69616 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 193 / Friday, October 6, 2023 / Notices 

1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 53719, 53720 (September 

1, 2022). 

2See Methionine from Japan and Spain: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 51119 (September 

14, 2021) (Order). 

3See Adisseo Espan ̃ a’s Letter, ‘‘Adisseo Espan ̃ a 

S.A. and Adisseo USA Inc.’s Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated September 30, 2022. 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

66275, 66278 (November 3, 2022), and amended by 

Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 50, 53 n.5 (January 

3, 2023). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Methionine from Spain: 

Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary Results 

of the 2021–2022 Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated May 22, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022: Methionine 

from Spain,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be open to the public on a first-come 

first-served basis and will be accessible 

to people with disabilities. All guests 

are required to register in advance by 

the deadline identified under the 

ADDRESSES caption. Requests for 

auxiliary aids must be submitted by the 

registration deadline. Last minute 

requests will be accepted but may be 

impossible to fill. There will be fifteen 

(15) minutes allotted for oral comments 

from members of the public joining the 

meeting. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for public 

comments may be limited to three (3) 

minutes per person. Individuals wishing 

to reserve speaking time during the 

meeting must submit a request at the 

time of registration, as well as the name 

and address of the proposed speaker 

and a brief statement summarizing the 

comments. If the number of registrants 

requesting to make statements is greater 

than can be reasonably accommodated 

during the meeting, the International 

Trade Administration may conduct a 

lottery to determine the speakers. 

Speakers are requested to submit a 

written copy of their prepared remarks 

by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 19, 2023, for 

inclusion in the meeting records and for 

circulation to the Members of the IAC. 

In addition, any member of the public 

may submit pertinent written comments 

concerning the IAC’s affairs at any time 

before or after the meeting. Comments 

may be submitted to Claire Pillsbury at 

the contact information indicated above. 

To be considered during the meeting, 

comments must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m. ET on October 19, 2023, 

to ensure transmission to the IAC 

members prior to the meeting. 

Comments received after that date and 

time will be distributed to the members 

but may not be considered during the 

meeting. Comments and statements will 

be posted on the IAC website (https:// 

www.trade.gov/selectusa-investmentadvisory-council) without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided such as it 

includes names, addresses, email 

addresses, or telephone numbers. All 

comments and statements received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

Copies of the meeting minutes will be 

available within 90 days of the meeting 

date. 

Elizabeth Husain, 

Acting Executive Director, SelectUSA. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–469–822] 

Methionine From Spain: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that Adisseo Espan ̃ a S.A. (Adisseo 

Espan ̃ a) made sales of methionine from 

Spain at less than normal value (NV) 

during the period of review (POR) 

March 4, 2021, through August 31, 

2022. We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable October 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Bremer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4987. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 1, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity 1 to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

methionine from Spain.2 On November 

3, 2022, based on a timely request for an 

administrative review,3 Commerce 

initiated an administrative review with 

respect to Adisseo Espan ̃ a.4

On May 22, 2023, in accordance with 

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

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the 

deadline for completing these 

preliminary results to September 29, 

2023.5 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6

A list of the topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as the appendix to this notice. 

The Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is on file 

electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of the Order is methionine from 

Spain. A complete description of the 

scope of the Order is contained in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Constructed export price is 

calculated in accordance with section 

772 of the Act and NV is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period 

March 4, 2021, through August 31, 

2022: 

Producer or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Adisseo Espan ̃a S.A ................... 35.59 


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8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also See Temporary 

Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule). 

10See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19 

CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

12See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

13See Temporary Rule. 

14See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

15See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

16See Order, 86 FR at 51120. 

17See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 18See Order, 86 FR at 51120. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify certain 

information reported by Adisseo Espan ̃ a 

prior to issuing its final results. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce will disclose calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs or other written comments no 

later than seven days after the date on 

which the last verification report is 

issued in this administrative review.8

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed no later 

than seven days after the date for filing 

case briefs.9 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) a statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, within 30 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice. Requests should contain: (1) the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants; 

and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 

Issues raised in the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in the respective 

case and rebuttal briefs. An 

electronically-filed hearing request must 

be received successfully in its entirety 

via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

on the established deadline. If a request 

for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a date and 

time to be determined.10 Parties should 

confirm the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions should be filed using 

ACCESS 11 and must be served on 

interested parties.12 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.13

Final Results of Review 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of our 

analysis of all issues raised in the case 

and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless 

extended. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuing the final results of this 

review, Commerce shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries covered by 

this review.14 If the weighted-average 

dumping margin for Adisseo Espan ̃ a is 

not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 

percent) in the final results of this 

review, we will calculate importerspecific ad valorem assessment rates for 

the merchandise based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for the examined sales made during the 

POR to each importer and the total 

entered value of those same sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

Where either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin or an importerspecific rate is zero or de minimis 

within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties.15

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by Adisseo Espan ̃ a 

for which the producer did not know its 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate those entries at the all-others 

rate, i.e., 37.53 percent determined in 

the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation,16 if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company (or companies) 

involved in the transaction.17

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

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

cash deposit rate for Adisseo Espan ̃ a 

will be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margin established in the final 

results of this administrative review, 

except if the rate is less than 0.50 

percent and, therefore, de minimis 

within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 

deposit rate will be zero; (2) for 

previously reviewed or investigated 

companies not listed above, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recently completed segment of this 

proceeding in which the company 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or in the LTFV investigation but 

the producer is, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recently completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

will continue to be the all-others rate of 

37.53 percent, established in the LTFV 

investigation of this proceeding.18

These cash deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 

351.221(b)(4). 


