[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9486-9489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03151]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-117]


Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic 
of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping 
Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on wood mouldings and 
millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of 
China (China). In addition, Commerce is amending its final affirmative 
determination.

DATES: Applicable February 16, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samuel Glickstein, AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-5307, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 4, 2021, Commerce published its affirmative Final 
Determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of 
millwork products from China.\1\ On January 5, 2021, Commerce received 
a ministerial error allegation with respect to its Final 
Determination.\2\ See the ``Amendment to Final Determination'' section 
of this notice for further discussion. On February 10, 2021, the ITC 
notified Commerce of its final determination, pursuant to section 
735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning 
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of LTFV imports of 
millwork products from China.\3\
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    \1\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 86 FR 63 (January 4, 2021) (Final Determination).
    \2\ See Coalition of American Millwork Producers' Letter, ``Wood 
Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's Republic of China: 
Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated January 5, 2021.
    \3\ See ITC Notification Letter, Investigations, Inv. Nos. 701-
TA-636 and 731-TA-1470 (Final) (February 10, 2021) (ITC Notification 
Letter).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are millwork products from 
China. For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the 
appendix to this notice.

Amendment to Final Determination

    A ministerial error is defined as an error in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other 
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers 
ministerial.\4\ Pursuant to section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e) and (f), Commerce is amending the Final Determination to 
reflect the correction of a ministerial error in the final estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp 
Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining 
Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng/Mangrove).\5\ In addition, because Yinfeng/
Mangrove's estimated weighted-average dumping margin is the basis for 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for 42 non-selected 
separate rate companies, and its highest transaction margin is the 
basis for the estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined for 
the China-wide entity, we are also revising the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for the separate rate companies and the China-
wide entity rate in the Final Determination.\6\
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    \4\ See section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Final Determination of Sales at Less-Than-
Fair-Value: Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated January 
11, 2021 (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
    \6\ See infra, section on ``Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 
Margins''; see also Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Antidumping Duty Order

    On February 10, 2021, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination in this 
investigation, in

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which it found that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of imports of millwork products from China.\7\ In 
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing this 
antidumping duty order. Because the ITC determined that imports of 
millwork products from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry, 
unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment 
of antidumping duties.
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    \7\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal 
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all 
relevant entries of millwork products from China. With the exception of 
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures 
period and before publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury 
determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties will be 
assessed on unliquidated entries of millwork products from China 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after 
August 12, 2020, the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determination.\8\
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    \8\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and 
Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 48669 (August 12, 2020) 
(Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this 
notice, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant 
entries of millwork products from China. These instructions suspending 
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the table 
below, adjusted by the export subsidy offset. Given that the 
provisional measures period has expired, as explained below, effective 
on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the 
ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP must require, at the 
same time as importers would deposit estimated normal customs duties on 
this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below.\9\
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    \9\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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    The China-wide entity rate applies to all exporter-producer 
combinations not specifically listed.

Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of millwork products from China, Commerce extended the four-month 
period to six months in this investigation. Commerce published the 
Preliminary Determination in this investigation on August 12, 2020.\10\
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    \10\ See Preliminary Determination.
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    The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Determination, ended on February 8, 
2021. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice,\11\ Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of millwork products from China entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after February 8, 2021, the 
final day on which the provisional measures were in effect, until and 
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final 
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of 
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date 
of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal 
Register.
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    \11\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea 
and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392 
(July 25, 2016).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                                                     Estimated     Cash deposit
                                                                                     weighted-    rate (adjusted
                   Exporter                                 Producer                  average       for subsidy
                                                                                  dumping margin     offsets)
                                                                                     (percent)       (percent)
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Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./     Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading           45.49           34.76
 Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood        Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi
 Machining Co., Ltd.                             City Mangrove Wood Machining
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo Wooden Industry     Anji Golden Elephant Bamboo                45.49           34.76
 Co., Ltd.                                       Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd...  Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood                  45.49           34.76
                                                 Products Co., Ltd.
Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co., Ltd......  Cao County Hengda Wood Products            45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd....................  Evermark (Yantai) Co., Ltd......           45.49           34.76
Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd........  Fujian Hongjia Craft Products              45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd.................  Fujian Province Youxi County               45.49           34.76
                                                 Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.
Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood Industry Co., Ltd  Fujian Nanping Yuanqiao Wood               45.49           34.76
                                                 Industry Co., Ltd.
Fujian Province Youxi County Chang Sheng Wood   Fujian Province Youxi County               45.49           34.76
 Machining Co., Ltd.                             Chang Sheng Wood Machining Co.,
                                                 Ltd.
Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co., Ltd.....  Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood           45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry       Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood           45.49           34.76
 Limited Company.                                Industry Limited Company.
Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd...  Fujian Wangbin Decorative                  45.49           34.76
                                                 Material Co., Ltd.

