65628 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 / Notices 

1See Memorandum from Commerce, re: ’’ 

Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 

Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. Antidumping Duty 

New Shipper Review, 2014–2015: Multilayered 

Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum) for a full description of the Scope 

of the Order. 

the start of the three-year term of the 

incoming members of the U.S. Section 

from December 1, 2018, to February 25, 

2019. The term will now expire on 

February 24, 2022. Nominations 

received in response to this notice will 

also be considered for on-going 

appointments to fill any future 

vacancies that may arise before February 

24, 2022. 

DATES: Applications for immediate 

consideration should be received no 

later than the close of business on 

January 22, 2019. After that date, 

applications will continue to be 

accepted until February 24, 2022, to fill 

any new vacancies that may arise. 

ADDRESSES: Please send requests for 

consideration to Raquel Silva, Office of 

Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, either by 

email at Raquel.Silva@trade.gov or by 

mail to U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 

30014, Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raquel Silva, Office of Latin America 

and the Caribbean, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, telephone: (202) 482–4157. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For more 

information on the United States-Brazil 

CEO Forum, please see 83 FR 51663 

(October 12, 2018), Request for 

Applicants for Appointment to the 

United States-Brazil CEO Forum. The 

terms of participation set out in 83 FR 

51663 also apply to the current selection 

process. The Terms of Reference of the 

CEO Forum may be viewed at http://

www.trade.gov/ceo-forum/. 

As delineated in 83 FR 51663 

(October 12, 2018), to be considered for 

membership, please submit the 

following information as instructed in 

the ADDRESSES and DATES captions 

above: Name(s) and title(s) of the 

individual(s) requesting consideration; 

name and address of company’s 

headquarters; location of incorporation; 

information that the company is U.S.- 

owned or U.S.-controlled; size of the 

company; size of company’s export 

trade, investment, and nature of 

operations or interest in Brazil; an 

affirmative statement that the applicant 

meets all Forum eligibility criteria and 

is neither registered nor required to 

register as a foreign agent under the 

Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 

as amended; and a brief statement of 

why the candidate should be 

considered, including information about 

the candidate’s ability to initiate and be 

responsible for activities in which the 

Forum will be active, and commitment 

to attending the majority of Forum 

meetings. Applications will be 

considered as they are received. All 

candidates will be notified of whether 

they have been selected. 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Alexander Peacher, 

Director for the Office of Latin America & 

the Caribbean. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–HE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–970] 

Multilayered Wood Flooring From the 

People’s Republic of China; 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty New Shipper Review; 2014–2015 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Muyun Wood Co., Ltd., (Muyun) 

has not made sales of subject 

merchandise at less than normal value. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results of 

review. 

DATES: Applicable December 21, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aleksandras Nakutis, 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) 482–3147. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

includes multilayered wood flooring 

(MLWF), subject to certain exceptions.1

The subject merchandise is currently 

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings: 4412.31.0520; 

4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560; 

4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 

4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050; 

4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4070; 

4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 

4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 

4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 

4412.31.6000; 4412.31.9100; 

4412.32.0520; 4412.32.0540; 

4412.32.0560; 4412.32.0565; 

4412.32.0570; 4412.32.2510; 

4412.32.2520; 4412.32.2525; 

4412.32.2530; 4412.32.3125; 

4412.32.3135; 4412.32.3155; 

4412.32.3165; 4412.32.3175; 

4412.32.3185; 4412.32.5600; 

4412.39.1000; 4412.39.3000; 

4412.39.4011; 4412.39.4012; 

4412.39.4019; 4412.39.4031; 

4412.39.4032; 4412.39.4039; 

4412.39.4051; 4412.39.4052; 

4412.39.4059; 4412.39.4061; 

4412.39.4062; 4412.39.4069; 

4412.39.5010; 4412.39.5030; 

4412.39.5050; 4412.94.1030; 

4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105; 

4412.94.3111; 4412.94.3121; 

4412.94.3131; 4412.94.3141; 

4412.94.3160; 4412.94.3171; 

4412.94.4100; 4412.94.5100; 

4412.94.6000; 4412.94.7000; 

4412.94.8000; 4412.94.9000; 

4412.94.9500; 4412.99.0600; 

4412.99.1020; 4412.99.1030; 

4412.99.1040; 4412.99.3110; 

4412.99.3120; 4412.99.3130; 

4412.99.3140; 4412.99.3150; 

4412.99.3160; 4412.99.3170; 

4412.99.4100; 4412.99.5100; 

4412.99.5105; 4412.99.5115; 

4412.99.5710; 4412.99.6000; 

4412.99.7000; 4412.99.8000; 

4412.99.9000; 4412.99.9500; 

4418.71.2000; 4418.71.9000; 

4418.72.2000; 4418.72.9500; and 

9801.00.2500. 

The HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.214. Commerce calculated export 

prices in accordance with section 772 of 

the Act. Because the People’s Republic 

of China (China) is a nonmarket 

economy country (NME) within the 

meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, 

Commerce calculated normal value in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, dated 

concurrently with these results and 

hereby adopted by 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 in the 


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2See 19 CFR 351.309(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

3See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

4See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

5See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

6 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied 

the assessment rate calculation method adopted in 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012). 

7For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 

(October 24, 2011). 

Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum and 

the electronic versions of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Preliminary Results of New Shipper 

Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period of 

review (POR) December 1, 2014, 

through May 31, 2015: 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd ................................................... Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd .................................................. 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose 

calculations performed for these 

preliminary results to the parties within 

five days of the date of publication of 

this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.2 Rebuttals 

to case briefs may be filed no later than 

five days after the time limit for filing 

case briefs.3 A table of contents, list of 

authorities used, and an executive 

summary of issues should accompany 

any briefs submitted to Commerce. This 

summary should be limited to five pages 

total, including footnotes. 

