80_FR_57761 80 FR 57576 - Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review of Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd.

80 FR 57576 - Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review of Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 185 (September 24, 2015)

Page Range57576-57578
FR Document2015-24191

On March 13, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') initiated a changed circumstance review (``CCR'') of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') in response to a request from Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd. (``Sino-Maple''), an exporter of subject merchandise to the United States.\1\ Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.216, the Department preliminarily determines that Sino-Maple is the successor- in-interest to Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Jiafeng'') for purposes of the AD order on multilayered wood flooring from the PRC and, as such, is entitled to Jiafeng's cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-970]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review of Sino-Maple 
(JiangSu) Co., Ltd.

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 13, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') initiated a changed circumstance review (``CCR'') of 
the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on multilayered wood flooring from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') in response to a request from 
Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd. (``Sino-Maple''), an exporter of subject 
merchandise to the United States.\1\ Pursuant to section 751(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.216, the 
Department preliminarily determines that Sino-Maple is the successor-
in-interest to Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (``Jiafeng'') for 
purposes of the AD order on multilayered wood flooring from the PRC 
and, as such, is entitled to Jiafeng's cash deposit rate with respect 
to entries of subject merchandise. We invite interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of 
China, 80 FR 13328 (March 13, 2015) (Initiation Notice).

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DATES: Effective: September 24, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 23, 2014, Sino-Maple requested that the Department 
initiate an expedited CCR to confirm that Sino-Maple is the successor-
in-interest to Jiafeng for purposes of determining AD liabilities.\2\ 
For a complete description of events that followed the initiation of

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this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \2\ See Letter from Sino-Maple to the Department regarding, 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the PRC: Request of Sino-Maple 
(Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for Changed 
Circumstances Review'' (December 23, 2014) (``CCR Request'').
    \3\ See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of Multilayered Wood 
Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Sino-Maple (JiangSu) 
Co., Ltd.'' (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), dated 
concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice.
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    Based on this information, the Department initiated this CCR on 
March 13, 2015, explaining that, while there was sufficient evidence to 
initiate a CCR, the Department determined not to conduct its review on 
an expedited basis by publishing the preliminary results in conjunction 
with its notice of initiation. Specifically, we noted that the 
purported predecessor company, Jiafeng, was still in a 180-day 
liquidation period. We stated that we intended to issue additional 
questionnaires to Sino-Maple, as authorized by 19 CFR 351.221(b)(2), 
upon completion of the 180-day liquidation period, seeking evidence 
that Jiafeng has been terminated and that Jiafeng's liquidation was 
completed.\4\ On June 22, 2015, Sino-Maple submitted this evidence.\5\
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    \4\ See Initiation Notice, 80 FR 13329.
    \5\ See Letter from Sino-Maple to the Department, regarding 
``Multilayered Wood Flooring from the PRC: Voluntary (Third) 
Supplemental Changed Circumstances Review Response of Sino-Maple 
(Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.,'' dated 
June 22, 2015.
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Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by the order includes multilayered wood 
flooring, subject to certain exceptions. Imports of the subject 
merchandise are provided for under the following subheadings of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''): 
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; 4412.31.5125; 
4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.3175; 4412.31.6000; 
4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 4412.32.2510; 
4412.32.2520; 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; 4412.99.5710; 
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.
    While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is 
dispositive.
    A complete description of the scope of the order is contained in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS is available to 
all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Methodology

    In accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, we are conducting 
this CCR based upon the information contained in Sino-Maple's 
submissions. In making a successor-in-interest determination, the 
Department typically examines several factors including, but not 
limited to, changes in: (1) Management; (2) production facilities; (3) 
supplier relationships; and (4) customer base.\6\ While no single 
factor or combination of factors will necessarily be dispositive, the 
Department generally will consider the new company to be the successor 
to the predecessor if the resulting operations of the successor are not 
materially dissimilar to that of its predecessor.\7\ Thus, if the 
record demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale of 
the subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same business 
entity as the predecessor company, the Department may assign the new 
company the cash deposit rate of its predecessor.\8\ For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See, e.g., Certain Activated Carbon From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances 
Review, 74 FR 19934, 19935 (April 30, 2009).
    \7\ See, e.g., Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from 
India, 71 FR 327, 327 (January 4, 2006).
    \8\ See, e.g., Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From Norway; 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 64 FR 9979, 9980 (March 1, 1999).
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Preliminary Determination of the Changed Circumstances Review

