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file in the Central Records Unit, room 

B–099 of the Department’s main 

building. Therefore, the Department is 

extending the time limit for completion 

of the final results by 60 days. We 

intend to issue the final results of 

review no later than February 5, 2005.

This extension is in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: November 8, 2004.

Jeffrey A. May,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration.

[FR Doc. E4–3200 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–890] 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture From the People’s Republic 

of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final determination of 

sales at less than fair value. 

SUMMARY: On June 24, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce published its 

preliminary determination of sales at 

less than fair value in the antidumping 

investigation of wooden bedroom 

furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. On August 5, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce published an 

amended preliminary determination of 

sales at less than fair value. On 

September 9, 2004, the Department of 

Commerce published an amended 

preliminary determination of sales at 

less than fair value. The period of 

investigation is April 1, 2003, through 

September 30, 2003. The investigation 

covers seven manufacturers/exporters 

which are mandatory respondents and 

115 Section A respondents. We invited 

interested parties to comment on our 

preliminary determination of sales at 

less than fair value. Based on our 

analysis of the comments we received, 

we have made changes to our 

calculations for all mandatory 

respondents. The final dumping 

margins for this investigation are listed 

in the ‘‘Final Determination Margins’’

section below.

DATES: Effective November 17, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Bertrand or Robert Bolling, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3207 

and (202) 482–3434, respectively. 

Final Determination 

We determine that wooden bedroom 

furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’) is being, or is likely to 

be, sold in the United States at Less 

Than Fair Value (‘‘LTFV’’) as provided 

in section 735 of Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’). The estimated margins of sales at 

LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Final 

Determination Margins’’ section of this 

notice. 

Case History 

The Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published its preliminary 

determination of sales at LTFV on June 

24, 2004. See Notice of Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China, 69 FR 35312 (June 24, 2004) 

(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’). The 

Department conducted verification of 

the mandatory respondents in both the 

PRC and the United States (where 

applicable), with the exception of Tech 

Lane Wood Mfg. and Kee Jia Wood Mfg. 

(‘‘Tech Lane’’), and certain Section A 

respondents’ data in the PRC. See the 

Verification Section below for 

additional information. On August 5, 

2004, the Department published an 

amended preliminary determination. 

See Notice of Amended Preliminary 

Antidumping Duty Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Wooden 

Bedroom Furniture From the People’s 

Republic of China, 69 FR 47417 (August 

5, 2004) (‘‘Amendment 1’’). On August 

17, 2004, parties submitted surrogatevalue information. On August 30, 2004, 

the Department issued a memorandum 

regarding the request for treatment of 

the Chinese wooden bedroom furniture 

industry as market-oriented. See 

Memorandum to James J. Jochum from 

Jeffrey May, Request for MarketOriented Industry (‘‘MOI’’) Treatment, 

dated August 30, 2004 (‘‘MOI 

Memorandum’’), and MOI section 

below. On August 31, 2004, the 

Department released a clarification 

regarding the scope of this investigation 

and explained that jewelry armoires and 

cheval mirrors are not within the scope 

of the investigation. See Issue and 

Decision Memorandum Concerning 

Jewelry Armoires and Cheval Mirrors, 

dated August 31, 2004. On September 9, 

2004, the Department published another 

amended preliminary determination. 

See Notice of Amended Preliminary 

Antidumping Duty Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Amendment to the Scope: Wooden 

Bedroom Furniture From the People’s 

Republic of China, 69 FR 54643 

(September 9, 2004) (‘‘Amendment 2’’). 

On September 28, 2004, the Department 

issued a memorandum clarifying which 

types of mirrors are within the scope of 

this investigation. See Issue and 

Decision Memorandum Concerning 

Mirrors, dated September 28, 2004. 

On September 16, 2004, the 

Department issued a memorandum in 

which it explained that it rejected the 

request by Decca Furniture Ltd. for a 

separate rate because its request for such 

treatment was untimely. See 

Memorandum from Jeffrey May to James 

J. Jochum, Untimely Section A 

Questionnaire Submission of Decca 

Furniture Ltd., dated September 16, 

2004. Additionally, on September 16, 

2004, the Department issued a 

memorandum which stated that the 

Department rejected numerous potential 

Section A respondents’ Section A 

submissions because they were 

untimely. See Memorandum from James 

J. Jochum from Jeffrey May, Untimely 

Request for Separate-Rates Status of 

Certain PRC Exporters, dated September 

16, 2004.

We invited parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Determination. We received 

comments from the Petitioners, the 

mandatory respondents, the Section A 

respondents, and other interested 

parties to this investigation. 

On October 6, 2004, parties submitted 

case briefs. On October 14, 2004, parties 

submitted rebuttal briefs. On October 

19, 2004, the Department held a public 

hearing on MOI and Section A issues. 

On October 20, 2004, the Department 

held a public hearing on issues 

concerning the selection of a surrogate 

country, financial ratios, surrogate 

values, and mandatory respondents. On 

October 27, 2004, the Department held 

a public hearing on scope comments. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties in this 

investigation are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum, dated 

November 8, 2004, which is hereby 

adopted by this notice (‘‘Decision 

Memorandum’’). A list of the issues 

which parties raised and to which we 

respond in the Decision Memorandum 

is attached to this notice as an 

Appendix. The Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is on file in 

the Central Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’), Main 

Commerce Building, Room B–099, and 

is accessible on the Web at http://

ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper copy and 

electronic version of the memorandum 

are identical in content.