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Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd......  Fujian Ruisen International                45.49           34.76
                                                 Industrial Co., Ltd.
Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co.,  Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry           45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            Products Co., Ltd.
Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd.................  Heze Huasheng Wooden Co., Ltd...           45.49           34.76
Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd...........  Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co.,            45.49           34.76
                                                 Ltd.
Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry Development Co.,    Jiangsu Chen Sheng Forestry                45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            Development Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.................  Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd...           45.49           34.76
Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial Co., Ltd........  Lanzhou Xinyoulian Industrial              45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Lianyungang Tianke New Energy Technology Co.,   Lianyungang Tianke New Energy              45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            Technology Co., Ltd.
Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd...............  Zhejiang Senya Board Industry              45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd.........  Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo               45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Nanping Qiangmei Import & Export Co., Ltd.....  Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood               45.49           34.76
                                                 Company, Ltd.
Oppein Home Group Inc.........................  Oppein Home Group Inc...........           45.49           34.76
Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd..........  Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co.,           45.49           34.76
                                                 Ltd.
Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood Goods Co., Ltd.  Qimen Jianxing Bamboo and Wood             45.49           34.76
                                                 Goods Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sanhe Dacheng International Trade Co.,  Yongan Tenlong Bamboo & Wood               45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            Products Co., Ltd.
Rizhao Duli Trade Co., Ltd....................  Rizhao Jiayue Industry & Trading           45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Rizhao Guantong Woodworking Co., Ltd..........  Shouguang Luli Wood Industry               45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd./Rizhao Forest
                                                 International Trading Co., Ltd./
                                                 Xiamen Oubai Industry & Trade
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd.............  Sanming Shitong Wood Industry              45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd............  Shandong Jicheng Decorative                45.49           34.76
                                                 Material Co., Ltd.
Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.......  Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry             45.49           34.76
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd........................  Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd..........           45.49           34.76
Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd..........  Shuyang Zhongding Decoration               45.49           34.76
                                                 Materials Co., Ltd.
Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd..  Suqian Sulu Import & Export                45.49           34.76
                                                 Trading Co., Ltd.
The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd...............  The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd.           45.49           34.76
Xiamen Jinxi Building Material Co., Ltd.......  Zhangzhou City Jinxi Building              45.49           34.76
                                                 Material Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Goodwill Resource Co., Ltd.............  Pucheng County Qiangmei Wood               45.49           34.76
                                                 Company, Ltd./Lianyungang
                                                 Tianke New Energy Technology
                                                 Co., Ltd./Fujian Sanming City
                                                 Donglai Wood Co., Ltd./
                                                 Zhangzhou Fukangyuan Industry
                                                 and Trade Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd.....................  Xuzhou Hexi Wood Co., Ltd.......           45.49           34.76
Zhangping San Chuan Industrial & Trade Co.,     Zhangping San Chuan Industrial &           45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Green Wood Industry and Trade Co.,    Zhangzhou Green Wood Industry              45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            and Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry and Trade Co.,    Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry              45.49           34.76
 Ltd.                                            and Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd..........  Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co.,           45.49           34.76
                                                 Ltd.
China-Wide Entity.............................  ................................          231.60          220.87
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
millwork products from China pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently 
in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This amended final determination and antidumping duty order are 
published in accordance with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: February 10, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order consists of wood mouldings 
and millwork products that are made of wood (regardless of wood 
species), bamboo, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or of wood and 
composite materials (where the composite materials make up less than 
50 percent of the total merchandise), and which are continuously 
shaped wood or finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork 
blanks (whether or not resawn). The merchandise subject to this 
order can be continuously shaped along any of its edges, ends, or 
faces.
    The percentage of composite materials contained in a wood 
moulding or millwork product is measured by length, except when the 
composite material is a coating or cladding. Wood mouldings and 
millwork products that are coated or clad, even along their entire 
length, with a composite material, but that are otherwise comprised 
of wood, LVL, or wood and composite materials (where the non-coating 
composite materials make up 50 percent or less of the total 
merchandise) are covered by the scope.
    The merchandise subject to this order consists of wood, LVL, 
bamboo, or a combination of wood and composite materials that is 
continuously shaped throughout its length (with the exception of any 
endwork/dados), profiled wood having a repetitive design in relief, 
similar milled wood architectural accessories, such as rosettes and 
plinth blocks, and finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork 
blanks (whether or not resawn). The scope includes continuously 
shaped wood in the forms of dowels, building components such as 
interior paneling and jamb parts, and door components such as rails, 
stiles, interior and exterior door frames or jambs (including split, 
flat, stop applied, single- or double-rabbeted), frame or jamb kits, 
and packaged door frame trim or casing sets, whether or not the door 
components are imported as part of a door kit or set.
    The covered products may be solid wood, laminated, finger-
jointed, edge-glued, face-glued, or otherwise joined in the 
production or remanufacturing process and are covered by the scope 
whether imported raw, coated (e.g., gesso, polymer, or plastic), 
primed, painted, stained, wrapped (paper or vinyl overlay), any 
combination of the aforementioned surface coatings, treated, or 
which incorporate rot-resistant elements (whether wood or 
composite). The covered products are covered by the scope whether or 
not any surface coating(s) or covers obscure the grain, textures, or 
markings of the wood, whether or not they are ready for use or 
require final machining (e.g., endwork/dado,

