Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2022 / Notices 35499 

1See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126 

(April 21, 2020); and Wooden Cabinets and Vanities 

and Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 85 

FR 22134 (April 21, 2020) (collectively, Orders). 

2See AKCA’s Letters, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets and 

Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China—Scope Ruling Application and 

Request for Circumvention Inquiry Concerning 

Imports of Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and 

Components Thereof from Malaysia,’’ dated April 

22, 2022 (Malaysia Circumvention Request); and 

‘‘Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China— 

Scope Ruling Application and Request for 

Circumvention Inquiry Concerning Imports of 

Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components 

Thereof from Vietnam,’’ dated April 22, 2022 

(Vietnam Circumvention Request). 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets and 

Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China—Scope Ruling Application and 

Request for Circumvention Inquiry Concerning 

Imports of Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and 

Components Thereof from Malaysia: 

Questionnaire,’’ dated May 13, 2022; and ‘‘Wooden 

Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China—Scope Ruling 

Application and Request for Circumvention Inquiry 

Concerning Imports of Wooden Cabinets and 

Vanities and Components Thereof from Vietnam: 

Questionnaire,’’ dated May 13, 2022; see also 

AKCA’s Letter, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and 

Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China—Response to Request for Additional 

Information,’’ dated May 17, 2022 (Supplemental 

Questionnaire Response). 

4See DH Exporters’ Letters, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets 

and Vanities and Components Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Comments to 

Petitioner’s Request for Scope/Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ dated May 16 and 17, 2022. The DH 

Exporters are Home Styler Furniture Sdn. Bhd.; 

Honsoar Jaycorp Cabinetry Sdn. Bhd.; Ly Furniture 

Sdn. Bhd.; and Artz Master Sdn. Bhd. (all for 

Malaysia); and Sanyang Vietnam Furniture Co., Ltd, 

Goldenland Vietnam Furniture Company LTD; Blue 

Valley Wood Co., Ltd; Xin Hong Company Limited; 

Advanced Cabinets Supply Viet Nam Company 

Limited; Eagle Wood (Viet Nam) Company Limited; 

Hong Sheng (Viet Nam) Industrial Company 

Limited; Fusion Vina Company Limited; Monogram 

Home Viet Nam Company Limited; Star Un Co., 

Ltd; GIAI MY P&B CO., LTD; Wissen Wood 

Vietnam Co. Ltd, VY KIET Company Co., Ltd; and 

Song Ngan Industrial Wood Company Limited (all 

for Vietnam); see also AHFA’s Letter ‘‘Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders on Wooden 

Cabinets and Vanities from the People’s Republic of 

China: Pre-initiation Comments,’’ dated May 19, 

2022 (AHFA Letter). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets and 

Vanities: Extension of Time to Determine Whether 

to Initiate Anti-Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated May 

19, 2022. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Wooden Cabinets and 

Vanities and Components Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention 

Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Orders,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Circumvention Initiation Memorandum). 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under 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 terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: June 3, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust Its Calculations for The Provision 

of Steel Bar for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration (LTAR) 

Comment 2: Whether to Apply Adverse 

Facts Available (AFA) to the Usage of the 

Export Buyer’s Credit (EBC) Program 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–106; C–570–107] 

Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and 

Components Thereof From the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation 

of Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance, 

(AKCA), a petitioner, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) is 

initiating two country-wide 

circumvention inquiries to determine 

whether: (1) U.S. imports from Vietnam 

of wooden cabinets and vanities and 

components thereof (wooden cabinets 

and vanities) from the People’s Republic 

of China (China), which are further 

processed in the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam (Vietnam) and include 

Vietnamese components, are 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on wooden cabinets and vanities 

from China; and (2) U.S. imports from 

Malaysia of wooden cabinets and 

vanities and components thereof 

(wooden cabinets and vanities) from 

China, which are further processed in 

Malaysia and include Malaysian 

components, are circumventing the AD 

and CVD orders on wooden cabinets 

and vanities from China. 