    Based on the record evidence, we preliminarily determine that Sino-
Maple is the successor-in-interest to Jiafeng because Sino-Maple 
operates materially the same as Jiafeng with respect to the subject 
merchandise, albeit in a new location. Specifically, we find that any 
changes that may have occurred after Jiafeng became Sino-Maple did not 
constitute material changes to management, supplier relationships, 
customer relationships, or ownership/legal structure with respect to 
the production and sale of the subject merchandise. A list of topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum appears in the 
Appendix to this notice.
    If the Department upholds these preliminary results in the final 
results, Sino-Maple will be assigned the cash deposit rate currently 
assigned to Jiafeng with respect to the subject merchandise (i.e., 
13.74 percent). We will also instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to suspend liquidation of entries of multilayered wood 
flooring exported by Sino-Maple, effective on the publication date of 
the final results, at the AD cash deposit rate assigned to Jiafeng.

Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit written comments by no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review in the Federal Register.\9\ Rebuttals, limited to issues raised 
in the written comments, may be filed by no later than five days after 
the written comments are due.\10\ Parties that submit written comments

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and rebuttals 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.\11\ All briefs are to be filed electronically 
using ACCESS.\12\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
day on which it is due.\13\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) & (d)(2).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b) & (f).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing to the Assistant 
Secretary of Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS within 30 days of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\14\ Hearing 
requests should contain the following information: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral presentations will 
be limited to issues raised in the briefs.\15\ If a request for a 
hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the 
hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.\16\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \15\ Id.
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e), the Department intends to 
issue the final results of this CCR not later than 270 days after the 
date on which this review was initiated.

Notification to Parties

    The Department is issuing and publishing these preliminary results 
in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.216 and 351.221.

     Dated: September 17, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review
V. Recommendation