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1A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-ofdrawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be 

in two or more sections), with one or two sections 

mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a slightly 

larger chest; also known as a tallboy.

2A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers 

usually composed of a base and a top section with 

drawers, and supported on four legs or a small chest 

(often 15 inches or more in height).

3A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers, 

not more than four feet high, normally set on short 

legs.

4A chest of drawers is typically a case containing 

drawers for storing clothing.

5A chest is typically a case piece taller than it 

is wide featuring a series of drawers and with or 

without one or more doors for storing clothing. The 

piece can either include drawers or be designed as 

a large box incorporating a lid.

6A door chest is typically a chest with hinged 

doors to store clothing, whether or not containing 

drawers. The piece may also include shelves for 

televisions and other entertainment electronics.

7A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest 

of drawers normally used for storing undergarments 

and lingerie, often with mirror(s) attached.

8A hutch is typically an open case of furniture 

with shelves that typically sits on another piece of 

furniture and provides storage for clothes.

9An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or 

wardrobe (typically 50 inches or taller), with doors, 

and with one or more drawers (either exterior below 

or above the doors or interior behind the doors), 

shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for 

storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used 

to hold television receivers and/or other audiovisual entertainment systems.

10As used herein, bentwood means solid wood 

made pliable. Bentwood is wood that is brought to 

a curved shape by bending it while made pliable 

with moist heat or other agency and then set by 

cooling or drying. See Customs’ Headquarters’

Ruling Letter 043859, dated May 17, 1976.

11Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for 

the purpose of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24′′ in 

width, 18′′ in depth, and 49′′ in height, including 

a minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or 

felt-like material, at least one side door lined with 

felt or felt-like material, with necklace hangers, and 

a flip-top lid with inset mirror. See Memorandum 

from Laurel LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office 

Director, Issues and Decision Memorandum 

Concerning Jewelry Armoires and Cheval Mirrors in 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wooden 

Bedroom Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China dated August 31, 2004.

12Cheval mirrors, i.e., any framed, tiltable mirror 

with a height in excess of 50′′ that is mounted on 

a floor-standing, hinged base.

13Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture 

parts made of wood products (as defined above) 

that are not otherwise specifically named in this 

scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds, wooden 

footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and 

wooden canopies for beds) and that do not possess 

the essential character of wooden bedroom 

furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or 

unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified 

in subheading 9403.90.7000, HTSUS.

Scope of Investigation 

For purposes of this investigation, the 

product covered is wooden bedroom 

furniture. Wooden bedroom furniture is 

generally, but not exclusively, designed, 

manufactured, and offered for sale in 

coordinated groups, or bedrooms, in 

which all of the individual pieces are of 

approximately the same style and 

approximately the same material and/or 

finish. The subject merchandise is made 

substantially of wood products, 

including both solid wood and also 

engineered wood products made from 

wood particles, fibers, or other wooden 

materials such as plywood, oriented 

strand board, particle board, and 

fiberboard, with or without wood 

veneers, wood overlays, or laminates, 

with or without non-wood components 

or trim such as metal, marble, leather, 

glass, plastic, or other resins, and 

whether or not assembled, completed, 

or finished. 

The subject merchandise includes the 

following items: (1) Wooden beds such 

as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds; 

(2) wooden headboards for beds 

(whether stand-alone or attached to side 

rails), wooden footboards for beds, 

wooden side rails for beds, and wooden 

canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night 

stands, dressers, commodes, bureaus, 

mule chests, gentlemen’s chests, 

bachelor’s chests, lingerie chests, 

wardrobes, vanities, chessers, 

chifforobes, and wardrobe-type cabinets; 

(4) dressers with framed glass mirrors 

that are attached to, incorporated in, sit 

on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chestson-chests,1 highboys,2 lowboys,3 chests 

of drawers,4 chests,5 door chests,6

chiffoniers,7 hutches,8 and armoires;9

(6) desks, computer stands, filing 

cabinets, book cases, or writing tables 

that are attached to or incorporated in 

the subject merchandise; and (7) other 

bedroom furniture consistent with the 

above list.

The scope of the Petition excludes the 

following items: (1) Seats, chairs, 

benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds, 

stools, and other seating furniture; (2) 

mattresses, mattress supports (including 

box springs), infant cribs, water beds, 

and futon frames; (3) office furniture, 

such as desks, stand-up desks, computer 

cabinets, filing cabinets, credenzas, and 

bookcases; (4) dining room or kitchen 

furniture such as dining tables, chairs, 

servers, sideboards, buffets, corner 

cabinets, china cabinets, and china 

hutches; (5) other non-bedroom 

furniture, such as television cabinets, 

cocktail tables, end tables, occasional 

tables, wall systems, book cases, and 

entertainment systems; (6) bedroom 

furniture made primarily of wicker, 

cane, osier, bamboo or rattan; (7) side 

rails for beds made of metal if sold 

separately from the headboard and 

footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in 

which bentwood parts predominate;10

(9) jewelry armories;11 (10) cheval 

mirrors 12 and (11) certain metal parts.13

Imports of subject merchandise are 

classified under statistical category 

9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ‘‘wooden 

* * * beds’’ and under statistical 

category 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 statistical 

category 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as 

‘‘parts of wood’’ and framed glass 

mirrors may also be entered under 

statistical category 7009.92.5000 of the 

HTSUS as ‘‘glass mirrors * * * 

framed.’’ This investigation covers all 

wooden bedroom furniture meeting the 

above description, regardless of tariff 

classification. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, our 

written description of the scope of this 

proceeding is dispositive.

