81 FR 21316 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-08235 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 21316-21319] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08235] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-031] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain iron mechanical transfer drive components (``ITDCs'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We invite interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander, Robert Galantucci, and Robert Bolling, 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) 482-0182, (202) 482-2923, or (202) 482-3434, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope Comments In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\1\ we set aside a period of time in our Initiation Notice for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage, and we encouraged all parties to submit comments within 20 calendar days of the signature date of that notice.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (``Preamble''). \2\ See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 80 FR 73722 (November 25, 2015). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We received several comments concerning the scope of the antidumping duty (``AD'') and CVD investigations of ITDCs from the PRC and Canada. On March 30, 2016, Petitioner filed an amendment to the scope to exclude certain finished torsional vibration dampeners (``TVDs''), as defined in the amended scope.\3\ Petitioner also noted that it is considering a potential additional exclusion to the scope to cover certain parts of TVDs.\4\ Also, on March 30, 2016, NOK Wuxi notified the Department of its intent to withdraw from participation in this investigation, contingent on the Department's acceptance and inclusion of Petitioner's amendment to the scope.\5\ Because Petitioner's proposed scope amendment was filed two days before the due date for the preliminary determination, the Department does not have sufficient time before the fully extended scheduled signature due date of the CVD preliminary determination to consider this proposed amendment to the scope. However, the Department will evaluate the scope comments and intends to issue its preliminary decision regarding the scope of the AD and CVD investigations in the preliminary determination of the companion antidumping investigations, which are due for signature on May 31, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Submission of Petitioner, ``Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from Canada and the People's Republic of China: Petitioner's Amendment to the Scope,'' dated March 30, 2016. \4\ Id. \5\ See Submission of NOK Wuxi, ``Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal from Investigation,'' dated March 30, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are ITDCs from the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix II to this notice. Methodology The Department is conducting this countervailing duty (``CVD'') investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the [[Page 21317]] recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. 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 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/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. \7\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department notes that, in making these findings, we relied, in part, on facts available and, because we find that one or more respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to the Department's requests for information, we drew an adverse inference where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise available.\8\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alignment As noted in the Preliminary Determination Memorandum, based on a request made by the petitioner TB Wood's Incorporated, we are aligning the final CVD investigation in this investigation with the final determination in the companion AD investigation of ITDCs in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4).\9\ Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than August 14, 2016, unless postponed.\10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the People's Republic of China: Petitioner's Request to Align the Countervailing Duty Final Determination with the Companion Antidumping Duty Final Determination,'' dated March 24, 2016. \10\ We note that the current deadline for the final AD determination is August 14, 2016, which is a Sunday. Pursuant to Department practice, the signature date will be the next business day, which is Monday, August 15, 2016. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent closure of the Federal Government. See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by four business days. The revised deadline for the preliminary determination of this investigation is now April 1, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated an individual estimated countervailable subsidy rate for each exporter/producer of the subject merchandise individually investigated. Additionally, in accordance with sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for companies not individually investigated, we apply an ``all-others'' rate, which is normally calculated by weight averaging the subsidy rates of the companies selected for individual investigation by those companies' exports of the subject merchandise to the United States, excluding rates that are zero or de minimis or any rates determined entirely on the facts otherwise available. Accordingly, in these preliminary results, we have calculated the ``all-others'' rate by weight-averaging the calculated subsidy rates of the two individually investigated respondents, using the respondent's publicly-ranged sales data for exports of subject merchandise to the United States.