[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10158-10159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4049]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China; 
Initiation of New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') received 
timely requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty 
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating 
new shipper reviews for Golden Well International (HK), Ltd. (``Golden 
Well'') and its supplier Zhangzhou XYM Furniture Product Co., Ltd. 
(Zhangzhou XYM), and for Mei Jia Ju Furniture Industrial (Shenzhen) 
Co., Ltd. (``Mei Jia'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4474 or (202) 482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department received timely requests from 
Golden Well and Mei Jia on January 24 and 22, 2007 respectively, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new 
shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom 
furniture from the PRC. 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). Although Mei Jia submitted a timely request, on 
February 7, 2007, the Department rejected Mei Jia's request due to 
improper filing. However, because Mei Jia originally filed its request 
on January 22, 2007, but the request was not rejected by the Department 
until February 7, 2007, the Department allowed Mei Jia to refile its 
request by February 21, 2007. See the letter from the Department to Mei 
Jia dated February 7, 2007. On February 16, 2007, Mei Jia re-submitted 
its request for a new shipper review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii), 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), in their 
requests for new shipper reviews, Golden Well (as an exporter), 
Zhangzhou XYM, and Mei Jia (as a producing exporter) certified that 
they did not export wooden bedroom furniture to the United States 
during the period of investigation (``POI''); that since the initiation 
of the investigation they have never been affiliated with any company 
that exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI; 
and that their export activities were not controlled by the central 
government of the PRC.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Golden Well and Mei 
Jia submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which they first shipped wooden bedroom furniture for export to the 
United States; (2) the volume of their first shipment; and (3) the date 
of their first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.

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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), and based on information on the record, we find that 
Golden Well and Mei Jia's requests meet the initiation threshold 
requirements and we are initiating new shipper reviews for shipments of 
wooden bedroom furniture exported by Golden Well that were produced by 
Zhangzhou XYM and shipments of wooden bedroom furniture produced and 
exported by Mei Jia. See Memorandum to the File through Wendy J. 
Frankel, Director, New Shipper Initiation Checklist, dated, February 
28, 2007. The Department will conduct these new shipper reviews 
according to the deadlines set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the period of review 
(``POR'') for a new shipper review, initiated in the month immediately 
following the anniversary month, will be the twelve-month period 
immediately preceding the anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for the 
new shipper reviews of Golden Well and Mei Jia will be January 1 
through December 31, 2006.
    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish 
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide 
rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government 
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, we will 
issue questionnaires to Golden Well and Mei Jia, including a separate-
rate section. The reviews will proceed if the responses provide 
sufficient indication that Golden Well and Mei Jia are not subject to 
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their 
exports of wooden bedroom furniture. However, if either Golden Well or 
Mei Jia does not demonstrate its eligibility for a separate rate, it 
will be deemed not separate from other companies that exported during 
the POI, and its new shipper review will be rescinded.
    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was 
signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to collect a bond or other security in lieu of a cash 
deposit in new shipper reviews. Therefore, the posting of a bond or 
other security under section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act in lieu of a 
cash deposit is not available in this case. Importers of wooden bedroom 
furniture 1) produced by Zhangzhou XYM and exported by Golden Well, or 
2) produced and exported by Mei Jia must continue to post cash deposits 
of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject merchandise 
(i.e., wooden bedroom furniture) at the PRC-wide entity rate of 198.08 
percent.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are issued in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: February 28, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-4049 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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