Any interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication of 

this notice.4 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. 

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 20230.5

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this new shipper review, 

which will include the results of its 

analysis of issues raised in any such 

comments, within 90 days of 

publication of these preliminary results, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 

the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuing the final results of this 

new shipper review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this new shipper review. If the 

individually examined respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

above de minimis, we will calculate 

importer-specific ad valorem duty 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for the importer’s examined sales to the 

total entered value of those same sales 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).6

We will instruct CBP to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this new shipper 

review when the importer-specific 

assessment rate calculated in the final 

results of this review is above de 

minimis. Where either the respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

Commerce announced a refinement to 

its assessment practice in NME cases. 

Pursuant to this refinement in practice, 

for entries that were not reported in the 

U.S. sales databases submitted by 

Muyun for this new shipper review, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

such entries at the China-wide rate. In 

addition, if Commerce determines that 

the exporter under review had no 

shipments of the subject merchandise, 

any suspended entries that entered 

under that exporter’s case number (i.e., 

at that exporter’s rate) will be liquidated 

at the China-wide rate.7

The final results of this new shipper 

review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by the 

final results of this review and for future 

deposits of estimated duties, where 

applicable. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

new shipper review for shipments of the 

subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the 

companies listed above that have a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be that rate established in the final 

results of this new shipper review 

(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 

then a zero cash deposit will be 

required); (2) for previously investigated 

or reviewed China and non-China 

exporters not listed above that received 

a separate rate in a prior segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing producer/ 

exporter-specific combination rate; (3) 

for all China exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not been found 

to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be that for the Chinawide entity, or 58.84 percent; and (4) for 

all non-China exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the PRC 

producer/exporter combination that 

supplied that non-China exporter. These 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 


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65630 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 / Notices 

1See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amended 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 76 

FR 76690 (December 8, 2011), as amended in 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012) 

(collectively, Order). 

2See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the 

non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from 

James P. Maeder, Associate Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Results in the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China; 2016–2017,’’ (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 

8058 (February 23, 2018) (Initiation Notice); see 

also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 16298 (April 

16, 2018) (initiating with respect to Double F 

Limited), and Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 

19215 (May 2, 2018) (initiating with respect to the 

China-wide entity). 

4See Huzhou Jesonwood’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of 

Review Request in the 6th Administrative Review 

of the Antidumping Duty Order on Multilayered 

Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated March 14, 2018; American 

Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring’s 

(Petitioner’s) Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring 

from the People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review, in Part,’’ dated 

March 24, 2017; CDC Distributors, Inc.’s Letter, 

‘‘Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China: Partial Withdrawal of 

Administrative Review Request,’’ dated March 24, 

2017; Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 

Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review, 

in Part,’’ dated May 3, 2018; and Dalian Penghong 

and Jisen Wood’s letter, ‘‘Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 

Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’ 

dated May 7, 2018. 

5See Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., et al. v. 

United States, Ct. No. 12–20, Slip Op. 18–82 (Court 

of Int’l Trade July 3, 2018) and Changzhou Hawd 

Flooring Co., et al. v. United States, Ct. No. 12–20, 

Dkt. No. 199 (Court of Int’l Trade Aug. 15, 2018). 

See also Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amendment to Notice 

of Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Second 

Amended Final Determination and Amendment to 

Notice of Third Amended Final Determination of 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 83 FR 44027 

(August 29, 2018). 

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.214. 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Scope of the Order 

4. Discussion of the Methodology 

5. Bona Fide Sale Analysis 

6. Non-Market Economy Country Status 

7. Separate Rate 

8. Absence of De Jure Control 

9. Absence of De Facto Control 

10. Surrogate Country 

11. Economic Comparability 

12. Significant Producer of Comparable 

Merchandise 

13. Data Availability 

14. Date of Sale 

15. Fair Value Comparisons 

16. Differential Pricing Analysis 

17. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

18. U.S. Price 

19. Value Added Tax 

20. Normal Value 

21. Factor Valuations 

22. Currency Conversion 

23. Section 777A(f) of the Act 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–970] 

Multilayered Wood Flooring From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2016–2017 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain exporters subject to this 

administrative review made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value (NV). Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary results 

of review. 

DATES: Applicable December 21, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Bowen or William Horn, 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) 482–0768 or 

(202) 482–4868, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 1

The product covered by the Order is 

wood flooring from China. For a 

complete description of the scope of this 

administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2

Partial Rescission of Review 

We initiated a review of 146 

companies and the China-wide entity 

for this segment of the proceeding.3 All 

requests for review of the following 

producers/exporters were timely 

withdrawn: Dalian Penghong Floor 

Products Co., Ltd. (Dalian Penghong), 

Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing 

Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinqiu Wooden 

Product Co., Ltd., Huzhou Jesonwood 

Co., Ltd. (Huzhou Jesonwood), and 

Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., 

Ltd. (Jisen Wood).4 Additionally, the 

Order was revoked with respect to the 

following companies: Armstrong Wood 

Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Fine 

Furniture (Shanghai) Limited and 

Double F Limited, and Jisen Wood.5

Lastly, we inadvertently initiated the 

review with respect to Baroque Timber 

Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., 

despite no request for review of this 

company.6 Accordingly, Commerce is 

rescinding the administrative review 

with respect to these eight 

companies.7 See Appendix II for a 

complete list of these companies. 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on an analysis of information 

from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), no shipment 

certifications, and other record 

information, we preliminarily determine 

that 18 companies had no shipments of 

subject merchandise during the period 


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