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                                              any other activity subject to the                       seven (7) years from the date of this                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                              Regulations.                                            Order;
                                                 FOURTH, for the applicable time                                                                            International Trade Administration
                                                                                                         B. As to Advanced Tech Solutions
                                              periods, starting from the date of this                 a/k/a Advanced Technology Solutions,
                                              Order, that are set forth in Paragraph                  and when acting for or on its behalf, its             [A–570–970]
                                              Sixth below, no person may, directly or                 successors, assigns, directors, officers,
                                              indirectly, do any of the following:                                                                          Multilayered Wood Flooring From the
                                                                                                      employees, representatives, or agents,                People’s Republic of China:
                                                 A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
                                                                                                      for a period of seven (7) years from the              Preliminary Results of the Changed
                                              of a Denied Person any item subject to
                                                                                                      date of this Order;                                   Circumstances Review of Sino-Maple
                                              the Regulations;
                                                 B. Take any action that facilitates the                 C. As to Rashid Albuni, and when                   (JiangSu) Co., Ltd.
                                              acquisition or attempted acquisition by                 acting for or on his behalf, his
                                              a Denied Person of the ownership,                       successors, assigns, representatives,                 AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                              possession, or control of any item                      agents, or employees, for a period of six             International Trade Administration,
                                              subject to the Regulations that has been                (6) years from the date of this Order;                Department of Commerce.
                                              or will be exported from the United                                                                           SUMMARY: On March 13, 2015, the
                                                                                                         D. As to Aiman Ammar a/k/a Ayman                   Department of Commerce (the
                                              States, including financing or other                    Ammar, and when acting for or on his
                                              support activities related to a                                                                               ‘‘Department’’) initiated a changed
                                                                                                      behalf, his successors, assigns,                      circumstance review (‘‘CCR’’) of the
                                              transaction whereby a Denied Person                     representatives, agents, or employees,
                                              acquires or attempts to acquire such                                                                          antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) order on
                                                                                                      for a period of five (5) years from the               multilayered wood flooring from the
                                              ownership, possession or control;
                                                                                                      date of this Order; and                               People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) in
                                                 C. Take any action to acquire from or
                                              to facilitate the acquisition or attempted                 E. As to iT Wave FZCO a/k/a iT-Wave                response to a request from Sino-Maple
                                              acquisition from a Denied Person of any                 a/k/a ITEX-Wave FZCO, and when                        (JiangSu) Co., Ltd. (‘‘Sino-Maple’’), an
                                              item subject to the Regulations that has                acting for or on its behalf, its successors,          exporter of subject merchandise to the
                                              been exported from the United States;                   assigns, directors, officers, employees,              United States.1 Pursuant to section
                                                 D. Obtain from a Denied Person in the                representatives, or agents, for a period of           751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                              United States any item subject to the                   four (4) years from the date of this                  amended (‘‘the Act’’), and 19 CFR
                                              Regulations with knowledge or reason                    Order.                                                351.216, the Department preliminarily
                                              to know that the item will be, or is                                                                          determines that Sino-Maple is the
                                                                                                         SEVENTH, Respondents shall not take                successor-in-interest to Jiafeng Wood
                                              intended to be, exported from the                       any action or make or permit to be made
                                              United States; or                                                                                             (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (‘‘Jiafeng’’) for
                                                                                                      any public statement, directly or                     purposes of the AD order on
                                                 E. Engage in any transaction to service
                                                                                                      indirectly, denying the allegations in the            multilayered wood flooring from the
                                              any item subject to the Regulations that
                                                                                                      Charging Letter or this Order. The                    PRC and, as such, is entitled to Jiafeng’s
                                              has been or will be exported from the
                                                                                                      foregoing does not affect Respondents’                cash deposit rate with respect to entries
                                              United States and which is owned,
                                              possessed or controlled by a Denied                     testimonial obligations in any                        of subject merchandise. We invite
                                              Person, or service any item, of whatever                proceeding, nor does it affect its right to           interested parties to comment on these
                                              origin, that is owned, possessed or                     take legal or factual positions in civil              preliminary results.
                                              controlled by a Denied Person if such                   litigation or other civil proceedings in              DATES: Effective: September 24, 2015.
                                              service involves the use of any item                    which the U.S. Department of
                                                                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              subject to the Regulations that has been                Commerce is not a party.
                                                                                                                                                            Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office
                                              or will be exported from the United                        EIGHTH, that the Charging Letter, the              IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
                                              States. For purposes of this paragraph,                 Settlement Agreement, and this Order                  International Trade Administration,
                                              servicing means installation,                           shall be made available to the public.                U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
                                              maintenance, repair, modification or                                                                          Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                         NINTH, that this Order shall be
                                              testing.                                                                                                      Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
                                                                                                      served on Respondents, and shall be
                                                 FIFTH, after notice and opportunity                                                                        482–4037.
                                              for comment as provided in section                      published in the Federal Register.
                                                                                                         This Order, which constitutes the                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              766.23 of the Regulations, any person,
                                              firm, corporation, or business                          final agency action in this matter, is                Background
                                              organization related to a Denied Person                 effective immediately.5
                                              by affiliation, ownership, control, or                                                                           On December 23, 2014, Sino-Maple
                                                                                                        Issued this 18th day of September, 2015.            requested that the Department initiate
                                              position of responsibility in the conduct
                                                                                                      Richard R. Majauskas,                                 an expedited CCR to confirm that Sino-
                                              of trade or related services may also be
                                              made subject to the provisions of this                  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for            Maple is the successor-in-interest to
                                              Order for the applicable time periods,                  Export Enforcement.                                   Jiafeng for purposes of determining AD
                                              starting from the date of this Order, that              [FR Doc. 2015–24248 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am]           liabilities.2 For a complete description
                                              are set forth in Paragraph Sixth, below.                BILLING CODE P                                        of events that followed the initiation of
                                                 SIXTH, that the provisions of
                                                                                                                                                               1 See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed
                                              Paragraphs Third, Fourth, and Fifth,
                                                                                                                                                            Circumstances Review: Multilayered Wood Flooring
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                                              above, shall apply for the following                                                                          From the People’s Republic of China, 80 FR 13328
                                              periods of time:                                                                                              (March 13, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
                                                 A. As to Engineering Construction &                                                                           2 See Letter from Sino-Maple to the Department

                                              Contracting Co., and when acting for or                                                                       regarding, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
                                                                                                                                                            PRC: Request of Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and
                                              on its behalf, its successors, assigns,                   5 Review and consideration of this matter have
                                                                                                                                                            Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for Changed
                                              directors, officers, employees,                         been delegated to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of   Circumstances Review’’ (December 23, 2014) (‘‘CCR
                                              representatives, or agents, for a period of             Commerce for Export Enforcement.                      Request’’).



