[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35314-35317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14491]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-970]
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China:
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending
the
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final results of the 2011-2012 administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on multilayered wood flooring (``MLWF'') from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC'') to correct ministerial errors.\1\ The
period of review (``POR'') is May 26, 2011 through November 30, 2012.
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\1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2011-2012, 79 FR 26712 (May 9, 2014) (``Final Results''), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (``I&D Memo'').
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DATES: Effective Date: June 20, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok or James Martinelli,
Enforcement and Compliance, Office IV, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4162 and (202) 482-2923, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 5, 2014, the Department disclosed to interested parties its
calculations for the Final Results.\2\ On May 8, 2014, we received
ministerial error comments from Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd. and
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation. Moreover, on May 9, 2014, we received
ministerial error comments from Fine Furniture and CAHP. On May 14,
2014, we received ministerial error rebuttal comments from Armstrong
and Fine Furniture.
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\2\ The interested parties include: Armstrong Wood Products
(Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (``Armstrong''), the Coalition for American
Hardwood Parity (``CAHP''), Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited
(``Fine Furniture''), Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd., Shanghai
Shenlin Corporation and Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co. Ltd.
(``Minglin'').
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes MLWF, subject to
certain exceptions.\3\ The subject merchandise is currently
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 4412.31.0520; 4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560;
4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060;
4412.31.4070; 4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135;
4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520;
4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 4412.32.0565; 4412.32.0570; 4412.32.2510;
4412.32.2520; 4412.32.2525; 4412.32.2530; 4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135;
4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 4412.32.5600;
4412.39.1000; 4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011; 4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019;
4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032; 4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051; 4412.39.4052;
4412.39.4059; 4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062; 4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010;
4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050; 4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105;
4412.94.3111; 4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131; 4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160;
4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100; 4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000; 4412.94.7000;
4412.94.8000; 4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500; 4412.99.0600; 4412.99.1020;
4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040; 4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120; 4412.99.3130;
4412.99.3140; 4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160; 4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100;
4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5105; 4412.99.5115; 4412.99.5710; 4412.99.6000;
4412.99.7000; 4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000; 4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000;
4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000; 4418.72.9500; and 9801.00.2500.
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\3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance
``Final Results of the 2011-2012 Antidumping Administrative Review
of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China:
Allegations of Ministerial Errors,'' (``Ministerial Error
Memorandum'') issued concurrently with this notice for a full
description of the Scope of the Order.
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The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes only; the written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Ministerial Errors
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''),
and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define a ``ministerial error'' as an error ``in
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial.'' After analyzing the ministerial error comments and
rebuttal comments, we determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made ministerial errors in our
calculation for the Final Results. For a detailed discussion of the
alleged ministerial errors, as well as the Department's analysis, see
Memorandum to Lynn Fischer Fox, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
and Negotiations from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Final Results of the 2011-2012 Antidumping
Administrative Review of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Allegations of Ministerial Errors,'' dated
concurrently with this notice which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The Ministerial Error Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version
of the Ministerial Error Memorandum can be accessed directly on the
Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Ministerial
Error Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Ministerial Error
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the ministerial error
allegations that parties raised and to which we responded in the
Ministerial Error Memorandum follows as an appendix to this notice.
In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e),
we are amending the Final Results for Fine Furniture. The revised
weighted-average dumping margin for Fine Furniture is detailed below.
Fine Furniture was the only mandatory respondent with a weighted-
average dumping margin above de minimis; therefore, the separate rate
respondents were assigned a weighted-average dumping margin equal to
that of Fine Furniture.\4\ Consequently, we also revised the weighted-
average dumping margin for the separate rate respondents. The weighted-
average dumping margin for the PRC-wide entity is not changing as a
result of these amended final results.
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\4\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2011-2012, 79 FR 26712 (May 9, 2014), at 26715.
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Amended Final Results of Administrative Review
The amended weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Weighted-Average
Exporter dumping margin
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Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd........... 0.00
Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co. Ltd.............. 0.00
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited or Double F Limited 5.92
Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd................ 5.92
A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd........................ 5.92
Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd................ 5.92
Benxi Wood Company................................... 5.92
Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone 5.92
Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.....................
