Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Partial Rescission; 2021-2022, 66346-66350 [2024-18285]

Download as PDF 66346 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Notices company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Final Results of Review Unless otherwise extended, 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 publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Notification to Interested Parties These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: August 6, 2024. Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. Appendix I khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Companies Rescinded From Review A. Withdrawals of Requests for Review: 1. Fulin Wood Import Export Company Limited 2. Greentech Investment Co., Ltd. 3. Star Light Multimedia Co., Ltd. 4. Long Dat Import and Export Production Company 5. VietBac Plywood LLC 6. Greatwood Joint Stock Company B. No Suspended Entries during the POR 1. BAC Son Woods Processing Joint Stock Company 2. Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd. 3. Long Phat Construction Investment and Trade Joint Stock Company Appendix III List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part V. Discussion of Methodology VI. Certification Program VII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–18286 Filed 8–14–24; 8:45 am] Participating Companies Which Reported No POR Shipments of Subject Merchandise 1. An An Plywood Joint Stock Company 2. Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd. 3. Cam Lam Vietnam Joint Stock Company 22 4. Eagle Industries Company Limited 5. Golden Bridge Industries Pte. Ltd. 6. Govina Investment Joint Stock Company 7. Greatriver Wood Co., Ltd.23 8. Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company 24 9. Hai Hien Bamboo Wood Joint Stock Company 10. Her Hui Wood (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. 11. Innovgreen Thanh Hoa Co. Ltd. 12. Lechenwood Vietnam Company Limited 25 13. Long LUU Plywood Production Co., Ltd. 14. TEKCOM Corporation 15. Thang Long Wood Panel Company Ltd.26 16. TL Trung Viet Company Limited 17. Vietnam Zhongjia Wood Co., Ltd 18. Win Faith Trading Limited 27 22 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Camlam Vietnam Joint Stock Company. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 23 We also initiated a review of Cong Ty TNHH Greatriver Wood. We have preliminarily treated these companies as the same entity. 24 We also initiated a review of this company under its former name Greatwood Company Limited. See Circumvention Final Determination IDM at 76. 25 We also initiated a review of Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 26 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Thang Long Wood Panel Company. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 27 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Win Faith Trading. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Appendix II 17:25 Aug 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–051] Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Partial Rescission; 2021–2022 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the People’s Republic of China (China) were sold in the United States at below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2022. Commerce also preliminarily finds that 19 companies had no subject shipments of hardwood plywood and that these companies will be eligible to participate in the certification program previously established with respect to the antidumping duty order on certain hardwood plywood products from China. Further, Commerce preliminarily determines that three companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity because they had shipments of AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 subject merchandise and did not demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate. Finally, we are rescinding this review with respect to 73 companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 15, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Jennings, 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) 482–1110. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 4, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on hardwood plywood from China.1 On January 3, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order covering entries of hardwood plywood from China from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.2 On March 14, 2023, based on timely requests for an administrative review, Commerce initiated the administrative review with respect to 98 companies.3 On July 20, 2023, we published in the Federal Register the Circumvention Final Determination, in which we: (1) determined that certain hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) and entered into the United States was circumventing the Order and therefore is now covered by the Order; and (2) established a certification program to allow eligible producers and exporters of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam to certify that entries of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam are not subject to the Order.4 1 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018) (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 45 (January 3, 2023). 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 15642 (March 14, 2023) (Initiation Notice). Although we initiated this review with respect to 109 individual company names, we previously found that several of these companies were the same entity, while a number of other companies were duplicated via minor name variations. For further discussion, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China and Partial Rescission; 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 4 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China: Final Scope E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Notices We also indicated that we would: (1) expand the POR for this administrative review to begin on September 26, 2021, so as to capture the first entry suspended as a result of the circumvention determination; and (2) allow interested parties to request reviews of unliquidated/suspended entries of merchandise from Vietnam that entered from September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2021.5 On August 11, 2023, Commerce notified parties that we received no additional requests for administrative reviews as a result of Commerce’s decision to expand the POR,6 and on August 23, 2023, Commerce released entry data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to interested parties for comment.7 Subsequently, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to 73 of the 98 companies subject to this review because they either had no suspended entries during the POR or had all requests for review withdrawn.8 On January 31, 2024, Commerce deferred the deadline for completing the preliminary results of this review until July 30, 2024.9 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.10 The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 2024. For details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the initiation of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Scope of the Order khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES The merchandise covered by the scope of this Order is hardwood plywood from China. A complete description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Determination and Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 88 FR 46740 (July 20, 2023) (Circumvention Final Determination), and the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM). 5 See Circumvention Final Determination IDM at Comment 13. 6 See Memorandum ‘‘Companies Under Review for the Expanded POR,’’ dated August 11, 2023. 7 See Memorandum, ‘‘CBP Data Release,’’ dated August 23, 2023. 8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,’’ dated June 27, 2024 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum) at Attachment III. 9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deferral of the Preliminary Results of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews; 2022,’’ dated January 31, 2024. 10 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR subject to the antidumping duty order for which liquidation is suspended, Commerce may rescind an administrative review, in whole or only with respect to a particular exporter or producer.11 At the end of the administrative review, any suspended entries are liquidated at the assessment rate computed for the review period.12 Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate. On June 27, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind this review with respect to 67 companies because those companies had no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise and invited parties to comment.13 We received no comments on our intent to rescind the review with respect to these companies. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR for these 67 companies for which this review was initiated, we are hereby rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation. All parties timely withdrew their review requests for: (1) Fulin Wood Import Export Company Limited; (2) Greatwood Joint Stock Company; (3) Greentech Investment Co., Ltd.; (4) Long Dat Import and Export Production Company ; (5) Star Light Multimedia Co., Ltd.; and (6) VietBac Plywood LLC. Because the review requests were timely withdrawn, and no other party requested a review of these companies, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these six companies (see Appendix II for a list of all companies for which Commerce is rescinding this review). 11 See, e.g., Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018–2019, 85 FR 71317, 71318 (November 9, 2020); see also Certain Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016– 2017, 83 FR 54084 (October 26, 2018). 12 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 13 See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66347 Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. See Appendix III for a complete list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 is available at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments In this administrative review, we issued questionnaires to all companies under review to gather information on the quantity and value (Q&V) of their shipments of hardwood plywood to the United States.14 We received responses to these questionnaires from 22 companies, all of which reported that their suspended entries consisted exclusively of non-subject merchandise. We issued additional questionnaires to these companies and received complete responses from only 15 of them. We have analyzed the information in these responses and preliminarily find that these 15 companies have provided information to support their claims that the hardwood plywood they exported to the United States are of non-subject plywood. We are also preliminarily accepting the claims of four additional companies from which Commerce is awaiting additional information, pending the receipt of the requested information.15 We also preliminarily find it appropriate to permit the 15 companies noted above, as well as Thang Long, to participate in the certification program 14 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Quantity and Value Questionnaire,’’ dated November 20, 2023; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Clarification of Companies Required to Submit Responses to Q&V Questionnaire,’’ dated November 28, 2023; and Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Request for Entry Information,’’ dated February 5, 2024 (collectively, Q&V Questionnaire). 15 The responses to the questionnaires issued to the following companies are currently due on or after the date of these preliminary results: An An Plywood Joint Stock Company, Cosco Star International Co., Ltd., Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company, and Thang Long Wood Panel Company (Thang Long). E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 66348 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Notices at the conclusion of this administrative review. The other three companies are currently eligible to participate in this certification program, and we preliminarily find no basis to alter their status.16 China-Wide Entity Commerce’s policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide entity applies to this administrative review.17 Under this policy, the Chinawide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the China-wide entity.18 Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in this review, the China-wide entity is not under review. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Separate Rates khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES In this administrative review, three companies under review had suspended entries but failed to provide Separate Rate Applications (SRAs) or separate rate certifications (SRCs)and/or responses to the Q&V Questionnaire. These companies are Hoang Lam Plywood Joint Stock Co. (Hoang Lam), Quang Phat Wood Joint Stock Company (Quang Phat), and Shanghai Luli Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Luli). Commerce noted in its SRA that exporters must respond to Commerce’s Q&V questionnaire as well as submit an SRA or SRC in order to receive consideration for separate rate status.19 As a result, we consider Hoang Lam, Quang Phat, and Shanghai Luli to be part of the China-wide entity. At the conclusion of the review, we intend to liquidate any suspended entries from these companies at the current rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 114.72 percent).20 For additional information, 16 See Appendix I for a complete list of companies subject to this review that are preliminarily eligible to certify their entries of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam. 17 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 18 Id. 19 See Commerce’s Separate Rate Application at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/nme/nme-seprate.html (Commerce’s Separate Rate Application), page 3. 