping
documents, an online public comment
form, and other materials will be posted
to the Council’s website at https://
safmc.net/public-hearings-and-scoping/
as they become available. Written
comments should be addressed to John
Carmichael, Executive Director,
SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite
201, N Charleston, SC 29405. Written
comments must be received by February
16, 2024, by 5 p.m. During the meetings,
Council staff will provide an overview
of actions being considered in the
amendment. Staff will answer clarifying
questions on the presented information
and the proposed actions. Following the
presentation and questions, the public
will have the opportunity to provide
comments on the amendment.
Regulatory Amendment 36 to the
Snapper Grouper FMP
Amendment 53 to the FMP for the
Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South
Atlantic Region became effective
October 23, 2023, and established
recreational vessel limits of 2 fish per
vessel per day or per trip (depending on
private recreational or for-hire
component) of gag and black grouper.
The Council intended for these limits to
instead be an aggregate limit of 2 gag or
black grouper per vessel. Therefore, the
Council is considering revision of these
recreational vessel limits to the
originally intended aggregate limit
through Regulatory Amendment 36.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-841]
Mattresses From Thailand: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Saffron Living Co., Ltd. (Saffron), the sole producer/exporter
subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise
at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1,
2022, through April 30, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 26, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative
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review of the order \1\ for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30,
2023.\2\ In May 2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), Commerce
received requests to conduct an administrative review of Saffron from:
(1) the petitioners; \3\ and (2) Saffron.\4\ On July 12, 2023, based on
these timely requests for administrative review, Commerce initiated
this administrative review with respect to Saffron.\5\ On August 10,
2023, Saffron timely withdrew its request for administrative review.\6\
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\1\ See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia,
Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination for Cambodia, 86 FR 26460 (May 14, 2021),
as amended in Mattresses from Thailand: Notice of Court Decision Not
in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping
Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination; Notice of
Amended Order, in Part, 89 FR 456 (January 4, 2024) (Amended Order
or Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445 (May 2,
2023).
\3\ The petitioners are: Brooklyn Bedding, Elite Comfort
Solutions, FXI, Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc., Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and United
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (USW).
See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated May 31, 2023.
\4\ See Saffron's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of
Saffron Living Co., Ltd.,'' dated May 21, 2023.
\5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 44262 (July 12, 2023).
\6\ See Saffron's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for Review,''
dated August 10, 2023.
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For a more complete description of the events between the
initiation of this review and these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of Mattresses from Thailand;
2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are mattresses from Thailand. For
a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. In reaching these preliminary results,
Commerce relied on facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences,
in accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available to the public 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.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminary determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2022, through April
30, 2023.
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Saffron Living Co., Ltd................................... 763.28
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with the preliminary results
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of the preliminary results in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce has preliminarily
determined to apply AFA to Saffron, there are no calculations to
disclose.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\8\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after
the date for filing case briefs.\9\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\10\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this investigation, we instead request
that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a
public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\11\
Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive
summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including
citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final determination in this investigation. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\12\
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\11\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\12\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. All submissions, including
case and rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing requests, should be filed
using ACCESS.\13\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
established deadline.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine,
and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by this review.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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If Saffron's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this
review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If
Saffron's weighted-average dumping margin or an
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importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Saffron for which the company did not know that the merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate these
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 572.56 percent) \15\ if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\16\
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\15\ See Amended Order, 89 FR at 457.
\16\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of the final results of this review for all shipments of
mattresses from Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Saffron will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not
covered in this review but covered in a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the LTFV investigation but the producer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be the all-others rate (i.e., 572.56
percent).\17\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after
the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: January 22, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation
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