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.................. 5.92
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd........................... 5.92
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.............. 5.92
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd................. 5.92
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd.............. 5.92
Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd...................... 5.92
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC................. 5.92
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......... 5.92
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 5.92
Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd........... 5.92
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd............. 5.92
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd........................ 5.92
Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd....... 5.92
Fusong Jinlong Group \5\............................. 5.92
GTP International.................................... 5.92
Guangdong Fu Lin Timber Technology Limited........... 5.92
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd............. 5.92
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd................ 5.92
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd............... 5.92
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd.................. 5.92
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd.......................... 5.92
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd......... 5.92
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd....................... 5.92
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Emp. Co., Ltd.................. 5.92
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd............................ 5.92
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.................. 5.92
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd....................... 5.92
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd..... 5.92
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Industry Co., Ltd............. 5.92
JiaShan FengYun Timber Company Ltd................... 5.92
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd........ 5.92
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd....................... 5.92
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd 5.92
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............... 5.92
Karly Wood Product Limited........................... 5.92
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.............. 5.92
Kunming Alston (AST) Wood Products Co., Ltd.......... 5.92
Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd......... 5.92
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.................... 5.92
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 5.92
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd........ 5.92
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd....... 5.92
Puli Trading Limited................................. 5.92
Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co. Ltd......... 5.92
Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd...................... 5.92
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd...................... 5.92
Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd./The Lizhong 5.92
Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai...........
Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd...................... 5.92
Shanghai Shenlin Corporation......................... 5.92
Shenyang Senwang Wooden Industry Co., Ltd............ 5.92
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd................... 5.92
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.......................... 5.92
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd..................... 5.92
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd......................... 5.92
Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd............ 5.92
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd........................ 5.92
Zhejiang Dadongwu Greenhome Wood Co., Ltd............ 5.92
Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd.............. 5.92
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd............. 5.92
Zhejiang Fuma Warm Technology Co., Ltd............... 5.92
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.................. 5.92
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd...................... 5.92
Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd. 5.92
Zhejiang Yongyu Bamboo Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.......... 5.92
PRC-Wide Entity \6\.................................. 58.84
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended
final results to interested parties within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\5\ The following companies are collectively known as The Fusong
Jinlong Group (``Fusong Jinlong Group''): Dalian Qianqiu Wooden
Product Co., Ltd.; Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd.; Fusong
Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; and Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Products
Co., Ltd.
\6\ The following companies were named in the Initiation Notice
but did not submit a certification of no shipment, separate rate
application or separate rate certification; therefore the Department
has determined that they are part of the PRC-wide entity: Baiying
Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.; Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso
Industrial Group Co., Ltd.); Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd;
Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.; Furnco International (HK) Company
Limited; Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd.; Guangdong Jiasheng
Timber Industry Co., Ltd.; Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co.,
Ltd.; Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd.; Jiazing Brilliant Import &
Export Co., Ltd.; Puli Trading Co., Ltd.; Sennorwell International
Group (Hong Kong) Limited; Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd.;
Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co.; Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.; Suzhou
Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.; Yekalon Industry, Inc.; Zhejiang
AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co.,
Ltd.; Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Jiechen Wood
Industry Co., Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78
FR 6291 (January 30, 2013); see also Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 78 FR 13633 (February 28, 2013) (``Initiation
Notice'').
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
the Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review. The Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the amended
final results of this administrative review.
For Armstrong, Fine Furniture, and Minglin, the Department
calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales
and the total entered value of those sales. We will instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review when the importer-specific assessment rate is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent). Where an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
For all separate rate respondents, the Department will instruct CBP
to liquidate all appropriate entries at an ad valorem rate equal to
weighted-average dumping margin for each respondent listed in the
amended final results of this administrative review.
On October 24, 2011, the Department announced a refinement to its
assessment practice in non-market economy (``NME'') cases. Pursuant to
this refinement in practice, for entries that were not reported in the
U.S. sales databases submitted by companies individually examined
during this review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the rate for the NME-wide entity. In addition, if the
Department determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of
the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under that
exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be
liquidated at the rate for the NME-wide entity.\7\
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\7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective on any
entries made after the date of publication of these amended final
results for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication
date of the amended final results of this administrative review, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters
identified above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to their
weighted-average dumping margin in these amended final results of
review; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC
exporters that received a separate rate in a previously completed
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity (i.e.,
58.84 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 exporter that supplied that
non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. 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 terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
These amended final results are published in accordance with
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 16, 2014.
Lynn Fischer Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix--Ministerial Error Memorandum
Summary
Legal Authority
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Allegations
Allegation 1: Conversions Used in the Valuation of Certain Inputs
Allegation 2: Basis for the VAT Calculation
Allegation 3: The Inclusion of Double F Limited in the Federal
Register
Allegation 4: Whether the Department Incorrectly Treated Indirect
Wages in Financial Ratio Calculations
Allegation 5: Whether the Department Incorrectly Attributed
Arguments Regarding Richmond Plywood Corporation
Allegation 6: Whether the Department Incorrectly Summarized Fine
Furniture's Argument Regarding Winlex
Allegation 7: Whether the Department Overlooked Record Evidence
Regarding Industrial Plywood
Allegation 8: Whether the Department Used the Correct Name for
Separate Rate Respondents Recommendation
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