20 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Determination pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, In Part, 88 FR 77966 (November 14, 2023). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Three additional companies under review (i.e., Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd. (Groll Ply), Plywood Sunshine Co., Ltd. (Plywood Sunshine), and Quoc Thai Forestry Import Export Limited Company (Quoc Thai)) had suspended entries of plywood exported from Vietnam and submitted both responses to the Q&V Questionnaire and SRAs. We preliminarily find that these three companies have demonstrated eligibility for separate rates. As noted below, we have assigned Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai, a dumping margin based on adverse facts available (AFA). Use of Adverse Facts Available Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai had entries of plywood during the POR that they claimed were of non-subject merchandise. We required these companies to provide information related to these entries, but they did not respond to these requests for information, and therefore, we are preliminary finding that Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai failed to support their claims that their entries of plywood during the POR were not of subject merchandise.21 Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has assigned Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai a dumping margin of 89.10 percent based on AFA, offset by the export subsidies determined in the companion countervailing duty (CVD) administrative review. These three companies ceased participating in this review and did not provide information requested by Commerce; accordingly, we find that necessary information is not available on the record, they failed to provide the requested information in the form and manner requested, and significantly impeded the proceeding, pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act. Additionally, we find that Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai had necessary information in their possession and elected not to submit the information and, thus, the three companies did not act to the best of their abilities in responding to Commerce’s information requests by the applicable deadline, pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. For additional information regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Commerce preliminarily determines that the following dumping margins exist for the period of September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2022, for 21 See PO 00000 Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 entries of hardwood plywood exported by these companies: Exporter Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd ..................................... Plywood Sunshine Co., Ltd .. Quoc Thai Forestry Import Export Limited Company .. Dumping margin (percent) * 89.10 * 89.10 * 89.10 * This rate was determined wholly under section 776 of the Act, and was offset by the export subsidies calculated in the companion CVD administrative review.22 Disclosure Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in 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 preliminary results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce is applying AFA to the above companies, there are no calculations to disclose. Certification Eligibility Due to their failure to provide necessary information for determining certification eligibility, we preliminarily determine that Groll Ply, Hoang Lam, Plywood Sunshine, Quang Phat, and Quoc Thai remain barred from participating in the certification program in this proceeding. Verification From July 1 through July 10, 2024, we conducted verification of the questionnaire responses of five exporters/producers under review, Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd., Hai Hien Bamboo Wood Joint Stock Company, Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited, Long Luu Plywood Production Co., Ltd., and TL Trung Viet Company Limited. We intend to verify the information submitted by the remaining exporters listed in Appendix I after the preliminary results. Public Comment In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c), case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days 22 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Determination pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, In Part, 88 FR 77966 (November 14, 2023); see also Memorandum, ‘‘Export Subsidies Rate,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Notices after the date on which the last verification report is issued. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline for case briefs.23 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review 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. 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 briefs that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.24 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public 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).25 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the party’s name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. Assessment Rates Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.26 For all entries of merchandise exported by the companies listed in Appendix I, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the entries without regard to antidumping duties in these preliminary results are unchanged for the final results. For entries of merchandise exported by Hoang Lam, Quang Phat, and Shanghai Luli, which are part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to liquidate their entries at the current rate for the Chinawide entity (i.e., 114.72 percent). For all suspended entries of merchandise exported by Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai, we will instruct CBP to liquidate their entries at the assigned rate of 89.10 percent. 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). For the companies (see Appendix II) for which this review is rescinded with these preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 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). khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Cash Deposit Requirements 23 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 24 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 25 See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for shipments of subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 26 See PO 00000 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66349 consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai, will be 89.10 percent; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed exporters that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (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., 114.72 percent); (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter, where available, or the rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 114.72), if no alternate rate is available. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Final Results of Review Unless otherwise extended, 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 publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Notification to Importers This notice also serves as a 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. Notification to Interested Parties These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: August 6, 2024. Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping duty and Countervailing Operations. Appendix I Participating Companies Which Reported No POR Shipments of Subject Merchandise 1. An An Plywood Joint Stock Company E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 66350 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Notices 2. Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd. 3. Cam Lam Vietnam Joint Stock Company 27 4. Cosco Star International Co., Ltd. 5. Eagle Industries Company Limited 6. Golden Bridge Industries Pte. Ltd 7. Govina Investment Joint Stock Company 8. Greatriver Wood Company Limited 28 9. Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company 29 10. Hai Hien Bamboo Wood Joint Stock Company 11. Her Hui Wood (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. 12. Innovgreen Thanh Hoa Co., Ltd. 13. Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited 30 14. Long Luu Plywood Production Co., Ltd 15. TEKCOM Corporation 16. Thang Long Wood Panel Company Ltd.31 17. TL Trung Viet Company Limited 18. VietNam ZhongJia Wood Company Limited. 19. Win Faith Trading Limited 32 Appendix II Companies Rescinded from Review A. Withdrawals of Requests for Review 1. Fulin Wood Import Export Company Limited 2. Greatwood Joint Stock Company 3. Greentech Investment Co., Ltd. 4. Long Dat Import and Export Production Company 5. Star Light Multimedia Co., Ltd. 6. VietBac Plywood LLC khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES B. No Suspended Entries During the POR 1. Anhui Hoda Wood Co., Ltd. 2. BAC Son Woods Processing Joint Stock Company 3. Bao Yen MDF Joint Stock Company 4. Bergey (Tianjin) International Co., Ltd. 5. BHL Thai Nguyen Corp. 6. BHL Vietnam Investment and Development 7. Celtic Co., Ltd. 8. Chengxinli Wood Co Ltd of Lanshan 9. China Friend Limited 10. China National United Forestry Co. 11. Dong Tam Production Trading Company Limited 12. Dongguan Lingfeng Wood Industry Co. 13. Feixian Wanda Wood Factory 14. Happy Wood Industrial Group Co., Ltd. 15. High Hope Zhongding Corporation 27 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Camlam Vietnam Joint Stock Company. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 28 We also initiated a review of this company of Cong Ty TNHH Greatriver Wood. We have preliminarily treated these companies as the same entity. 29 We also initiated a review of this company under its former name Greatwood Company Limited. See Circumvention Final Determination IDM at 76. 30 We also initiated a review of Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited. We have preliminarily treated these companies as the same entity. 31 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Thang Long Wood Panel Company. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 32 We also initiated a review of this company under the minor name variation Win Faith Trading. See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 16. Hunan Fuxi International Trade Co., Ltd. 17. Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd. 18. Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co. Ltd. 19. Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd. 20. Lianyungang Yuantai International Trade Co., Ltd. 21. Linwood Vietnam Co. Ltd. 22. Linyi Chengen Import and Export Co., Ltd. 23. Linyi City Dongfang Fukai Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 24. Linyi City Dongfang Jinxin Economic & Trade Co., Ltd. 25. Linyi Dongstar Import & Export Co., Ltd. 26. Linyi Evergreen Wood Co., Ltd. 27. Linyi Glary Plywood Co., Ltd. 28. Linyi Highwise International Trade Co., Ltd. 29. Linyi Huasheng Yongbin Wood Co., Ltd. 30. Linyi Jiahe Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 31. Linyi Sanfortune Wood Co., Ltd. 32. Linyi Yachen Wood Co., Ltd. 33. Long Phat Construction Investment and Trade Joint Stock Company 34. Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd. 35. Pizhou Dayun Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd. 36. Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co., Ltd 37. Pizhou Ouyme Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd. 38. Qingdao Top P&Q International Corp. 39. Rongjia Woods Vietnam Company Limited 40. Shandong Dongfang Bayley Wood Company 41. Shandong Fangsi Import and Export Co. 42. Shandong Good Wood Imp and Exp Co. 43. Shandong Jinhua International Trading Co. 44. Shandong Junke Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd. 45. Shandong Wood Home Trading Co., Ltd. 46. Shanghai Brightwood Trading Co., Ltd. 47. Shanghai Futuwood Trading Co., Ltd. 48. Shenzhen Yumei Trading Co., Ltd 49. Shouguang Wanda Wood Co., Ltd. 50. Sumec Huongson Wood Group Co. Ltd. 51. Sumec International Technology Co. 52. Suqian Hopeway International Trade Co., Ltd. 53. Suzhou Oriental Dragon Import and Export Co., Ltd. 54. Tan Tien Co. Ltd. 55. Thanh Hoa Stone Export Company 56. Truong Son North Construction JSC 57. Vietind Co. Ltd. 58. Vietnam Golden Timber Company Limited 59. Xuzhou Emmet Import and Export Trade 60. Xuzhou Jiangheng Wood Products Co., Ltd. 61. Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Industries Co., Ltd. 62. Xuzhou Shelter Imp & Exp Co., Ltd. 63. Xuzhou Shengping Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. 64. Xuzhou Timber International Trade Co., Ltd. 65. Yangzhou Hanov International Co., Ltd. 66. Yishui Win-Win Wood Co., Ltd. 67. Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co., Ltd. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Appendix III List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part V. Discussion of Methodology VI. Certification Program VII. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2024–18285 Filed 8–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–489–829] Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022–2023 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain producers/exporters of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. In addition, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to three companies which had no entries in the U.S. Customs and Border Production (CBP) data. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 15, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros or Samuel Evans, AD/ CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4725 or (202) 482–2420, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 14, 2017, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on rebar from Türkiye in the Federal Register.1 On September 11, 2023, based 1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 32532 (July 14, 2017), as amended by Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66346-66350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-051]


Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Partial Rescission; 
2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) were sold in the United States at 
below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 26, 
2021, through December 31, 2022. Commerce also preliminarily finds that 
19 companies had no subject shipments of hardwood plywood and that 
these companies will be eligible to participate in the certification 
program previously established with respect to the antidumping duty 
order on certain hardwood plywood products from China. Further, 
Commerce preliminarily determines that three companies subject to this 
review are part of the China-wide entity because they had shipments of 
subject merchandise and did not demonstrate eligibility for a separate 
rate. Finally, we are rescinding this review with respect to 73 
companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable August 15, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Jennings, 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) 482-1110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 4, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty order on hardwood plywood from China.\1\ On January 3, 
2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order covering 
entries of hardwood plywood from China from January 1, 2022, through 
December 31, 2022.\2\ On March 14, 2023, based on timely requests for 
an administrative review, Commerce initiated the administrative review 
with respect to 98 companies.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018) 
(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 45 (January 3, 
2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 15642 (March 14, 2023) (Initiation 
Notice). Although we initiated this review with respect to 109 
individual company names, we previously found that several of these 
companies were the same entity, while a number of other companies 
were duplicated via minor name variations. For further discussion, 
see Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Hardwood 
Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China and Partial 
Rescission; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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    On July 20, 2023, we published in the Federal Register the 
Circumvention Final Determination, in which we: (1) determined that 
certain hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam (Vietnam) and entered into the United States was circumventing 
the Order and therefore is now covered by the Order; and (2) 
established a certification program to allow eligible producers and 
exporters of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam to certify that 
entries of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam are not subject to 
the Order.\4\

