[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14499-14500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5915]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-888]
Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts
Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of the 2009-2010
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing,
metal-top ironing tables from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\
On January 10, 2012, we extended the final results of this
administrative review by 60 days.\2\ This review covers one exporter,
Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd. (Foshan
Shunde). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2009, through July 31,
2010. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary
Results.
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\1\ See Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain
Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 55357
(September 7, 2011) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain
Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time
Limit for Final Results of Administrative Review, 77 FR 1455
(January 10, 2012).
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Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made
changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the Final Results differ
from the Preliminary Results. The weighted average dumping margins are
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review''.
DATES: Effective Date: March 12, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4475 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 7, 2011, the Department published the preliminary
results of this administrative review. See Preliminary Results. The
merchandise covered by the order is floor-standing, metal-top ironing
tables and certain parts thereof from the PRC, as described in the
``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review
(POR) is August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010. This administrative
review covers Foshan Shunde.
In the Preliminary Results, we invited parties to comment. October
7, 2011, the Department received a timely case brief from Foshan
Shunde. On October 12, 2011, Home Products International (the
Petitioner in this case) submitted a rebuttal brief.
Scope of the Order
For purposes of the order, the product covered consists of floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables, assembled or unassembled, complete
or incomplete, and certain parts thereof. The subject tables are
designed and used principally for the hand ironing or pressing of
garments or other articles of fabric. The subject tables have full-
height leg assemblies that support the ironing surface at an
appropriate (often adjustable) height above the floor. The subject
tables are produced in a variety of leg finishes, such as painted,
plated, or matte, and they are available with various features,
including iron rests, linen racks, and others. The subject ironing
tables may be sold with or without a pad and/or cover. All types and
configurations of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables are covered
by this review.
Furthermore, the order specifically covers imports of ironing
tables, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain
parts thereof. For purposes of the order, the term ``unassembled''
ironing table means a product requiring the attachment of the leg
assembly to the top or the attachment of an included feature such as an
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``complete'' ironing table means
product sold as a ready-to-use ensemble consisting of the metal-top
table and a pad and cover, with or without additional features, e.g.,
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``incomplete'' ironing table means
product shipped or sold as a ``bare board''--i.e., a metal-top table
only, without the pad and cover--with or without additional features,
e.g. iron rest or linen rack. The major parts or components of ironing
tables that are intended to be covered by the order under the term
``certain parts thereof'' consist of the metal top component (with or
without assembled supports and slides) and/or the leg components,
whether or not attached together as a leg assembly. The order covers
separately shipped metal top components and leg components, without
regard to whether the respective quantities would yield an exact
quantity of assembled ironing tables.
Ironing tables without legs (such as models that mount on walls or
over doors) are not floor-standing and are specifically excluded.
Additionally, tabletop or countertop models with short legs that do not
exceed 12 inches in length (and which may or may not collapse or
retract) are specifically excluded.
The subject ironing tables were previously classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading
9403.20.0010. Effective July 1, 2003, the subject ironing tables are
classified under new HTSUS subheading 9403.20.0011. The subject metal
top and leg components are classified under HTSUS subheading
9403.90.8040. Although the HTSUS
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subheadings are provided for convenience and for Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) purposes, the Department's written description of the
scope remains dispositive.
Separate Rates
Foshan Shunde requested a separate, company-specific antidumping
duty rate. In the Preliminary Results, we found that Foshan Shunde had
met the criteria for the application of a separate antidumping duty
rate. See Preliminary Results, 76 FR at 55358-55359. We have not
received any information since the Preliminary Results with respect to
Foshan Shunde that would warrant reconsideration of our separate-rates
determination. Therefore, we have assigned an individual dumping margin
to Foshan Shunde for this review period.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case briefs by the parties and to which we
have responded are addressed in the Memorandum to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, entitled ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final
Results in the Administrative Review of Floor-Standing, Metal-Top
Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of
China,'' (March 5, 2012) (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues raised, all of
which are in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this
notice as Appendix I. Parties can find a complete discussion of all
issues raised in the briefs and the corresponding recommendations in
this public memorandum, which is on file electronically via Import
Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Services System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA Access is
available in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The signed Decision Memo and the electronic
versions of the Decision Memo are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from interested parties, we have
made the following changes from that presented in our Preliminary
Results:
We have calculated all Indonesian Factors of Production to
the nearest unit rather than to the nearest million units.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following antidumping duty margins exist in
these final results:
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Margin
Exporter (percent)
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Foshan Shunde............................................... 43.47
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For details on the calculation of the antidumping duty weighted-
average margin for Foshan Shunde, see Memorandum to the File from
Michael J. Heaney, Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst;
``Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof
from the People's Republic of China: Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares
& Hardware Co., (Foshan Shunde) Analysis Memorandum for the Final
Results,'' dated March 5, 2012; The public version of this memorandum
is on file in the CRU.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these final results of review. For
assessment purposes, where possible, we calculated importer-specific
assessment rates for subject ironing tables from the PRC via ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of the
dumping margins calculated for the examined sales to the total entered
value of those same sales. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of this administrative review for
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Foshan Shunde
the cash deposit rate will be 43.47 percent; (2) for previously-
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide
rate of 157.68 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied
that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as the final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and in the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction or conversion to a judicial
protective order of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of
the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This administrative review and this notice are published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 5, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
Issues in Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Selection of Indonesia Rather than India as Primary
Surrogate Country
Comment 2: Financial Ratios
Comment 3: Errors in Calculation of Indonesian Surrogate Values
Comment 4: Proper Valuation of Steel Wire
Comment 5: Brokerage and Handling
Comment 6: Zeroing
Comment 7: Department Regulation Regarding Submission of Surrogate
Value Information
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