Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is partially rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring (Wood flooring) from the P...
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is partially rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring (Wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
DATES:
Applicable July 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Suzanne Lam, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 482-0783, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 6, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on wood flooring from China.[1]
Pursuant to requests from interested parties, Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to 166 companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).[2]
Subsequent to the initiation of the administrative review, the petitioner and a domestic interested party [3]
timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review of 162 companies, as discussed below. As a result, all review requests were withdrawn for 91 of these 162 companies.[4]
There are active review requests on the record for the remaining 71 companies.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation.[5]
All requests for an administrative review were withdrawn by the established deadline, June 25, 2020, for the companies listed in the Appendix.[6]
As a result, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The instant review will continue with respect to the remaining companies in our initiation notice.[7]
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
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Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: July 10, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.
2. American Pacific Plywood, Inc.
3. Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.
4. Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
5. Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
6. Changbai Mountain Development And Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.
7. Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.
8. Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd.
9. Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.
10. Dalian Deerfu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
11. Dalian Guhua Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
12. Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd.
13. Dalian Jinda Wood Products Corporation
14. Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
15. Dalian Meisen Woodworking
16. Dalian Xinjinghua Wood Co., Ltd.
17. Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co. Ltd.
18. Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
19. Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.
20. Fujian Wuyishan Werner Green Industry Co., Ltd.
4.
We note that Riverside Plywood Corporation has reported that Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd. (Suzhou Times) is a cross-owned company and Commerce has treated Suzhou Times as a cross-owned company of Riverside Plywood Corporation in previous administrative reviews. Therefore, because Riverside Plywood Corporation remains under review, we are not rescinding the administrative review for Suzhou Times based on the petitioner's request to rescind the review for Suzhou Times.
See
Riverside Plywood Corporation's June 4, 2020 Affiliation Response.
5.
On April 24, 2020, Commerce decided to toll all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days.
See
Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,” dated April 24, 2020. Therefore, Commerce tolled the deadline for the withdrawal of the requests for this administrative review until June 25, 2020.
6.
See
Domestic Interested Party's Letter, “Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for Review—CY 2018 CVD Review Period,” dated May 6, 2020; and Petitioner's Letter, “Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated June 25, 2020.