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We also indicated that we would: (1) expand the POR for this 
administrative review to begin on September 26, 2021, so as to capture 
the first entry suspended as a result of the circumvention 
determination; and (2) allow interested parties to request reviews of 
unliquidated/suspended entries of merchandise from Vietnam that entered 
from September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2021.\5\
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    \4\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Scope Determination and Affirmative Final 
Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Orders, 88 FR 46740 (July 20, 2023) (Circumvention Final 
Determination), and the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 
(IDM).
    \5\ See Circumvention Final Determination IDM at Comment 13.
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    On August 11, 2023, Commerce notified parties that we received no 
additional requests for administrative reviews as a result of 
Commerce's decision to expand the POR,\6\ and on August 23, 2023, 
Commerce released entry data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to interested parties for comment.\7\ Subsequently, we notified 
parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with 
respect to 73 of the 98 companies subject to this review because they 
either had no suspended entries during the POR or had all requests for 
review withdrawn.\8\
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    \6\ See Memorandum ``Companies Under Review for the Expanded 
POR,'' dated August 11, 2023.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``CBP Data Release,'' dated August 23, 2023.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In 
Part,'' dated June 27, 2024 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum) at 
Attachment III.
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    On January 31, 2024, Commerce deferred the deadline for completing 
the preliminary results of this review until July 30, 2024.\9\ On July 
22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\10\ The deadline for the preliminary results 
is now August 6, 2024. For details regarding the events that occurred 
subsequent to the initiation of the review, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Deferral of the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews; 2022,'' 
dated January 31, 2024.
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the scope of this Order is hardwood 
plywood from China. A complete description of the scope of the Order is 
contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no reviewable 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR subject to the 
antidumping duty order for which liquidation is suspended, Commerce may 
rescind an administrative review, in whole or only with respect to a 
particular exporter or producer.\11\ At the end of the administrative 
review, any suspended entries are liquidated at the assessment rate 
computed for the review period.\12\ Therefore, for an administrative 
review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to 
be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate. On June 27, 
2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind 
this review with respect to 67 companies because those companies had no 
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise and invited 
parties to comment.\13\ We received no comments on our intent to 
rescind the review with respect to these companies. Accordingly, in the 
absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 
these 67 companies for which this review was initiated, we are hereby 
rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to these 
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \11\ See, e.g., Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 71317, 
71318 (November 9, 2020); see also Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipe from Mexico: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR 54084 (October 26, 2018).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ See Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
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    In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will 
rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
date of publication of the notice of initiation. All parties timely 
withdrew their review requests for: (1) Fulin Wood Import Export 
Company Limited; (2) Greatwood Joint Stock Company; (3) Greentech 
Investment Co., Ltd.; (4) Long Dat Import and Export Production Company 
; (5) Star Light Multimedia Co., Ltd.; and (6) VietBac Plywood LLC. 
Because the review requests were timely withdrawn, and no other party 
requested a review of these companies, Commerce is rescinding this 
review with respect to these six companies (see Appendix II for a list 
of all companies for which Commerce is rescinding this review).