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                                              this review, see the Preliminary                        4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050;                           operations of the successor are not
                                              Decision Memorandum.3                                   4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050;                           materially dissimilar to that of its
                                                 Based on this information, the                       4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111;                           predecessor.7 Thus, if the record
                                              Department initiated this CCR on March                  4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131;                           demonstrates that, with respect to the
                                              13, 2015, explaining that, while there                  4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160;                           production and sale of the subject
                                              was sufficient evidence to initiate a                   4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100;                           merchandise, the new company
                                              CCR, the Department determined not to                   4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000;                           operates as the same business entity as
                                              conduct its review on an expedited                      4412.94.7000; 4412.94.8000;                           the predecessor company, the
                                              basis by publishing the preliminary                     4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500;                           Department may assign the new
                                              results in conjunction with its notice of               4412.99.0600; 4412.99.1020;                           company the cash deposit rate of its
                                              initiation. Specifically, we noted that                 4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040;                           predecessor.8 For a full description of
                                              the purported predecessor company,                      4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120;                           the methodology underlying our
                                              Jiafeng, was still in a 180-day                         4412.99.3130; 4412.99.3140;                           conclusions, see the Preliminary
                                              liquidation period. We stated that we                   4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160;                           Decision Memorandum.
                                              intended to issue additional                            4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100;
                                              questionnaires to Sino-Maple, as                                                                              Preliminary Determination of the
                                                                                                      4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5710;
                                              authorized by 19 CFR 351.221(b)(2),                                                                           Changed Circumstances Review
                                                                                                      4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000;
                                              upon completion of the 180-day                          4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000;                              Based on the record evidence, we
                                              liquidation period, seeking evidence                    4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000;                           preliminarily determine that Sino-
                                              that Jiafeng has been terminated and                    4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000;                           Maple is the successor-in-interest to
                                              that Jiafeng’s liquidation was                          4418.72.9500; and 9801.00.2500.                       Jiafeng because Sino-Maple operates
                                              completed.4 On June 22, 2015, Sino-                        While HTSUS subheadings are                        materially the same as Jiafeng with
                                              Maple submitted this evidence.5                         provided for convenience and customs                  respect to the subject merchandise,
                                              Scope of the Investigation                              purposes, the written description of the              albeit in a new location. Specifically, we
                                                                                                      subject merchandise is dispositive.                   find that any changes that may have
                                                The merchandise covered by the order                                                                        occurred after Jiafeng became Sino-
                                                                                                         A complete description of the scope
                                              includes multilayered wood flooring,                                                                          Maple did not constitute material
                                                                                                      of the order is contained in the
                                              subject to certain exceptions. Imports of                                                                     changes to management, supplier
                                                                                                      Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                              the subject merchandise are provided                                                                          relationships, customer relationships, or
                                                                                                      The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
                                              for under the following subheadings of                                                                        ownership/legal structure with respect
                                                                                                      is a public document and is on file
                                              the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the                                                                         to the production and sale of the subject
                                                                                                      electronically via Enforcement and
                                              United States (‘‘HTSUS’’): 4412.31.0520;                                                                      merchandise. A list of topics discussed
                                                                                                      Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                              4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560;                                                                                   in the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                      Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                              4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520;                                                                                   Memorandum appears in the Appendix
                                                                                                      Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                              4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050;                                                                                   to this notice.
                                                                                                      ACCESS is available to registered users
                                              4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4070;                                                                                      If the Department upholds these
                                                                                                      at http://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS
                                              4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135;                                                                                   preliminary results in the final results,
                                                                                                      is available to all parties in the Central
                                              4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165;                                                                                   Sino-Maple will be assigned the cash
                                                                                                      Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
                                              4412.31.3175; 4412.31.6000;                                                                                   deposit rate currently assigned to Jiafeng
                                                                                                      Department of Commerce building. In
                                              4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520;                                                                                   with respect to the subject merchandise
                                                                                                      addition, a complete version of the
                                              4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560;                                                                                   (i.e., 13.74 percent). We will also
                                                                                                      Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
                                              4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520;                                                                                   instruct U.S. Customs and Border
                                                                                                      be accessed directly at http://
                                              4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135;                                                                                   Protection to suspend liquidation of
                                                                                                      enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
                                              4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165;                                                                                   entries of multilayered wood flooring
                                                                                                      The signed Preliminary Decision
                                              4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185;                                                                                   exported by Sino-Maple, effective on the
                                                                                                      Memorandum and the electronic
                                              4412.32.5600; 4412.39.1000;                                                                                   publication date of the final results, at
                                                                                                      versions of the Preliminary Decision
                                              4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011;                                                                                   the AD cash deposit rate assigned to
                                                                                                      Memorandum are identical in content.
                                              4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019;                                                                                   Jiafeng.
                                              4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032;                             Methodology
                                              4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051;                                                                                   Public Comment
                                                                                                         In accordance with section 751(b)(1)
                                              4412.39.4052; 4412.39.4059;                             of the Act, we are conducting this CCR                   Interested parties may submit written
                                              4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062;                             based upon the information contained                  comments by no later than 30 days after
                                              4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010;                             in Sino-Maple’s submissions. In making                the date of publication of these
                                                 3 See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                                                                                      a successor-in-interest determination,                preliminary results of review in the
                                              Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and          the Department typically examines                     Federal Register.9 Rebuttals, limited to
                                              Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy                several factors including, but not                    issues raised in the written comments,
                                              Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and                 limited to, changes in: (1) Management;               may be filed by no later than five days
                                              Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision              (2) production facilities; (3) supplier               after the written comments are due.10
                                              Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
                                              Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review           relationships; and (4) customer base.6                Parties that submit written comments
                                              of Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s         While no single factor or combination of
                                                                                                                                                              7 See, e.g., Notice of Initiation of Antidumping
                                              Republic of China: Sino-Maple (JiangSu) Co., Ltd.’’     factors will necessarily be dispositive,
                                              (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’), dated                                                                  Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain
                                                                                                      the Department generally will consider
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                                              concurrently with, and adopted by, this notice.                                                               Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India, 71 FR
                                                 4 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR 13329.                the new company to be the successor to                327, 327 (January 4, 2006).
                                                 5 See Letter from Sino-Maple to the Department,      the predecessor if the resulting                        8 See, e.g., Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon

