[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71167-71168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28916]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-971]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of
Countervailing Duty Investigation and Notice of Amended Countervailing
Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 15, 2012,\1\ the United States Court of
International Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's
(``the Department'')
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results of redetermination \2\ pursuant to the CIT's Remand Order.\3\
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\1\ See Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff)
and Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-
Intervenors) v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for
American Hardwood Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), Slip-Op. 12-138
(CIT 2012).
\2\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand in
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff) and Hunchun
Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-Intervenors)
v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for American Hardwood
Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), CIT Court No. 11-00533, (October 31,
2012) (Public Version) (``Remand Results'').
\3\ See Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (Plaintiff)
and Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al. (Plaintiff-
Intervenors) v. United States (Defendant) and the Coalition for
American Hardwood Parity (Defendant-Intervenors), Slip-Op. 12-113
(CIT 2012) (``Remand Order'').
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Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken,\4\ as clarified by
Diamond Sawblades,\5\ the Department is notifying the public that the
final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's
Wood Flooring Final,\6\ and is amending the final affirmative
countervailing duty (``CVD'') determination and order on multilayered
wood flooring (``wood flooring'') from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'') covering the period of investigation, January 1, 2009,
through December 31, 2009, with respect to the inclusion of Shanghai
Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd. (``Eswell Enterprise'') and Elegant Living
Corporation (``Elegant Living'') on the list of non-cooperating
companies.
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\4\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (CAFC 1990)
(``Timken'').
\5\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626
F.3d 1374 (CAFC 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades'').
\6\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 76 FR
64313 (October 18, 2011) (``Wood Flooring Final'').
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DATES: Effective Date: November 26, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Morris, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1779.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsequent to completion of its CVD
investigation of wood flooring from the PRC, parties filed a suit with
the CIT challenging the inclusion of Eswell Enterprise and Elegant
Living in the non-cooperating companies list. On August 31, 2012, the
CIT remanded to the Department the issue of inclusion of Eswell
Enterprise and Elegant Living on that list.\7\ The Department filed its
Remand Results on October 31, 2012. On November 15, 2012, the CIT
upheld the Department's Remand Results wherein the Department
reconsidered the inclusion of Elegant Living and Eswell Enterprises on
the list of non-cooperating companies, and determined to remove Eswell
Enterprise and Elegant Living from that list.\8\
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\7\ See Remand Order.
\8\ See Remand Results.
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the
CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (``the Act''), the Department must publish a notice of a
court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a
``conclusive'' court decision.\9\ The CIT's November 15, 2012, judgment
sustaining the Remand Results constitutes a final decision of that
court that is not in harmony with the Wood Flooring Final. This notice
is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of liquidation
of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the period of
appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court decision.
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\9\ See Timken, 893 F.2d at 341.
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Amended Final Determination and Countervailing Duty Order
Because there is now a final court decision with respect to Eswell
Enterprise and Elegant Living, we are amending the Wood Flooring Final
and the Amended CVD Order \10\ on wood flooring with respect to the
margin for Eswell Enterprise and Elegant Living. Consequently, the
Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to impose
cash deposits on entries of the subject merchandise exported by Eswell
Enterprise or Elegant Living at the all-others rate of 1.50 percent.
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\10\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic
of China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR
5484 (February 3, 2012) (``Amended CVD Order'').
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This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 23, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-28916 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am]
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