\12\ We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination Margin Calculation for All-Others,'' dated concurrently with this memorandum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy rate Exporter/Producer (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOK (Wuxi) Vibration Control China Co., Ltd., and 2.68 Wuxi NOK--Freudenberg Oil Seal Co., Ltd............. Powermach Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Sichuan), 33.94 Sichuan Dawn Precision Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan Dawn Foundry Co. Ltd., and Powermach Machinery Co., Ltd................................................. Changzhou Baoxin Metallurgy Equipment Manufacturing 166.77 Co. Ltd.*........................................... Changzhou Changjiang Gear Co., Ltd.*................. 166.77 Changzhou Gangyou Lifting Equipment Co., Ltd.*....... 166.77 Changzhou Juling Foundry Co., Ltd.*.................. 166.77 Changzhou Liangjiu Mechanical Manufacturing Co Ltd.*. 166.77 Changzhou New Century Sprocket Group Company *....... 166.77 Changzhou Xiangjin Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.*.... 166.77 FIT Bearings*........................................ 166.77 Fuzhou Minyue Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd.*..... 166.77 Hangzhou Chinabase Machinery Co., Ltd.*.............. 166.77 Hangzhou Ever Power Transmission Group *............. 166.77 Hangzhou Vision Chain Transmission Co., Ltd.*........ 166.77 Hangzhou Xingda Machinery Co., Ltd.*................. 166.77 Henan Xinda International Trading Co., Ltd.*......... 166.77 Henan Zhiyuan Machinery Sprocket Co. Ltd.*........... 166.77 Jiangsu Songlin Automobile Parts Co., Ltd.*.......... 166.77 Martin Sprocket & Gear (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.*........ 166.77 Ningbo Blue Machines Co., Ltd.*...................... 166.77 [[Page 21318]] Ningbo Fulong Synchronous Belt Co., Ltd.*............ 166.77 Ningbo Royu Machinery Co., Ltd.*..................... 166.77 Praxair Surface Technologies*........................ 166.77 Qingdao Dazheng Jin Hao International Trade Co., 166.77 Ltd.*............................................... Quanzhou Licheng Xintang Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. 166.77 (``XTP Auto Parts'')*............................... Shangyu Shengtai Machinery Co., Ltd.*................ 166.77 Shenzhen Derui Sourcing Co., Ltd.*................... 166.77 Shengzhou Shuangdong Machinery Co., Ltd.*............ 166.77 Shengzhou Xinglong Machinery *....................... 166.77 Sichuan Reach Jiayuan Machinery Co. Ltd.*............ 166.77 Tran-Auto Industries Co. Ltd.*....................... 166.77 Ubet Machinery *..................................... 166.77 All-Others........................................... 15.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Non-cooperative company to which an adverse facts available rate is being applied. See ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences,'' section in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all entries of ITDCs from the PRC as described in the ``Scope of the Investigation'' that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, and to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the amounts indicated above. Verification As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify the information submitted by the respondents prior to making our final determination. International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of our determination. In addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information relating to this investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or under an administrative protective order, without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination within 45 days after the Department makes its final determination. Disclosure and Public Comment The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations performed in connection with this preliminary determination within five days of its public announcement.\13\ Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as request a hearing.\14\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: April 1, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Alignment IV. Scope Comments V. Scope of the Investigation VI. Injury Test VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports from the PRC VIII. Subsidies Valuation IX. Benchmarks and Interest Rates X. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences XI. Analysis of Programs XII. Disclosure and Public Comment XIII. Conclusion Appendix II Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are iron mechanical transfer drive components, whether finished or unfinished (i.e., blanks or castings). Subject iron mechanical transfer drive components are in the form of wheels or cylinders with a center bore hole that may have one or more grooves or teeth in their outer circumference that guide or mesh with a flat or ribbed belt or like device and are often referred to as sheaves, pulleys, flywheels, flat pulleys, idlers, conveyer pulleys, synchronous sheaves, and timing pulleys. The products covered by this investigation also include bushings, which are iron mechanical transfer drive components in the form of a cylinder and which fit into the bore holes of other mechanical transfer drive components to lock them into drive shafts by means of elements such as teeth, bolts, or screws. Iron mechanical transfer drive components subject to this investigation are those not less than 4.00 inches (101 mm) in the maximum nominal outer diameter. Unfinished iron mechanical transfer drive components (i.e., blanks or castings) possess the approximate shape of the finished iron mechanical transfer drive component and have not yet been machined to final specification after the initial casting, forging or like operations. These machining processes may include cutting, punching, notching, boring, threading, mitering, or chamfering. Subject merchandise includes iron mechanical transfer drive components as