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. See 
Appendix III for a complete list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum. 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 is available at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    In this administrative review, we issued questionnaires to all 
companies under review to gather information on the quantity and value 
(Q&V) of their shipments of hardwood plywood to the United States.\14\ 
We received responses to these questionnaires from 22 companies, all of 
which reported that their suspended entries consisted exclusively of 
non-subject merchandise. We issued additional questionnaires to these 
companies and received complete responses from only 15 of them. We have 
analyzed the information in these responses and preliminarily find that 
these 15 companies have provided information to support their claims 
that the hardwood plywood they exported to the United States are of 
non-subject plywood. We are also preliminarily accepting the claims of 
four additional companies from which Commerce is awaiting additional 
information, pending the receipt of the requested information.\15\
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    \14\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Quantity and Value 
Questionnaire,'' dated November 20, 2023; see also Memorandum, 
``Clarification of Companies Required to Submit Responses to Q&V 
Questionnaire,'' dated November 28, 2023; and Commerce's Letters, 
``Request for Entry Information,'' dated February 5, 2024 
(collectively, Q&V Questionnaire).
    \15\ The responses to the questionnaires issued to the following 
companies are currently due on or after the date of these 
preliminary results: An An Plywood Joint Stock Company, Cosco Star 
International Co., Ltd., Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company, and 
Thang Long Wood Panel Company (Thang Long).
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    We also preliminarily find it appropriate to permit the 15 
companies noted above, as well as Thang Long, to participate in the 
certification program

