81 FR 12462 - Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 46 (March 9, 2016)

As a result of this second sunset review, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12462-12463]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05307]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this second sunset review, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping 
duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping, at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective March 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, 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-
2769.

Background

    On January 4, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from 
the PRC.\1\ On November 3, 2015, the Department published the notice of 
initiation of the second sunset review of the Order pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act'').\2\ On November 
18, 2015, the Department received a notice of intent to participate in 
the sunset review from domestic interested parties.\3\ This notice was 
filed within the time period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ 
On December 3,

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2015, the domestic interested parties filed a substantive response 
within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ The 
Department did not receive a substantive response from any respondent 
interested party. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an 
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 
From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005) 
(``Order'').
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Review, 80 FR 67705 
(November 3, 2015) (``Sunset Initiation'').
    \3\ The Domestic interested parties are the American Furniture 
Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade (``Committee'') and Vaughan-
Bassett Furniture Company, Inc. (``Vaughan-Basset) (collectively 
``Domestic Interested Parties''). These parties stated that the 
Committee and each of its members (including Vaughan-Bassett) intend 
to participate in this sunset review. Local Union 2445, and 
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Local 991 stated 
their willingness to participate in this sunset review and support 
the continuation of the Order.
    \4\ See Letter from Domestic Interested Parties ``Re: Second 
Five-Year (Sunset) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated November 18, 2015.
    \5\ See Letter from Domestic Interested Parties ``Re: Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China/The Domestic 
Industry's Substantive Response To The Notice Of Initiation'' dated 
December 3, 2015 (``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive 
Response'').
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is wooden bedroom furniture, 
subject to certain exceptions.\6\ Imports of subject merchandise are 
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') subheadings: 9403.50.9042 and 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as 
``wooden . . . beds'' and under subheading 9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as 
``other . . . wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom.'' In 
addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden footboards for beds, 
wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds may also be 
entered under subheading 9403.50.9042 or 9403.50.9045 of the HTSUS as 
``parts of wood.'' Subject merchandise may also be entered under 
subheadings 9403.50.9041, 9403.60.8081, or 9403.20.0018. Further, 
framed glass mirrors may be entered under subheading 7009.92.1000 or 
7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors . . . framed.'' The 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice, provides a 
full description of the scope of the Order.\7\
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    \6\ See Order, 70 FR at 329.
    \7\ For a full description of the scope of the order, including 
exclusions, see the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China'' from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (``Decision Memorandum'').
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    The 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 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the 
Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum 
include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping, the 
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to be 
revoked, and duty absorption.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to section 752(c)(3) of the Act, the Department determines 
that revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the dumping margins 
likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 
198.08 percent.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only 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. Timely 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: March 2, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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