Scope Comments 

In the Preliminary Determination we 

stated that, due to the extraordinary 

detail and length of comments we had 

received to date, we would analyze 

scope comments we received for the 

final determination. As part of this 

process, the Department had 

summarized all of the comments it had 

received as of June 17, 2004, in a 

memorandum to the file. See 

Memorandum to the File from Laurel 

LaCivita, Analyst, to Laurie Parkhill, 

Office Director, Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China: Summary on Comments to the 

Scope (June 17, 2004). Thus, we 

afforded interested parties an 

opportunity to address only the 

comments summarized in our 

memorandum and, as announced in the 

Preliminary Determination, 69 FR 

35318, we provided interested parties 

until July 30, 2004, to submit additional 

comments on scope topics in this 

memorandum. 

As of July 30, 2004, we had received 

scope comments reflecting issues in our 

memorandum and we had received 

scope comments on issues not discussed 

in our memorandum. Therefore, 

consistent with our Preliminary 

Determination, we clarified for all 

interested parties in a letter dated 

October 25, 2004, that for the final 

determination we would only address 

comments we received by July 30, 2004,

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which concerned issues we identified in 

our June 17, 2004, memorandum. 

We have addressed these comments 

in our final scope memorandum. See 

Memorandum to Laurie Parkhill, Office 

Director, from Erol Yesin, Case Analyst, 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of 

Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China: Summary 

on the Scope of the Investigation

(November 8, 2004). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(I) of the 

Act, we verified the information 

submitted by the mandatory 

respondents, with the exception of Tech 

Lane as discussed below, and certain 

Section A respondents for use in our 

final determination. See the 

Department’s verification reports on the 

record of this investigation in the CRU 

with respect to Rui Feng Woodwork Co., 

Ltd., Rui Feng Lumber Development 

Co., Ltd. and Dorbest Limited 

(‘‘Dorbest’’), Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Lacquer Craft’’), Dongguan Lung Dong 

Furniture Co., Ltd., and Dongguan Dong 

He Furniture Co., Ltd., (‘‘Lung Dong’’), 

Markor International Furniture (Tianjin) 

Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 

(‘‘Markor’’), Shing Mark Enterprise Co., 

Ltd., Carven Industries Limited (BVI), 

Carven I Industries Limited (HK), 

Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co., Ltd., 

and Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘Shing Mark’’), Starcorp Furniture 

(Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Orin Furniture 

(Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai 

Starcorp Furniture Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Starcorp’’), Dalian Huafeng Furniture 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Dalian’’), Locke Furniture 

Factory, or Kai Chan Furniture Co., Ltd., 

or Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise 

Ltd., or Taiwan Kai Chan Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Locke’’), and Fine Furniture 

(Shanghai) Limited (‘‘Fine Furniture’’). 

For all verified companies, we used 

standard verification procedures, 

including examination of relevant 

accounting and production records, as 

well as original source documents 

provided by respondents. 

Market-Oriented Industry 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

stated that, because we received an MOI 

allegation filed by the Furniture Subchamber of the China Chamber of 

Commerce for Import & Export of Light 

Industrial Products and Arts-Crafts 

(‘‘CCCLA’’) and the China National 

Furniture Association (‘‘CNFA’’) with 

supporting information so recently and 

so close (i.e., May 28, 2004) to the fully 

extended due date of the preliminary 

determination, we did not have 

adequate time to consider the 

information. Thus, we indicated that we 

would continue to evaluate the request 

and address it as soon as possible. On 

August 30, 2004, we issued a 

memorandum regarding the request by 

CCCLA and CNFA for an MOI inquiry. 

See MOI Memorandum. In this 

memorandum, we stated that, due to the 

timing of the MOI request filing, we 

determined that we would not 

incorporate an MOI inquiry into this 

antidumping investigation. In addition, 

we explained that, in the event we 

publish an antidumping duty order as a 

result of an affirmative determination by 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (‘‘ITC’’), the Chinese 

wooden bedroom furniture industry will 

have an opportunity to request an MOI 

inquiry in a future segment of this 

proceeding. See MOI Memorandum and 

Comment 1 in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Surrogate Country 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

stated that we had selected India as the 

appropriate surrogate country to use in 

this investigation for the following 

reasons: (1) India is at a level of 

economic development comparable to 

the PRC; (2) Indian manufacturers 

produce comparable merchandise and 

are significant producers of wooden 

furniture; (3) India provides the best 

opportunity to use appropriate, publicly 

available data to value the factors of 

production. See Preliminary 

Determination, 69 FR at 35319. We 

received comments from interested 

parties during the briefing stage of this 

investigation and have evaluated these 

comments. For the final determination 

we have determined to continue to use 

India as the surrogate country and, 

accordingly, we have calculated normal 

value using Indian prices to value the 

respondents’ factors of production, 

when available and appropriate. We 

have obtained and relied upon publicly 

available information wherever 

possible. For a detailed description of 

the surrogate values that have changed 

as a result of comments the Department 

has received, see the company-specific 

Analysis Memoranda dated November 

8, 2004. 