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at the conclusion of this administrative review. The other three 
companies are currently eligible to participate in this certification 
program, and we preliminarily find no basis to alter their status.\16\
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    \16\ See Appendix I for a complete list of companies subject to 
this review that are preliminarily eligible to certify their entries 
of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam.
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China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\17\ Under this policy, 
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 
China-wide entity.\18\ Because no party requested a review of the 
China-wide entity in this review, the China-wide entity is not under 
review. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \18\ Id.
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Separate Rates

    In this administrative review, three companies under review had 
suspended entries but failed to provide Separate Rate Applications 
(SRAs) or separate rate certifications (SRCs)and/or responses to the 
Q&V Questionnaire. These companies are Hoang Lam Plywood Joint Stock 
Co. (Hoang Lam), Quang Phat Wood Joint Stock Company (Quang Phat), and 
Shanghai Luli Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Luli). Commerce noted in its 
SRA that exporters must respond to Commerce's Q&V questionnaire as well 
as submit an SRA or SRC in order to receive consideration for separate 
rate status.\19\ As a result, we consider Hoang Lam, Quang Phat, and 
Shanghai Luli to be part of the China-wide entity. At the conclusion of 
the review, we intend to liquidate any suspended entries from these 
companies at the current rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 114.72 
percent).\20\ For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \19\ See Commerce's Separate Rate Application at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html (Commerce's 
Separate Rate Application), page 3.
    \20\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Decision Not in Harmony with the Final 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended 
Determination pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation 
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    Three additional companies under review (i.e., Groll Ply and 
Cabinetry Co., Ltd. (Groll Ply), Plywood Sunshine Co., Ltd. (Plywood 
Sunshine), and Quoc Thai Forestry Import Export Limited Company (Quoc 
Thai)) had suspended entries of plywood exported from Vietnam and 
submitted both responses to the Q&V Questionnaire and SRAs. We 
preliminarily find that these three companies have demonstrated 
eligibility for separate rates. As noted below, we have assigned Groll 
Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai, a dumping margin based on adverse 
facts available (AFA).