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Romani or Richard Roberts, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0198 or 

(202) 482–3464, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 22, 2022, pursuant to section 

781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.226(c), AKCA filed circumvention 

inquiry requests alleging that wooden 

cabinets and vanities from China, which 

are further processed in Vietnam or 

Malaysia, and which include 

Vietnamese or Malaysian components, 

respectively, are circumventing the 

Orders 1 and, accordingly, should be 

included within the scope of the 

Orders.2 On May 13, 2022, Commerce 

asked AKCA to clarify the coverage of 

the products subject to the 

circumvention inquiry requests, and 

AKCA responded on May 17, 2022.3

From May 16 through 19, 2022, we 

received comments from certain 

exporters (collectively, DH Exporters) 

and America Home Furnishings 

Alliance (AHFA) concerning AKCA’s 

request.4 On May 19, 2022, we extended 

the deadline to initiate these 

circumvention inquiries by 15 days, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1).5

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these Orders 

are wooden cabinets and vanities that 

are for permanent installation 

(including floor mounted, wall 

mounted, ceiling hung or by attachment 

of plumbing), and wooden components 

thereof. A full description of the scope 

of the Orders is provided in the 

Circumvention Initiation 

Memorandum.6

Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiries 

(1) One circumvention inquiry covers 

wooden cabinets and vanities from 

China, which are further processed in 


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7See Statement of Administrative Action 

Accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements 

Act, H.R. Doc. No. 103–316, Vol. 1 (1994), at 893. 

8See Uncovered Innerspring Units from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 65626 (December 

21, 2018), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, at 4. 

9See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 

83 FR 37785 (August 2, 2018); Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on 

the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 40556, 40560 

(August 25, 2017) (stating at initiation that 

Commerce would evaluate the extent to which a 

country-wide finding applicable to all exports 

might be warranted); and Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries 

on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 81 FR 79454, 79458 (November 14, 2016) 

(stating at initiation that Commerce would evaluate 

the extent to which a country-wide finding 

applicable to all exports might be warranted). 

Vietnam and include Vietnamese 

components, and which are 

subsequently exported from Vietnam to 

the United States. 

(2) The second circumvention inquiry 

covers wooden cabinets and vanities 

from China, which are further processed 

in Malaysia and include Malaysian 

components, and which are 

subsequently exported from Malaysia to 

the United States. 

Initiation of Circumvention Inquiries 

Section 351.226(d) of Commerce’s 

regulations states that if Commerce 

determines that a request for a 

circumvention inquiry satisfies the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c), then 

Commerce ‘‘will accept the request and 

initiate a circumvention inquiry.’’ 

Section 351.226(c)(1) of Commerce’s 

regulations, in turn, requires that each 

circumvention inquiry request allege 

‘‘that the elements necessary for a 

circumvention determination under 

section 781 of the Act exist’’ and be 

‘‘accompanied by information 

reasonably available to the interested 

party supporting these allegations.’’ 

AKCA alleged circumvention pursuant 

to section 781(b) of the Act 

(merchandise completed or assembled 

in other foreign countries). 

Section 351.226(m)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations states, for companion AD 

and CVD duty proceedings, that ‘‘the 

Secretary will initiate and conduct a 

single inquiry with respect to the 

product at issue for both orders only on 

the record of the antidumping 

proceeding.’’ Further, once ‘‘the 

Secretary issues a final circumvention 

determination on the record of the 

antidumping duty proceeding, the 

Secretary will include a copy of that 

determination on the record of the 

countervailing duty proceeding.’’ 

Accordingly, once Commerce concludes 

these circumvention inquiries, 

Commerce intends to place its final 

circumvention determinations on the 

record of the companion CVD 

proceeding. 

Section 781(b)(1) of the Act provides 

that Commerce may find circumvention 

of an order when merchandise of the 

same class or kind subject to the order 

is completed or assembled in a foreign 

country other than the country to which 

the order applies. In conducting a 

circumvention inquiry, under section 

781(b)(1) of the Act, Commerce relies on 

the following criteria: (A) merchandise 

imported into the United States is of the 

same class or kind as any merchandise 

produced in a foreign country that is the 

subject of an AD or CVD order; (B) 

before importation into the United 

States, such imported merchandise is 

completed or assembled in another 

foreign country from merchandise 

which is subject to the order or is 

produced in the foreign country that is 

subject to the order; (C) the process of 

assembly or completion in the foreign 

country referred to in section (B) is 

minor or insignificant; (D) the value of 

the merchandise produced in the 

foreign country to which the AD or CVD 

order applies is a significant portion of 

the total value of the merchandise 

exported to the United States; and (E) 

the administering authority determines 

that action is appropriate to prevent 

evasion of such order. 