Separate Rates 

In the Preliminary Determination and 

the amendments to the Preliminary 

Determination the Department found 

that several companies which provided 

responses to Section A of the 

antidumping questionnaire were eligible 

for a rate separate from the PRC-wide 

rate. For the final determination, we 

have determined that additional 

companies have qualified for separaterate status. For a complete listing of all 

the companies that received a separate 

rate, see the Final Determination 

Margins section below. 

As discussed below, the Department 

has determined to apply adverse facts 

available with respect to Tech Lane. In 

addition, we have determined that there 

is no reliable basis for granting Tech 

Lane a separate rate. Accordingly, Tech 

Lane has not overcome the presumption 

that it is part of the PRC-wide entity and 

therefore, will be subject to the PRCwide rate. 

The margin we calculated in the 

Preliminary Determination for these 

companies was 10.92 percent and was 

changed in Amendment 2 to 12.91 

percent. Because the rates of the 

selected mandatory respondents have 

changed since the Preliminary 

Determination and the Amendment 2, 

we have recalculated the rate for Section 

A respondents. The rate is 8.64 percent. 

See Memorandum to the File from 

Eugene Degnan, Calculation of Section 

A Rate, dated November 8, 2004.

Additionally, at the Preliminary 

Determination, we determined 

preliminarly that Shanghai Aosen 

Furniture Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shanghai Aosen’’), 

had satisfied our criteria for a separate 

rate. During the week of July 12, 2004, 

we informed Shanghai Aosen that we 

would verify its submitted data on or 

about August 13, 2004. On August 3, 

2004, Shanghai Aosen informed the 

Department that it had decided not to 

participate in its verification which was 

scheduled to take place on August 13, 

2004. See Memorandum to the File from 

Katharine Huang, Shanghai Aosen’s 

Withdrawal from the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’) dated August 3, 2004. 

Because Shanghai Aosen refused to 

allow the Department to verify its 

submissions, the Department has 

determined that Shanghai Aosen has not 

cooperated to the best of its ability and 

that as adverse facts available, we 

determine that Shanghai Aosen is the 

part of the PRC-wide entity and 

therefore, does not qualify for a separate 

rate. Thus, effective the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this determination, Shanghai Aosen will 

be subject to the PRC-wide rate. 

Adverse Facts Available 

Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that the Department shall apply ‘‘facts 

otherwise available’’ if, inter alia, an 

interested party or any other person (A) 

withholds information that has been 

requested, (B) fails to provide 

information within the deadlines 

established, or in the form or manner 

requested by the Department, subject to

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subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section 782, 

(C) significantly impedes a proceeding, 

or (D) provides information that cannot 

be verified as provided by section 782(i) 

of the Act. Section 776(b) of the Act 

provides further that the Department 

may use an adverse inference when a 

party has failed to cooperate by not 

acting to the best of its ability to comply 

with a request for information. 

Where the Department determines 

that a response to a request for 

information does not comply with the 

request, section 782(d) of the Act 

provides that the Department will so 

inform the party submitting the 

response and will, to the extent 

practicable, provide that party the 

opportunity to remedy or explain the 

deficiency. If the party fails to remedy 

the deficiency within the applicable 

time limits and subject to section 782(e) 

of the Act, the Department may 

disregard all or part of the original and 

subsequent responses, as appropriate. 

Section 782(e) of the Act provides that 

the Department ‘‘shall not decline to 

consider information that is submitted 

by an interested party and is necessary 

to the determination but does not meet 

all applicable requirements established 

by the administering authority’’ if the 

information is timely, can be verified, 

and is not so incomplete that it cannot 

be used, and if the interested party acted 

to the best of its ability in providing the 

information. Where all of these 

conditions are met, the statute requires 

the Department to use the information if 

it can do so without undue difficulties. 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

determined a dumping margin of 9.36 

percent for Tech Lane based on partial 

facts available for certain unreported 

surrogate values. See Preliminary 

Determination. On June 29, 2004, the 

Petitioners submitted allegations that 

the Department made various 

ministerial errors in calculating the 

dumping margin for Tech Lane. As a 

result of our correction of ministerial 

errors, we determined a corrected 

margin of 29.72 percent for Tech Lane 

in Amendment 1. We also stated in 

Amendment 1 that we would not 

conduct a verification of Tech Lane due 

to the fact Tech Lane did not provide 

financial statements covering reported 

subject merchandise and because Tech 

Lane did not submit a reconciliation of 

sales it made during the period of 

investigation (‘‘POI’’) as we requested. 

We indicated that, as a result, the rate 

for Tech Lane might change for 

purposes of the final determination. See 

Amendment 1, 69 FR at 47417, footnote 

1.

Based on the record evidence and 

pursuant to the statutory requirements 

of the Act, the Department has 

determined that Tech Lane impeded 

this investigation, provided unverifiable 

information, and did not cooperate to 

the best of its ability to comply with the 

Department’s requests for information. 

Therefore, we find that the use of 

adverse facts available to determine the 

margin for Tech Lane is proper for the 

final determination in this investigation. 

See Comment 4 in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum for a further 

discussion of this issue. 

Partial Adverse Facts Available 

We have determined that the use of a 

partial adverse inference is warranted 

for certain constructed export price 

(‘‘CEP’’) sales Shing Mark made. 