                                              regarding ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the                                                               From Norway; Final Results of Changed
                                              PRC: Voluntary (Third) Supplemental Changed               6 See, e.g., Certain Activated Carbon From the      Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative
                                              Circumstances Review Response of Sino-Maple             People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of   Review, 64 FR 9979, 9980 (March 1, 1999).
                                                                                                                                                              9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
                                              (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co.,      Changed Circumstances Review, 74 FR 19934,
                                              Ltd.,’’ dated June 22, 2015.                            19935 (April 30, 2009).                                 10 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).




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                                              57578                     Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 185 / Thursday, September 24, 2015 / Notices

                                              and rebuttals are encouraged to submit                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 the Agreement, the Department
                                              with each argument: (1) A statement of                                                                         determined, under section 734(b) of the
                                              the issue; (2) a brief summary of the                   International Trade Administration                     Act, that the Agreement would
                                              argument; and (3) a table of                            [A–821–808]                                            eliminate completely sales at less than
                                              authorities.11 All briefs are to be filed                                                                      fair value of the imported subject
                                              electronically using ACCESS.12 An                       Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel                     merchandise and, under section 734(d)
                                              electronically filed document must be                   Plate From the Russian Federation:                     of the Act, that suspension of the
                                              received successfully in its entirety by                Request for Comments                                   investigation was in the ‘‘public
                                              ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on                                                                            interest’’ and could be monitored
                                                                                                      AGENCY:  Enforcement & Compliance,                     effectively. Since implementation of the
                                              the day on which it is due.13                           International Trade Administration,                    Agreement in 2003, the Department has
                                                 Any interested party may request a                   Commerce.                                              been calculating semi-annual ‘‘normal
                                              hearing to the Assistant Secretary of                   ACTION: Invitation for Comment on                      values’’ (‘‘NVs’’), or minimum selling
                                              Enforcement and Compliance using                        Antidumping Suspension Agreement on                    prices, for Joint Stock Company
                                              ACCESS within 30 days of publication                    Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate               Severstal (‘‘Severstal’’), the one Russian
                                              of this notice in the Federal Register.14               from the Russian Federation.                           signatory producer that has requested
                                              Hearing requests should contain the                                                                            NVs.
                                                                                                      SUMMARY:    On May 5, 2015,                               On May 5, 2015, the domestic
                                              following information: (1) The party’s
                                                                                                      ArcelorMittal USA, Inc., Nucor                         interested parties filed a request that the
                                              name, address, and telephone number;
                                                                                                      Corporation, and SSAB North America                    Department terminate the Agreement
                                              (2) the number of participants; and (3)
                                                                                                      Division (collectively, ‘‘domestic                     because it is no longer in the public
                                              a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral              interested parties’’), filed with the U.S.
                                              presentations will be limited to issues                                                                        interest and because Severstal may have
                                                                                                      Department of Commerce                                 violated the Agreement. On May 14,
                                              raised in the briefs.15 If a request for a              (‘‘Department’’) a request to terminate
                                              hearing is made, parties will be notified                                                                      2015, the Ministry of Economic
                                                                                                      the 2003 Agreement Suspending the                      Development of the Russian Federation
                                              of the time and date for the hearing to                 Antidumping Investigation of Certain
                                              be held at the U.S. Department of                                                                              (‘‘Economy Ministry’’) filed a letter in
                                                                                                      Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from                  response to the domestic interested
                                              Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      the Russian Federation (‘‘Agreement’’)                 parties’ request to terminate the
                                              NW., Washington, DC 20230.16                            (‘‘request to terminate’’). For the reasons            Agreement. On May 18, 2015, Severstal
                                              Final Results of the Review                             stated in this notice, the Department is               filed a letter in response to the domestic
                                                                                                      requesting comments on whether                         interested parties’ request to terminate
                                                 In accordance with 19 CFR                            suspension of the investigation is no                  the Agreement.
                                              351.216(e), the Department intends to                   longer in the ‘‘public interest’’ under
                                              issue the final results of this CCR not                 sections 734(d) and 734(i) of the Tariff               Scope of Review