defined above that have been finished or machined in a third country, including but not limited to finishing/machining processes such as cutting, punching, notching, boring, threading, mitering, or chamfering, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the iron mechanical transfer drive components. Subject iron mechanical transfer drive components are covered by the scope of the investigation regardless of width, design, or iron type (e.g., gray, white, or ductile iron). Subject iron mechanical transfer drive components are covered by the scope of the investigation regardless of whether they have non-iron attachments or parts and regardless of whether they are entered with other mechanical transfer drive components or as part of a mechanical transfer drive assembly (which typically includes one or more of the iron mechanical transfer drive components identified above, and which may also include other parts such as a belt, coupling and/or shaft). When entered as a mechanical transfer drive assembly, only the iron components that meet the physical description of covered merchandise are covered merchandise, not the other components in the mechanical transfer drive assembly (e.g., belt, coupling, shaft). [[Page 21319]] For purposes of this investigation, a covered product is of ``iron'' where the article has a carbon content of 1.7 percent by weight or above, regardless of the presence and amount of additional alloying elements. The merchandise covered by this investigation is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheadings 8483.30.8090, 8483.50.6000, 8483.50.9040, 8483.50.9080, 8483.90.3000, 8483.90.8080. Covered merchandise may also enter under the following HTSUS subheadings: 7325.10.0080, 7325.99.1000, 7326.19.0010, 7326.19.0080, 8431.31.0040, 8431.31.0060, 8431.39.0010, 8431.39.0050, 8431.39.0070, 8431.39.0080, and 8483.50.4000. These HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2016-08235 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: or other forms of information comments within 20 calendar days of
Requests for additional information or technology. the signature date of that notice.2
copies of the information collection Comments submitted in response to We received several comments
instrument and instructions should be this notice will be summarized and/or concerning the scope of the
directed to Scott D. McBride, Senior included in the request for OMB antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) and CVD
Counsel for Trade Remedies and approval of this information collection; investigations of ITDCs from the PRC
Foreign Trade Zones, Office of the Chief they also will become a matter of public and Canada. On March 30, 2016,
Counsel for Trade Enforcement and record. Petitioner filed an amendment to the
Compliance, Room 3622, U.S. Dated: April 5, 2016. scope to exclude certain finished
Department of Commerce, 14th and torsional vibration dampeners
Glenna Mickelson,
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, (‘‘TVDs’’), as defined in the amended
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–6292; scope.3 Petitioner also noted that it is
Information Officer.
fax: 202–482–4912; Scott.McBride@ considering a potential additional
[FR Doc. 2016–08177 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 am]
trade.gov. exclusion to the scope to cover certain
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parts of TVDs.4 Also, on March 30,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
2016, NOK Wuxi notified the
I. Abstract Department of its intent to withdraw
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The regulations (19 CFR 358.101 from participation in this investigation,
through 358.104) provide procedures for International Trade Administration contingent on the Department’s
requesting the Secretary of Commerce to acceptance and inclusion of Petitioner’s
[C–570–031] amendment to the scope.5 Because
permit the importation of supplies, such
as food, clothing, and medical, surgical, Petitioner’s proposed scope amendment
Countervailing Duty Investigation of was filed two days before the due date
and other supplies, for use in emergency Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive
relief work free of antidumping and for the preliminary determination, the
Components From the People’s Department does not have sufficient
countervailing duties. Republic of China: Preliminary time before the fully extended
Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1318(a). There are no Affirmative Determination and scheduled signature due date of the
proposed changes to this information Alignment of Final Determination With CVD preliminary determination to
collection. Final Antidumping Duty Determination consider this proposed amendment to
II. Method of Collection AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, the scope. However, the Department
Three copies of the request must be International Trade Administration, will evaluate the scope comments and
submitted in writing to the Secretary of Department of Commerce. intends to issue its preliminary decision
Commerce, Attention: Import SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce regarding the scope of the AD and CVD
Administration, Central Records Unit, (the Department) preliminarily investigations in the preliminary
Room 1870, U.S. Department of determines that countervailable determination of the companion
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue subsidies are being provided to antidumping investigations, which are
NW., Washington, DC 20230. producers and exporters of certain iron due for signature on May 31, 2016.
mechanical transfer drive components Scope of the Investigation
III. Data (‘‘ITDCs’’) from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’). The period of The products covered by this
OMB Control Number: 0625–0256.
investigation is January 1, 2014, through investigation are ITDCs from the PRC.