We have determined that Shing Mark 

did not act to the best of its ability with 

respect to a CEP control-number error, 

nor did it act the best of its ability in 

reporting the sales information with 

respect to certain CEP sales and the 

corrected data. At the verification of 

Shing Mark’s U.S. affiliate, Homerica 

Inc., we discovered that Shing Mark had 

mis-coded a portion of its reported CEP 

control numbers. The Department had 

indicated earlier in its April 28, 2004, 

supplemental questionnaire and again 

in its June 4, 2004, supplemental 

questionnaire that it had found 

problems with certain reported control 

numbers and, within these control 

numbers, price variations of CEP sales 

that Shing Mark never addressed fully 

or in a timely manner. At the very least, 

even if wide price variations are normal 

within a control number, such price 

variations should have caused Shing 

Mark to at least check the accuracy of 

the information it reported to the 

Department. Additionally, we find that, 

at a minimum, before the first CEP 

verification, Shing Mark should have 

reviewed our pre-selected sales invoices 

which would have also alerted Shing 

Mark to the above problems. Further, 

the Department alerted the respondent 

on several different occasions either 

explicitly (through its supplemental 

questionnaires) or implicitly (the very 

reason for the Department’s selection of 

certain CEP sales for verification was 

due to wide price variations) to the 

problems with certain sales. Thus, 

because Shing Mark was in the best 

position to check and report its own 

information accurately plus the fact that 

Shing Mark reported continually that it 

had corrected its information or that 

there were no problems, we relied upon 

its reported information until we 

discovered the errors at the first CEP 

verification. Additionally, the 

Department did everything it could to 

alert Shing Mark to the problem. 

Consequently, in accordance with 

section 776 of the Act, the Department 

has applied adverse facts available for 

certain CEP sales whose control 

numbers Shing Mark reported 

incorrectly because the U.S. sales data 

that Shing Mark submitted to correct the 

errors is unverifiable, the U.S. sales data 

remains so incomplete that it cannot be 

used as a reliable basis for reaching an 

accurate margin in this investigation, 

and Shing Mark did not act to the best 

of its ability to find and correct the 

errors. Therefore, for the 

aforementioned reasons, the Department 

has applied the adverse facts available 

rate of 198.08 percent (see below) to all 

of Shing Mark’s CEP sales where the 

control-number misclassification 

occurred. See the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at Comment 63 and the 

Shing Mark Final Analysis 

Memorandum, dated November 8, 2004. 

Adverse Facts-Available Rate 

In the Preliminary Determination, in 

accordance with sections 776(b) and (c) 

of the Act, to corroborate the adverse 

facts-available margin (i.e.,198.08 

percent), we compared that margin to 

the margins we found for the mandatory 

respondents. See Memorandum to the 

File from Brian Ledgerwood, Analyst, 

through Robert Bolling, Program 

Manager, and Laurie Parkhill, Office 

Director, Preliminary Determination in 

the Investigation of Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China, Corroboration Memorandum,

dated June 17, 2004. 

At the Preliminary Determination, in 

accordance with section 776(c) of the 

Act, we corroborated our adverse factsavailable margin using information 

submitted by Tech Lane and Kee Jia 

Wood Mfg. For the final determination, 

we are no longer using the information 

submitted by Tech Lane to corroborate 

our adverse facts-available margin (see 

Adverse Facts Available section above). 

To assess the probative value of the 

total adverse facts-available rate it has 

chosen, the Department compared the 

final margin calculations of other 

respondents in this investigation with 

the rate of 198.08 percent from the 

petition. We find that the rate is within 

the range of the highest margins we 

have determined in this investigation. 

See Memorandum to the File from 

Catherine Bertrand, Analyst, through 

Robert Bolling, Program Manager, and 

Laurie Parkhill, Office Director, Final 

Determination in the Investigation of 

Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China, 

Corroboration Memorandum (‘‘Final 

Corroboration Memo’’), dated November 

8, 2004. Since the record of this

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investigation contains margins within 

the range of the petition margin, we 

determine that the rate from the petition 

continues to be relevant for use in this 

investigation. 

As discussed therein, we found that 

the margin of 198.08 percent has 

probative value. See Final Corroboration 

Memo. Accordingly, we find that the 

rate of 198.08 percent is corroborated 

within the meaning of section 776(c) of 

the Act.

The PRC-Wide Rate 

Because we begin with the 

presumption that all companies within 

a non market-economy (‘‘NME’’) 

country are subject to government 

control and because only the companies 

listed under the Final Determination 

Margins below have overcome that 

presumption, we are applying a single 

antidumping rate—the PRC-wide rate—

to all other exporters of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. Such 

companies did not demonstrate 

entitlement to a separate rate. See, e.g., 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Synthetic Indigo from 

the People’s Republic of China, 65 FR 

25706 (May 3, 2000). The PRC-wide rate 

applies to all entries of subject 

merchandise except for entries from the 

respondents which are listed in the 

Final Determination Margins section 

below (except as noted). 

