[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14499-14500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5915]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-888]


Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts 
Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the 2009-2010 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, 
metal-top ironing tables from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ 
On January 10, 2012, we extended the final results of this 
administrative review by 60 days.\2\ This review covers one exporter, 
Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd. (Foshan 
Shunde). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2009, through July 31, 
2010. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results.
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    \1\ See Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain 
Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 55357 
(September 7, 2011) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain 
Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for Final Results of Administrative Review, 77 FR 1455 
(January 10, 2012).
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    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the Final Results differ 
from the Preliminary Results. The weighted average dumping margins are 
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review''.

DATES: Effective Date: March 12, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4475 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 2011, the Department published the preliminary 
results of this administrative review. See Preliminary Results. The 
merchandise covered by the order is floor-standing, metal-top ironing 
tables and certain parts thereof from the PRC, as described in the 
``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review 
(POR) is August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010. This administrative 
review covers Foshan Shunde.
    In the Preliminary Results, we invited parties to comment. October 
7, 2011, the Department received a timely case brief from Foshan 
Shunde. On October 12, 2011, Home Products International (the 
Petitioner in this case) submitted a rebuttal brief.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the product covered consists of floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables, assembled or unassembled, complete 
or incomplete, and certain parts thereof. The subject tables are 
designed and used principally for the hand ironing or pressing of 
garments or other articles of fabric. The subject tables have full-
height leg assemblies that support the ironing surface at an 
appropriate (often adjustable) height above the floor. The subject 
tables are produced in a variety of leg finishes, such as painted, 
plated, or matte, and they are available with various features, 
including iron rests, linen racks, and others. The subject ironing 
tables may be sold with or without a pad and/or cover. All types and 
configurations of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables are covered 
by this review.
    Furthermore, the order specifically covers imports of ironing 
tables, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain 
parts thereof. For purposes of the order, the term ``unassembled'' 
ironing table means a product requiring the attachment of the leg 
assembly to the top or the attachment of an included feature such as an 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``complete'' ironing table means 
product sold as a ready-to-use ensemble consisting of the metal-top 
table and a pad and cover, with or without additional features, e.g., 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``incomplete'' ironing table means 
product shipped or sold as a ``bare board''--i.e., a metal-top table 
only, without the pad and cover--with or without additional features, 
e.g. iron rest or linen rack. The major parts or components of ironing 
tables that are intended to be covered by the order under the term 
``certain parts thereof'' consist of the metal top component (with or 
without assembled supports and slides) and/or the leg components, 
whether or not attached together as a leg assembly. The order covers 
separately shipped metal top components and leg components, without 
regard to whether the respective quantities would yield an exact 
quantity of assembled ironing tables.
    Ironing tables without legs (such as models that mount on walls or 
over doors) are not floor-standing and are specifically excluded. 
Additionally, tabletop or countertop models with short legs that do not 
exceed 12 inches in length (and which may or may not collapse or 
retract) are specifically excluded.
    The subject ironing tables were previously classified under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 
9403.20.0010. Effective July 1, 2003, the subject ironing tables are 
classified under new HTSUS subheading 9403.20.0011. The subject metal 
top and leg components are classified under HTSUS subheading 
9403.90.8040. Although the HTSUS

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subheadings are provided for convenience and for Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) purposes, the Department's written description of the 
scope remains dispositive.

Separate Rates

    Foshan Shunde requested a separate, company-specific antidumping 
duty rate. In the Preliminary Results, we found that Foshan Shunde had 
met the criteria for the application of a separate antidumping duty 
rate. See Preliminary Results, 76 FR at 55358-55359. We have not 
received any information since the Preliminary Results with respect to 
Foshan Shunde that would warrant reconsideration of our separate-rates 
determination. Therefore, we have assigned an individual dumping margin 
to Foshan Shunde for this review period.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by the parties and to which we 
have responded are addressed in the Memorandum to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, entitled ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results in the Administrative Review of Floor-Standing, Metal-Top 
Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of 
China,'' (March 5, 2012) (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues raised, all of 
which are in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this 
notice as Appendix I. Parties can find a complete discussion of all 
issues raised in the briefs and the corresponding recommendations in 
this public memorandum, which is on file electronically via Import 
Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Services System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA Access is 
available in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The signed Decision Memo and the electronic 
versions of the Decision Memo are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties, we have 
made the following changes from that presented in our Preliminary 
Results:
    <bullet> We have calculated all Indonesian Factors of Production to 
the nearest unit rather than to the nearest million units.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following antidumping duty margins exist in 
these final results:

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                                                                Margin
                          Exporter                             (percent)
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Foshan Shunde...............................................       43.47
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    For details on the calculation of the antidumping duty weighted-
average margin for Foshan Shunde, see Memorandum to the File from 
Michael J. Heaney, Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst; 
``Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof 
from the People's Republic of China: Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares 
& Hardware Co., (Foshan Shunde) Analysis Memorandum for the Final 
Results,'' dated March 5, 2012; The public version of this memorandum 
is on file in the CRU.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review. For 
assessment purposes, where possible, we calculated importer-specific 
assessment rates for subject ironing tables from the PRC via ad valorem 
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of the 
dumping margins calculated for the examined sales to the total entered 
value of those same sales. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these 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, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Foshan Shunde 
the cash deposit rate will be 43.47 percent; (2) for previously-
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for 
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide 
rate of 157.68 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied 
that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction or conversion to a judicial 
protective order of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of 
the 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 administrative review and this notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 5, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Selection of Indonesia Rather than India as Primary 
Surrogate Country
Comment 2: Financial Ratios
Comment 3: Errors in Calculation of Indonesian Surrogate Values
Comment 4: Proper Valuation of Steel Wire
Comment 5: Brokerage and Handling
Comment 6: Zeroing
Comment 7: Department Regulation Regarding Submission of Surrogate 
Value Information

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