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai had entries of plywood 
during the POR that they claimed were of non-subject merchandise. We 
required these companies to provide information related to these 
entries, but they did not respond to these requests for information, 
and therefore, we are preliminary finding that Groll Ply, Plywood 
Sunshine, and Quoc Thai failed to support their claims that their 
entries of plywood during the POR were not of subject merchandise.\21\
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    \21\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has 
assigned Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai a dumping margin of 
89.10 percent based on AFA, offset by the export subsidies determined 
in the companion countervailing duty (CVD) administrative review. These 
three companies ceased participating in this review and did not provide 
information requested by Commerce; accordingly, we find that necessary 
information is not available on the record, they failed to provide the 
requested information in the form and manner requested, and 
significantly impeded the proceeding, pursuant to section 776(a) of the 
Act. Additionally, we find that Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc 
Thai had necessary information in their possession and elected not to 
submit the information and, thus, the three companies did not act to 
the best of their abilities in responding to Commerce's information 
requests by the applicable deadline, pursuant to section 776(b) of the 
Act. For additional information regarding this determination, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following dumping 
margins exist for the period of September 26, 2021, through December 
31, 2022, for entries of hardwood plywood exported by these companies:

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                        Exporter                             (percent)
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Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd........................         * 89.10
Plywood Sunshine Co., Ltd...............................         * 89.10
Quoc Thai Forestry Import Export Limited Company........         * 89.10
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* This rate was determined wholly under section 776 of the Act, and was
  offset by the export subsidies calculated in the companion CVD
  administrative review.\22\

Disclosure
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    \22\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Decision Not in Harmony with the Final 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended 
Determination pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation 
of Antidumping Duty Order, In Part, 88 FR 77966 (November 14, 2023); 
see also Memorandum, ``Export Subsidies Rate,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in 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 preliminary results in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 
because Commerce is applying AFA to the above companies, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Certification Eligibility

    Due to their failure to provide necessary information for 
determining certification eligibility, we preliminarily determine that 
Groll Ply, Hoang Lam, Plywood Sunshine, Quang Phat, and Quoc Thai 
remain barred from participating in the certification program in this 
proceeding.

Verification

    From July 1 through July 10, 2024, we conducted verification of the 
questionnaire responses of five exporters/producers under review, Arrow 
Forest International Co., Ltd., Hai Hien Bamboo Wood Joint Stock 
Company, Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited, Long Luu Plywood 
Production Co., Ltd., and TL Trung Viet Company Limited. We intend to 
verify the information submitted by the remaining exporters listed in 
Appendix I after the preliminary results.

Public Comment

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c), case briefs or other written 
comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance no later than seven days

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after the date on which the last verification report is issued. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be 
submitted no later than five days after the deadline for case 
briefs.\23\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review 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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    \23\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
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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 briefs that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\24\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public 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).\25\
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    \24\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \25\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other 
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 
67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be 
determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\26\ For all entries of merchandise 
exported by the companies listed in Appendix I, we intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate the entries without regard to antidumping duties in 
these preliminary results are unchanged for the final results. For 
entries of merchandise exported by Hoang Lam, Quang Phat, and Shanghai 
Luli, which are part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate their entries at the current rate for the China-wide entity 
(i.e., 114.72 percent). For all suspended entries of merchandise 
exported by Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, and Quoc Thai, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate their entries at the assigned rate of 89.10 
percent. 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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    For the companies (see Appendix II) for which this review is 
rescinded with these preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to 
the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time 
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the 
period September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2022, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary 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 will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Groll Ply, Plywood Sunshine, 
and Quoc Thai, will be 89.10 percent; (2) for previously investigated 
or reviewed exporters that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (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., 114.72 percent); (4) for all non-Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter that 
supplied that non-Chinese exporter, where available, or the rate for 
the China-wide entity (i.e., 114.72), if no alternate rate is 
available. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, 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 
publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 6, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping duty and 
Countervailing Operations.