Final Determination Margins 

We determine that the following 

percentage weighted-average margins 

exist for the POI:

Company 

Weighted-average 

margin

(percent) 

Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co., Ltd., or Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................ 2.22 

Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Rui Feng Lumber Development Co., Ltd. or Dorbest Limited ................................................ 16.70 

Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................... 6.95 

Markor International Furniture (Tianjin) Manufacturing Company, Ltd ......................................................................................... 0.79 

Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., or Carven Industries Limited (BVI), or Carven I Industries Limited (HK), or Dongguan 

Zhenxin Furniture Co., Ltd., or Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co., Ltd .................................................................................. 5.07 

Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., or Orin Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., or Shanghai Starcorp Furniture Co., Ltd ....... 15.24 

Tech Lane Wood Mfg. or Kee Jia Wood Mfg * ............................................................................................................................. 198.08 

Alexandre International Corp., or Southern Art Development Ltd., or Alexandre Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., or Southern 

Art Furniture Factory .................................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Art Heritage International, Ltd., or Super Art Furniture Co., Ltd., or Artwork Metal & Plastic Co., Ltd., or Jibson Industries 

Ltd., or Always Loyal International ............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Billy Wood Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Great Union Industrial (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., or Time Faith Ltd ...................... 8.64 

Changshu HTC Import & Export Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Cheng Meng Furniture (PTE) Ltd., or China Cheng Meng Decoration & Furniture Co., Ltd ....................................................... 8.64 

Chuan Fa Furniture Factory .......................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Classic Furniture Global Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Clearwise Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

COE Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dalian Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co., or Glory Oceanic Co., Ltd .................................................................................................. 8.64 

Dongguan Chunsan Wood Products Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dongguan Creation Furniture Co., Ltd., or Creation Industries Co., Ltd ...................................................................................... 8.64 

Dongguan Grand Style Furniture, or Hong Kong Da Zhi Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................ 8.64 

Dongguan Great Reputation Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Dongguan Hero Way Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Dongguan Da Zhong Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Hero Way Enterprises Ltd., or 

Well Earth International Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dongguan Hung Sheng Artware Products Co., Ltd., or Coronal Enterprise Co., Ltd .................................................................. 8.64 

Dongguan Kin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dongguan Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd., or Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd .................................................................................. 8.64 

Dongguan Liaobushangdun Huada Furniture Factory, or Great Rich (HK) Enterprise Co. Ltd ................................................... 8.64 

Dongguan Qingxi Xinyi Craft Furniture Factory (Joyce Art Factory) ............................................................................................ 8.64 

Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., or Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd., or Shanghai Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd., or 

Fairmont Designs ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dongying Huanghekou Furniture Industry Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., or Eurosa Furniture Co., (PTE) Ltd ................................................................................................. 8.64 

Ever Spring Furniture Co. Ltd., or S.Y.C. Family Enterprise Co., Ltd .......................................................................................... 8.64 

Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd., or Fujian Wonder Pacific Inc ..................................................................................................... 8.64 

Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co., Ltd., or Team Prospect International Ltd., or Money Gain International Co ........................... 8.64 

Garri Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Molabile International, Inc., or Weei Geo Enterprise Co., Ltd ................................... 8.64 

Green River Wood (Dongguan) Ltd .............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Guangming Group Wumahe Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Hainan Jong Bao Lumber Co., Ltd., or Jibbon Enterprise Co., Ltd .............................................................................................. 8.64 

Hamilton & Spill Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Hang Hai Woodcraft’s Art Factory ................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., or Tony House Manufacture (China) Co., Ltd., or Buysell Investments Ltd., or Tony 

House Industries Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Jardine Enterprise, Ltd .................................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Jiangsu Weifu Group Fullhouse Furniture Manufacturing Corp .................................................................................................... 8.64 

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Company 

Weighted-average 

margin

(percent) 

Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Jiedong Lehouse Furniture Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

King’s Way Furniture Industries Co., Ltd., or Kingsyear Ltd ......................................................................................................... 8.64 

Kuan Lin Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Kuan Lin Furniture Factory, or Kuan Lin Furniture Co., Ltd ............................... 8.64 

Kunshan Lee Wood Product Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Kunshan Summit Furniture Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Langfang Tiancheng Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., or King Rich International, Ltd .............................................................................................. 8.64 

Link Silver Ltd. (V.I.B.), or Forward Win Enterprises Co. Ltd., or Dongguan Haoshun Furniture Ltd ......................................... 8.64 

Locke Furniture Factory, or Kai Chan Furniture Co., Ltd., or Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise Ltd., or Taiwan Kai Chan 

Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Longrange Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Nanhai Baiyi Woodwork Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Nantong Dongfang Orient Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Nantong Yushi Furniture Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Nathan International Ltd., or Nathan Rattan Factory .................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd .................................................................................................... 8.64 

Passwell Corporation, or Pleasant Wave Ltd ................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Prime Wood International Co., Ltd., or Prime Best International Co., Ltd., or Prime Best Factory, or Liang Huang (Jiaxing) 

Enterprise Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

PuTian JingGong Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Restonic (Dongguan) Furniture Ltd., or Restonic Far East (Samoa) Ltd ..................................................................................... 8.64 

RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Season Furniture Manufacturing Co., or Season Industrial Development Co .............................................................................. 8.64 

Sen Yeong International Co., Ltd., or Sheh Hau International Trading Ltd .................................................................................. 8.64 

Shanghai Jian Pu Export & Import Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Shanghai Maoji Imp and Exp Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Sheng Jing Wood Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd., or Telstar Enterprises Ltd .................................................................................. 8.64 

Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Shenzhen Forest Furniture Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co., Ltd., or Golden Lion International Trading Ltd ......................................................... 8.64 

Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Shenzhen Xiande Furniture Factory .............................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Shenzhen Xingli Furniture Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Shun Feng Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Songgang Jasonwood Furniture Factory, or Jasonwood Industrial Co., Ltd. S.A ........................................................................ 8.64 

Starwood Furniture Manufacturing Co. Ltd ................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Starwood Industries Ltd ................................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Strongson Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., or Strongson Furniture Co., Ltd., or Strongson (HK) Co ......................................... 8.64 

Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd., or Sun Fung Wooden Factory, or Sun Fung Co., or Shin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd., 

or Stupendous International Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Superwood Co., Ltd., or Lianjin Zongyu Art Products Co., Ltd .................................................................................................... 8.64 

Tarzan Furniture Industries Ltd., or Samso Industries Ltd ........................................................................................................... 8.64 

Teamway Furniture (Dong Guan) Ltd., or Brittomart Inc .............................................................................................................. 8.64 

Techniwood Industries Ltd., or Ningbo Furniture Industries Limited, or Ningbo Hengrun Furniture Co., Ltd .............................. 8.64 

Tianjin Fortune Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Tianjin Master Home Furniture ...................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Tianjin Phu Shing Woodwork Enterprise Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Tube-Smith Enterprise (ZhangZhou) Co., Ltd., or Tube-Smith Enterprise (Haimen) Co., Ltd., or Billonworth Enterprises Ltd .. 8.64 

Union Friend International Trade Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

U-Rich Furniture (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd., or U-Rich Furniture Ltd ................................................................................................ 8.64 

Wanhengtong Nueevder (Furniture) Manufacture Co., Ltd., or Dongguan Wanengtong Industry Co., Ltd ................................. 8.64 

Woodworth Wooden Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Xiamen Yongquan Sci-Tech Development Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Jiangsu XiangSheng Bedtime Furniture Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Xingli Arts & Crafts Factory of Yangchun ..................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Yangchun Hengli Co. Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Yeh Brothers World Trade, Inc ...................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Yichun Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Yida Co., Ltd., or Yitai Worldwide, Ltd., or Yili Co., Ltd., or Yetbuild Co., Ltd ............................................................................. 8.64 

Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Zhang Zhou Sanlong Wood Product Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co., Ltd .............................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Zhanjiang Sunwin Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

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Company 

Weighted-average 

margin

(percent) 

Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd .......................................................................................................................................... 8.64 

Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................. 8.64 

Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................ 8.64 

PRC-Wide Rate ............................................................................................................................................................................. 198.08 

* Not a separate rate. Tech Lane and Kee Jia Wood Mfg. are subject to the PRC-wide rate. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

Pursuant to 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to continue to 

suspend liquidation of all entries of 

subject merchandise from the PRC 

(except for entries of Markor because 

this company has a de minimis margin) 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after June 24, 

2004, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.204(e)(3), 

the exclusion only applies to 

merchandise produced and exported by 

Markor. CBP shall continue to require a 

cash deposit or the posting of a bond 

equal to the estimated amount by which 

the normal value exceeds the U.S. price 

as shown above. These instructions 

suspending liquidation will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our 

final determination of sales at LTFV. As 

our final determination is affirmative 

with the exception of Markor Tianjin, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, within 45 days the ITC will 

determine whether the domestic 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of the subject merchandise. 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury or threat of material injury does 

not exist, the proceeding will be 

terminated and all securities posted will 

be refunded or canceled. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

the Department will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing the 

CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation 

(i.e., June 24, 2004), with the exception 

of merchandise produced and exported 

by Markor Tianjin. 

Notification Regarding APO 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 

notification of return or destruction of 

APO materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and the terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(I)(1) of the Act.

Dated: November 8, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration.

Appendix 

Issues in the Decision Memorandum 

I. General Issues 

Comment 1: Market-Oriented Industry 

Comment 2: Surrogate-Country Selection 

Comment 3: Surrogate Financial Ratios 

Comment 4: Tech Lane 

Comment 5: Tech Lane Rate/Section A Rate 

Comment 6: Treatment of Abrasives 

Comment 7: Brokerage and Handling 

Comment 8: Treatment of Non-Dumped Sales 

Comment 9: Russian Timber Prices 

Comment 10: Use of Infodrive and IBIS Data 

Comment 11: Sets Reported by Markor and 

Lacquer Craft 

Comment 12: Electricity for Factory 

Overhead and SG&A 

Comment 13: Sigma Freight Rule and 

Market-Economy Purchases 

Comment 14: Furniture Parts 

Comment 15: Valuation of NME Self-Made, 

Semi-Finished, or Subcontracted Parts 

II. Surrogate Values 

Comment 16: Surrogate Value—General 

Comment 17: Purchase Price Information 

Comment 18: Exclusion of Aberrational Data 

Comment 19: Dorbest 

Comment 20: Lung Dong 

Comment 21: Markor 

Comment 22: Starcorp 

Comment 23: Labor Surrogate Value and 

Calculation of Expected NME Wages 

Comment 24: Reliability of Data 

Comment 25: Mirror, Glass, Glass Yug

Comment 26: Paint-General 

Comment 27: The Asian Paints Price List 

Comment 28: Packing Cardboard 

Comment 29: Packing Materials (Cardboard) 