                                              later than 270 days after the date on                   Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’).                       The products covered by the
                                              which this review was initiated.                        DATES: Effective: September 24, 2015.                  Agreement are CTL plate from the
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       Russian Federation. This merchandise is
                                              Notification to Parties                                 Sally C. Gannon or Julie H. Santoboni,                 currently classified in the Harmonized
                                                The Department is issuing and                         Enforcement & Compliance,                              Tariff Schedule of the United States
                                                                                                      International Trade Administration,                    (HTS) under item numbers
                                              publishing these preliminary results in
                                                                                                      U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                      7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
                                              accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
                                                                                                      Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                    7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045,
                                              777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216                                                                        7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000,
                                                                                                      Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
                                              and 351.221.                                                                                                   7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000,
                                                                                                      482–0162 or (202) 482–3063,
                                                Dated: September 17, 2015.                            respectively.                                          7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
                                              Ronald K. Lorentzen,                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                             7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
                                              Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement                                                                     7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000,
                                              and Compliance.                                         Background                                             7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and
                                                                                                         In January 2003, the non-market                     7212.50.0000. Although the HTS
                                              Appendix                                                economy suspension agreement signed                    subheadings are provided for
                                              List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary             in October 1997 on cut-to-length carbon                convenience and customs purposes, our
                                              Decision Memorandum                                     steel plate (‘‘CTL plate’’) from the                   written description of the scope of the
                                                                                                      Russian Federation was replaced with a                 Agreement is dispositive. For a full
                                              I. Summary
                                                                                                      market-economy agreement with                          description of the scope of this
                                              II. Background
                                                                                                      Russian producers under section 734(b)                 Agreement, see Appendix B of the
                                              III. Scope of the Order
                                                                                                      of the Act. See Suspension of                          Agreement.
                                              IV. Preliminary Results of the Changed
                                                    Circumstances Review                              Antidumping Duty Investigation of                      Invitation for Comment
                                              V. Recommendation                                       Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
                                                                                                                                                               As discussed above, the Department
                                                                                                      from the Russian Federation, 68 FR
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–24191 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am]                                                                    has received a request to terminate the
                                                                                                      3859 (Jan. 27, 2003).1 In entering into
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                         Agreement from the domestic interested
                                                                                                        1 The underlying antidumping duty investigation      parties and is currently evaluating the
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                                                                                                      was continued in 1997, and the Department made         request. The Agreement, at Section F,
                                                11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) & (d)(2).                 an affirmative final determination of sales at less    provides that ‘‘{i}f the Department
                                                12 See 19 CFR 351.303(b) & (f).                       than fair value and the International Trade            determines that the Agreement is being
                                                13 See 19 CFR 351.303(b).                             Commission made an affirmative injury
                                                                                                      determination. See Notice of Final Determination of    or has been violated or no longer meets
                                                14 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
                                                                                                      Sales at Less than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length
                                                15 Id.
                                                                                                      Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation, 62     Plate from China, Russia, South Africa and
                                                16 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).                             FR 61787 (Nov. 19, 1997); Certain Carbon Steel         Ukraine, 62 FR 66128 (Dec. 17, 1997).



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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective: September 24, 2015.
ContactKrisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037.
FR Citation80 FR 57576 

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