Appendix I

Participating Companies Which Reported No POR Shipments of Subject 
Merchandise

1. An An Plywood Joint Stock Company

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2. Arrow Forest International Co., Ltd.
3. Cam Lam Vietnam Joint Stock Company \27\
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    \27\ We also initiated a review of this company under the minor 
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4. Cosco Star International Co., Ltd.
5. Eagle Industries Company Limited
6. Golden Bridge Industries Pte. Ltd
7. Govina Investment Joint Stock Company
8. Greatriver Wood Company Limited \28\
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    \28\ We also initiated a review of this company of Cong Ty TNHH 
Greatriver Wood. We have preliminarily treated these companies as 
the same entity.
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9. Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company \29\
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    \29\ We also initiated a review of this company under its former 
name Greatwood Company Limited. See Circumvention Final 
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10. Hai Hien Bamboo Wood Joint Stock Company
11. Her Hui Wood (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.
12. Innovgreen Thanh Hoa Co., Ltd.
13. Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited \30\
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    \30\ We also initiated a review of Lechenwood Viet Nam Company 
Limited. We have preliminarily treated these companies as the same 
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14. Long Luu Plywood Production Co., Ltd
15. TEKCOM Corporation
16. Thang Long Wood Panel Company Ltd.\31\
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    \31\ We also initiated a review of this company under the minor 
name variation Thang Long Wood Panel Company. See Intent to Rescind 
Memorandum.
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17. TL Trung Viet Company Limited
18. VietNam ZhongJia Wood Company Limited.
19. Win Faith Trading Limited \32\
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    \32\ We also initiated a review of this company under the minor 
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Appendix II

Companies Rescinded from Review

A. Withdrawals of Requests for Review

1. Fulin Wood Import Export Company Limited
2. Greatwood Joint Stock Company
3. Greentech Investment Co., Ltd.
4. Long Dat Import and Export Production Company
5. Star Light Multimedia Co., Ltd.
6. VietBac Plywood LLC

B. No Suspended Entries During the POR

1. Anhui Hoda Wood Co., Ltd.
2. BAC Son Woods Processing Joint Stock Company
3. Bao Yen MDF Joint Stock Company
4. Bergey (Tianjin) International Co., Ltd.
5. BHL Thai Nguyen Corp.
6. BHL Vietnam Investment and Development
7. Celtic Co., Ltd.
8. Chengxinli Wood Co Ltd of Lanshan
9. China Friend Limited
10. China National United Forestry Co.
11. Dong Tam Production Trading Company Limited
12. Dongguan Lingfeng Wood Industry Co.
13. Feixian Wanda Wood Factory
14. Happy Wood Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
15. High Hope Zhongding Corporation
16. Hunan Fuxi International Trade Co., Ltd.
17. Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd.
18. Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co. Ltd.
19. Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd.
20. Lianyungang Yuantai International Trade Co., Ltd.
21. Linwood Vietnam Co. Ltd.
22. Linyi Chengen Import and Export Co., Ltd.
23. Linyi City Dongfang Fukai Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
24. Linyi City Dongfang Jinxin Economic & Trade Co., Ltd.
25. Linyi Dongstar Import & Export Co., Ltd.
26. Linyi Evergreen Wood Co., Ltd.
27. Linyi Glary Plywood Co., Ltd.
28. Linyi Highwise International Trade Co., Ltd.
29. Linyi Huasheng Yongbin Wood Co., Ltd.
30. Linyi Jiahe Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
31. Linyi Sanfortune Wood Co., Ltd.
32. Linyi Yachen Wood Co., Ltd.
33. Long Phat Construction Investment and Trade Joint Stock Company
34. Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd.
35. Pizhou Dayun Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd.
36. Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co., Ltd
37. Pizhou Ouyme Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
38. Qingdao Top P&Q International Corp.
39. Rongjia Woods Vietnam Company Limited
40. Shandong Dongfang Bayley Wood Company
41. Shandong Fangsi Import and Export Co.
42. Shandong Good Wood Imp and Exp Co.
43. Shandong Jinhua International Trading Co.
44. Shandong Junke Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
45. Shandong Wood Home Trading Co., Ltd.
46. Shanghai Brightwood Trading Co., Ltd.
47. Shanghai Futuwood Trading Co., Ltd.
48. Shenzhen Yumei Trading Co., Ltd
49. Shouguang Wanda Wood Co., Ltd.
50. Sumec Huongson Wood Group Co. Ltd.
51. Sumec International Technology Co.
52. Suqian Hopeway International Trade Co., Ltd.
53. Suzhou Oriental Dragon Import and Export Co., Ltd.
54. Tan Tien Co. Ltd.
55. Thanh Hoa Stone Export Company
56. Truong Son North Construction JSC
57. Vietind Co. Ltd.
58. Vietnam Golden Timber Company Limited
59. Xuzhou Emmet Import and Export Trade
60. Xuzhou Jiangheng Wood Products Co., Ltd.
61. Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Industries Co., Ltd.
62. Xuzhou Shelter Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
63. Xuzhou Shengping Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.
64. Xuzhou Timber International Trade Co., Ltd.
65. Yangzhou Hanov International Co., Ltd.
66. Yishui Win-Win Wood Co., Ltd.
67. Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Discussion of Methodology
VI. Certification Program
VII. Recommendation

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