III. Mandatory Respondents—CompanySpecific Issues 

A. Dorbest 

Comment 30: Commissions 

Comment 31: Cheval mirrors 

Comment 32: Brokerage and handling 

Comment 33: Offset adjustment for byproducts 

Comment 34: Direct selling expenses 

Comment 35: Conversion factors 

Comment 36: Contemporaneity of surrogatevalue data 

Comment 37: Free-of-charge merchandise 

Comment 38: Wood inputs 

Comment 39: Cardboard and Wood Scrap 

figures 

Comment 40: Diesel Fuel 

Comment 41: Packing labor 

Comment 42: Factors information for a 

certain item 

B. Lacquer Craft 

Comment 43: Rubberwood and Marupa 

Comment 44: CEP offset 

Comment 45: Negative Allowances 

Comment 46: Market Economy Purchases for 

Paint Inputs 

Comment 47: Overhead Expenses 

Comment 48: Warehousing Expenses 

C. Lung Dong 

Comment 49: Surrogate Value for MediumDensity Fiberboard 

Comment 50: Minor Corrections from 

Verification 

Comment 51: Clerical-Error Allegations 

Comment 52: Exclusion of Potentially NonSubject Merchandise 

Comment 53: Correction of Reported Control 

Number for Certain Product Codes 

Comment 54: Conversion Ratios for Veneer, 

Polyester Fabric, and Glass 

Comment 55: Medium-Density Fiberboard 

used for Packing 

Comment 56: Lung Dong’s Market-Economy 

Purchases of Adhesives and Other Inputs 

Comment 57: Weight-Averaging the Factors 

of Production 

D. Markor 

Comment 58: Affiliation 

E. Shing Mark 

Comment 59: Ministerial Errors 

Comment 60: U.S. Movement Expense 

Comment 61: Market Economy Purchases 

Comment 62: Transportation Distances 

Comment 63: Control-Number Errors

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F. Starcorp 

Comment 64: Unreported Sale 

Comment 65: Certain Wood Input 

Comment 66: Other Metal Fittings 

Comment 67: Mirrors 

Comment 68: Paint Price 

Comment 69: Wooden veneer 

Comment 70: Plywood 

IV. Section A Issues 

Comment 71: Section A Rate-Weighting 

Comment 72: Adverse facts available for 

Section A companies 

Comment 73: Locke Furniture 

Comment 74: Techniwood’s affiliates 

Comment 75: Shanghai Ideal and Shanghai 

Jian Pu 

Comment 76: Sunrise’s Request for Refund 

for Cash Deposit Overpayment 

Comment 77: Necessity of Submissions 

Comment 78: Notification 

Comment 79: Independence in Price 

Negotiation, Valid Business License and 

Autonomy in Management Selection 

Comment 80: Corporate Structure and 

Affiliations 

Comment 81: Independence of Retaining 

Sales Proceeds 

Comment 82: Timeliness

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

Texas A&M Research Foundation; 

Notice of Decision on Application for 

Duty-Free Entry of Scientific 

Instrument 

This decision is made pursuant to 

Section 6(c) of the Educational, 

Scientific, and Cultural Materials 

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 

Related records can be viewed between 

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin 

Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Docket Number: 04–019. 

Applicant: Texas A&M Research 

Foundation. 

Instrument: Scanning Hall Probe 

Microscope. 

Manufacturer: NanoMagnetics 

Instruments, Ltd., The United Kingdom. 

Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 

62435, October 26, 2004. 

Comments: None received. 

Decision: Approved. No instrument of 

equivalent scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as it is 

intended to be used, is being 

manufactured in the United States. 

Reasons: The foreign instrument 

provides: characterization of micron and 

submicron scale magnetic structures 

under changing magnetic fields and 

temperatures with operability to 7T and 

to 2K. 

A domestic manufacturer of similar 

equipment advises that (1) these 

capabilities are pertinent to the 

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it 

knows of no domestic instrument or 

apparatus of equivalent scientific value 

to the foreign instrument for the 

applicant’s intended use. 

We know of no other instrument or 

apparatus of equivalent scientific value 

to the foreign instrument which is being 

manufactured in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy, 

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs 

Staff.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 

301), we invite comments on the 

question of whether instruments of 

equivalent scientific value, for the 

purposes for which the instruments 

shown below are intended to be used, 

are being manufactured in the United 

States. 

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and 

be filed within 20 days with the 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230. Applications may be 

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 

1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Docket Number: 04–018. 

Applicant: University of California, 

Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO 

Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 

87545. 

Instrument: Hydraulic Press. 

Manufacturer: Osterwalder AG, 

Switzerland. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to compress 

ceramic and metallic powders of 

actinide elements into fissile cylindrical 

pellets which are irradiated and then 

evaluated for linear heat generation, 

thermal conductivity, mechanical 

integrity and radiation tolerance in 

conjunction with research on suitability 

as nuclear fuels. 

Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: October 12, 

2004. 

Docket Number: 04–020. 

Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 

3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 

21218. 

Instrument: Dual-beam Focused Ion 

Beam System, Model Number Nova 600 

NanoLab (FP 22067/31). 

Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 

Netherlands. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to study: 

1. New microcircuitry that employs 

spin currents and conventional 

electrical currents to carry and store 

information, 

2. Development of new stencil mask 

methods of lateral nanostructure 

fabrication, 

3. Fabrication of high performance 

cantilevers for atomic force and 

magnetic force microscopy, 

4. The mechanisms of cell adhesion 

and growth on nonoengineered surfaces, 

5. The dynamics of materials’

surfaces. 

Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: October 20, 

2004. 

Docket Number: 04–021. 

Applicant: The J. David Gladstone 

Institutes, 365 Vermont Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94103. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope, 

Model JEM–1230. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to examine 

biological samples from mice and tissue 

culture to study the effects of 

manipulating specific genes in 

genetically altered mice to determine 

specific cellular pathways and their 

relevance to human disease and the 

consequence of altering these pathways. 

It will also be used as a quality control 

check for the homogeneity of generated 

protein-lipid complexes. 

Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: October 29, 

2004.

Gerald A. Zerdy, 

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs 

Staff.

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