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hinge/strike machining, weatherstrip or application thereof, mitre) 
or packaging.
    All wood mouldings and millwork products are included within the 
scope even if they are trimmed; cut-to-size; notched; punched; 
drilled; or have undergone other forms of minor processing.
    Subject merchandise also includes wood mouldings and millwork 
products that have been further processed in a third country, 
including but not limited to trimming, cutting, notching, punching, 
drilling, coating, or any other processing that would not otherwise 
remove the merchandise from the scope of this order if performed in 
the country of manufacture of the in-scope product.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are countertop/
butcherblocks imported as a full countertop/butcherblock panel, 
exterior fencing, exterior decking and exterior siding products 
(including solid wood siding, non-wood siding (e.g., composite or 
cement), and shingles) that are not LVL or finger jointed; finished 
and unfinished doors; flooring; parts of stair steps (including 
newel posts, balusters, easing, gooseneck, risers, treads, rail 
fittings and stair stringers); picture frame components three feet 
and under in individual lengths; and lumber whether solid, finger-
jointed, or edge-glued. To be excluded from the scope, finger-
jointed or edge-glued lumber must have a nominal thickness of 1.5 
inches or greater and a certification stamp from an American Lumber 
Standard Committee-certified grading agency. The exclusion for 
lumber whether solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued does not apply 
to screen/''surfaced on 4 sides'' (S4S) and/or ``surface 1 side, 2 
edges'' (SlS2E) stock (also called boards) that are finger-jointed 
and/or edge-glued, or to finger-jointed and/or edge-glued moulding 
or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn). Accordingly, S4S and 
S1S2E stock/boards that are not finger-jointed or edge glued are 
excluded from the scope of this order.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered 
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Hardwood Plywood from 
the People's Republic of China. See Certain Hardwood Plywood 
Products from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty 
Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018).
    Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered 
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Multilayered Wood 
Flooring from the People's Republic of China. See Multilayered Wood 
Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 
Order, 76 FR 76690 (December 8, 2011).
    Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered 
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Wooden Cabinets and 
Vanities from the People's Republic of China. See Wooden Cabinets 
and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126 (April 21, 2020).
    Excluded from the scope of this order are all products covered 
by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Wooden Bedroom 
Furniture from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of 
China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005).
    Imports of wood mouldings and millwork products are primarily 
entered under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) numbers: 4409.10.4010, 4409.10.4090, 4409.10.4500, 
4409.10.5000, 4409.22.4000, 4409.22.5000,4409.29.4100, and 
4409.29.5100. Imports of wood mouldings and millwork products may 
also enter under HTSUS numbers: 4409.10.6000,4409.10.6500, 
4409.22.6000, 4409.22.6500, 4409.29.6100, 4409.29.6600, 
4418.20.4000, 4418.20.8030, 4418.20.8060, 4418.99.9095 and 
4421.99.9780. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of the order is dispositive.

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