Form Number(s): None.
December 31, 2014. We invite interested For a complete description of the scope
Type of Review: Regular submission.
parties to comment on this preliminary of this investigation, see Appendix II to
Affected Public: Business or other for-
determination. this notice.
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2016. Methodology
Estimated Time per Response: 15 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department is conducting this
Hours. Brandon Farlander, Robert Galantucci, countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)
Estimated Total Annual Burden and Robert Bolling, AD/CVD investigation in accordance with section
Hours: 15 Hours. Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Compliance, International Trade amended (‘‘the Act’’). For each of the
Public: less than $450. Administration, U.S. Department of subsidy programs found
IV. Request for Comments Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution countervailable, we preliminarily
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether telephone (202) 482–0182, (202) 482– financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
the proposed collection of information 2923, or (202) 482–3434, respectively. that gives rise to a benefit to the
is necessary for the proper performance
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
of the functions of the agency, including 2 See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive
whether the information shall have Scope Comments Components From the People’s Republic of China:
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 80
In accordance with the preamble to FR 73722 (November 25, 2015).
agency’s estimate of the burden
the Department’s regulations,1 we set 3 See Submission of Petitioner, ‘‘Certain Iron
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
(including hours and cost) of the
aside a period of time in our Initiation Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from
proposed collection of information; (c) Canada and the People’s Republic of China:
Notice for parties to raise issues
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Petitioner’s Amendment to the Scope,’’ dated
regarding product coverage, and we March 30, 2016.
clarity of the information to be
encouraged all parties to submit 4 Id.
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 5 See Submission of NOK Wuxi, ‘‘Certain Iron
burden of the collection of information 1 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the
on respondents, including through the Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal from
use of automated collection techniques (‘‘Preamble’’). Investigation,’’ dated March 30, 2016.
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For purposes of this investigation, a remain unchanged from the Preliminary building, room B8024. In addition, a
covered product is of ‘‘iron’’ where the article Results. complete version of the Issues and
has a carbon content of 1.7 percent by weight Decision Memorandum can be accessed
DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2016.
or above, regardless of the presence and directly on the internet at http://
amount of additional alloying elements. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
The merchandise covered by this Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
investigation is currently classifiable under IV, Enforcement and Compliance, Issues and Decision Memorandum and
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United International Trade Administration, electronic version of the Issues and
States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings 8483.30.8090, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Decision Memorandum are identical in
8483.50.6000, 8483.50.9040, 8483.50.9080, Street and Constitution Avenue NW., content.
8483.90.3000, 8483.90.8080. Covered
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) Separate Rates
merchandise may also enter under the
following HTSUS subheadings: 482–2769. In the Preliminary Results, the
7325.10.0080, 7325.99.1000, 7326.19.0010, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Department determined that seven
7326.19.0080, 8431.31.0040, 8431.31.0060, companies under review, including
8431.39.0010, 8431.39.0050, 8431.39.0070,
Background
Shanghai Jian Pu, the sole mandatory
8431.39.0080, and 8483.50.4000. These For a complete description of the respondent, did not establish their
HTSUS subheadings are provided for events that followed the publication of
convenience and customs purposes. The
eligibility for separate rate status and
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues would be treated as part of the PRC-
written description of the scope of the and Decision Memorandum 2 which is
investigation is dispositive. wide entity.5 We only received
dated concurrently with, and hereby comments on the Preliminary Results
[FR Doc. 2016–08235 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 a.m.] adopted by, this notice. from Petitioners, which agreed with our
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Scope of the Order preliminary separate rates
determination with respect to Shanghai
The product covered by the order is Jian Pu and did not comment on any
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE wooden bedroom furniture, subject to other entity under review. In these final
certain exceptions.3 Imports of subject results of review, we continue to
International Trade Administration merchandise are classified under the determine that these seven companies
[A–570–890] Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the should be treated as part of the PRC-
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings: wide entity because they have not
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the 9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, established their separate rate eligibility.