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1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 45 (January 3, 2023), 

corrected by Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 

Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and 

Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 10292 

(February 17, 2023); see also 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) (Order). 

2See American Furniture Manufacturers 

Committee for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett 

Furniture Company, Inc.’s (the petitioners) Letter, 

‘‘Request For Initiation Of Administrative Review,’’ 

dated January 31, 2023; see also VidaXL’s Letter, 

‘‘VidaXL Ningbo’s Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated January 31, 2023; and Guangzhou 

Maria Yee Furnishings Ltd., Pyla HK Limited, and 

Maria Yee, Inc’s (collectively, Maria Yee) Letter, 

‘‘Maria Yee’s Request for Administrative Review 

and Request for Voluntary Respondent Treatment,’’ 

dated January 27, 2023. 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642 (March 14, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

4See Maria Yee’s, Letter, ‘‘Maria Yee’s 

Withdrawal of Request for Review,’’ dated May 30, 

2023; see also Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal Of 

Request For Administrative Review,’’ dated May 26, 

2023. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Information,’’ dated July 25, 2023 (Initial 

Questionnaire). 

6See VidaXL’s Letter, ‘‘Response to the 

Department’s July 25, 2023 Questionnaire,’’ dated 

August 25, 2023. 

7For a complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and 

Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021, 88 FR 

8405 (February 9, 2023). 

8See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 15643–44. 

9 Id. at 15644. 

10See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

Lisa. W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–22237 Filed 10–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–890] 

Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; and 

Rescission, in Part; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

interested parties, the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting 

an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on wooden 

bedroom furniture (WBF) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) 

covering the period of review (POR) 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022. Commerce has preliminarily 

determined that the sole mandatory 

respondent under review, VidaXL 

Ningbo Industry Co., Ltd. (aka vidaXL 

Ningbo Industry Co., Ltd.) (VidaXL), is 

not eligible for a separate rate and is 

part of the China-wide entity. 

Commerce is also rescinding this review 

with respect to all companies under 

review, except VidaXL, because all 

requests to review these companies have 

been timely withdrawn. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results of review. 

DATES: Applicable October 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 3, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on WBF from 

China.1 After receiving review 

requests,2 Commerce initiated this 

review.3 With the exception of VidaXL, 

which requested a review of itself, all 

other parties timely withdrew their 

review requests in their entirety.4 On 

July 25, 2023, we issued the initial 

questionnaire to VidaXL.5 On August 

25, 2023, VidaXL explained that it ‘‘has 

determined it cannot adequately 

provide {Commerce} with the 

information it has requested under the 

deadlines imposed by {Commerce}.’’ 6

Scope of the Order 7

The product covered by the Order is 

WBF, subject to certain exceptions. 

Imports of subject merchandise are 

classified under the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings: 9403.50.9041, 

9403.50.9042, 9403.50.9045, 

9403.50.9080, 9403.91.0005, 

9403.91.0010, 9403.91.0080, 

7009.92.1090 or 7009.92.5095. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, 

the written description of the scope of 

the Order is dispositive. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213. 

Separate Rate 

In the Initiation Notice, we informed 

parties that all firms for which a nonmarket economy review was initiated 

that wished to qualify for separate rate 

status must complete, as appropriate, 

either a separate rate application or a 

separate rate certification.8 We also 

informed parties that firms that 

submitted a separate rate application or 

a separate rate certification that are 

subsequently selected as mandatory 

respondents, would not be eligible for 

separate rate status unless they 

responded to all parts of the initial 

questionnaire that Commerce issued to 

them as mandatory respondents.9 After 

VidaXL submitted a separate rate 

application, Commerce selected VidaXL 

as the sole mandatory respondent in this 

review. As noted above, VidaXL failed 

to respond to Commerce’s initial 

questionnaire. Consistent with 

Commerce’s practice in such situations, 

as described in the Initiation Notice, and 

because VidaXL ceased responding to 

Commerce’s requests for information, 

Commerce has preliminarily determined 

that VidaXL did not establish its 

eligibility for separate rate status, and is 

part of the China-wide entity. 

Commerce’s policy regarding 

conditional review of the China-wide 

entity applies to this administrative 

review.10 Under this policy, the Chinawide entity will not be under review 

unless a party specifically requests, or 

Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 

entity. Because no party requested a 

review of the China-wide entity, and 

Commerce has not self-initiated a 

review of the entity, the entity is not 

under review and the weighted-average 

dumping margin assigned to the Chinawide entity is not subject to change as 

a result of this administrative review. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if a party that requested a review, 

withdraws its request within 90 days of 

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