People’s Republic of China: Final 9403.50.9080, 9403.50.9041, Because no party requested a review of
Results and Final Determination of No 9403.60.8081, 9403.20.0018, the PRC-wide entity, we are not
Shipments, In Part: 2014 9403.90.8041, 7009.92.1000 or conducting a review of the PRC-wide
Administrative Review 7009.92.5000. Although the HTSUS entity.6 Thus, there is no change to the
subheadings are provided for rate for the PRC-wide entity. The
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, convenience and customs purposes, the
International Trade Administration, existing rate for the PRC-wide entity is
written product description in the Order 216.01 percent.
Department of Commerce. remains dispositive.4
SUMMARY: On December 14, 2015, the Final Determination of No Shipments
Department of Commerce (the Analysis of the Comments Received
In the Preliminary Results, we
‘‘Department’’) published the The issues raised in Petitioners’ case determined that 11 companies subject to
preliminary results of the tenth brief are addressed in the Issues and this AR had no shipments during the
administrative review (‘‘AR’’) of the Decision Memorandum. A list of the POR.7 We received no comments
antidumping duty order on wooden issues addressed in the Issues and
bedroom furniture (‘‘WBF’’) from the Decision Memorandum is appended to 5 See Preliminary Results at 80 FR 7576. The six
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), in this notice. The Issues and Decision companies that did not establish their eligibility for
accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) of Memorandum is a public document and a separate rate, other than Shanghai Jian Pu, are: (1)
Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai; (2) Dongguan
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the is on file electronically via Enforcement Hung Sheng Artware Products Co., Ltd., Coronal
Act’’).1 The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is and Compliance’s Antidumping and Enterprise Co., Ltd.; (3) Hualing Furniture (China)
January 1, 2014, through December 31, Countervailing Duty Centralized Co., Ltd., Tony House Manufacture (China) Co.,
2014. The AR covers 18 PRC exporters Electronic Services System (‘‘ACCESS’’). Ltd., Buysell Investments Ltd., Tony House
Industries Co., Ltd.; (4) Orient International Holding
of subject merchandise, of which the ACCESS is available to registered users Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; (5) Prime Wood
Department selected one company for at http://access.trade.gov and it is International Co., Ltd, Prime Best International Co.,
individual examination, Shanghai Jian available to all parties in the Central Ltd., Prime Best Factory, Liang Huang (Jiaxing)
Enterprise Co., Ltd.; and (6) Woodworth Wooden
Pu Import & Export Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shanghai Records Unit of the main Department Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.
Jian Pu’’). The Department invited 6 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
interested parties to comment on the 2 See the memorandum from Christian Marsh,
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Preliminary Results. We received Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
comments from the American Furniture Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
Manufactures Committee for Legal Compliance, ‘‘Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the FR 65963, 65969–70 (November 4, 2013).
Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture People’s Republic of China: Issues and Decision 7 The 11 companies with no shipments during the
Company, Inc. (‘‘Petitioners’’). No other Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2014 POR are: (1) Clearwise Co., Ltd.; (2) Dongguan
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Administrative Review’’ (‘‘Issues and Decision Chengcheng Furniture Co., Ltd.; (3) Dongguan
party commented. After consideration of Memorandum’’). Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.; (4) Eurosa (Kunshan)
Petitioners’ comments, our final results 3 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Co., Ltd., Eurosa Furniture Co., (Pte) Ltd.; (5)
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Golden Well International (HK) Ltd.; (6) Hangzhou
1 See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the Cadman Trading Co., Ltd.; (7) Rizhao Sanmu
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, Woodworking Co., Ltd.; (8) Shenyang Shining
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014, 80 2005) (‘‘Order’’). Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.; (9) Wuxi Yushea
FR 77321 (December 14, 2015) (‘‘Preliminary 4 For a complete description of the scope of the Furniture Co., Ltd.; (10) Yeh Brothers World Trade
Results’’). Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Continued
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