In determining whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a foreign 

country is minor or insignificant under 

section 781(b)(1)(C) of the Act, section 

781(b)(2) of the Act directs Commerce to 

consider: (A) the level of investment in 

the foreign country; (B) the level of 

research and development in the foreign 

country; (C) the nature of the production 

process in the foreign country; (D) the 

extent of production facilities in the 

foreign country; and (E) whether or not 

the value of processing performed in the 

foreign country represents a small 

proportion of the value of the 

merchandise imported into the United 

States. However, no single factor, by 

itself, controls Commerce’s 

determination of whether the process of 

assembly or completion in a foreign 

country is minor or insignificant.7

Accordingly, it is Commerce’s practice 

to evaluate each of these five factors as 

they exist in the foreign country, 

depending on the totality of the 

circumstances of the particular 

circumvention inquiry.8

In addition, section 781(b)(3) of the 

Act sets forth additional factors to 

consider in determining whether to 

include merchandise assembled or 

completed in a foreign country within 

the scope of an AD or CVD order. 

Specifically, Commerce shall take into 

account such factors as: (A) the pattern 

of trade, including sourcing patterns; (B) 

whether the manufacturer or exporter of 

the merchandise that was shipped to the 

foreign country is affiliated with the 

person who, in the foreign country, uses 

the merchandise to complete or 

assemble the merchandise which is 

subsequently imported into the United 

States; and (C) whether imports of the 

merchandise into the foreign country 

have increased after the initiation of the 

investigation that resulted in the 

issuance of such order. 

Based on our analysis of AKCA’s 

circumvention requests, Commerce 

determines that AKCA has satisfied the 

criteria under 19 CFR 351.226(c) to 

warrant the initiation of circumvention 

inquiries of the Orders. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate these circumvention 

inquiries, see the Circumvention 

Initiation Memorandum. A list of topics 

discussed in the Circumvention 

Initiation Memorandum is included as 

the appendix to this notice. As 

explained in the Circumvention 

Initiation Memorandum, the 

information provided by domestic 

interested parties warrants initiating 

these circumvention inquiries on a 

country-wide basis. Commerce has 

taken this approach in prior 

circumvention inquiries, where the facts 

warranted initiation on a country-wide 

basis.9

Consistent with the approach in the 

prior circumvention inquiries that were 

initiated on a country-wide basis, 

Commerce intends to issue two 

questionnaires (one for Vietnam, and 

one for Malaysia) to solicit information 

from producers and exporters in 

Vietnam and Malaysia, respectively, 

concerning their shipments to the 

United States and the origin of any 

imported wooden cabinets and vanitiescomponents being further processed 

into wooden cabinets and vanities. A 

company’s failure to respond 

completely to Commerce’s requests for 

information may result in the 

application of partial or total facts 

available, pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act, which may include adverse 

inferences, pursuant to section 776(b) of 

the Act. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.226(l)(1), 

Commerce will notify U.S. Customs and 


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1See Raw Honey from Argentina: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 87 FR 22179 (April 14, 2022); Raw 

Honey from Brazil: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 87 FR 22182 (April 14, 2022) 

(Brazil Final Determination); Raw Honey from 

India: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 87 FR 22188 (April 14, 

2022) (India Final Determination); and Raw Honey 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 87 FR 22184 (April 14, 

2022) (Vietnam Final Determination). 

2See ITC’s Letter, Investigation Nos. 731–TA– 

1560–1562 and 731–TA–1564 (Final), dated May 

27, 2022. 

3See Raw Honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, 

and Vietnam, 87 FR 33831 (June 3, 2022). 

Border Protection (CBP) of the initiation 

of these circumvention inquiries and 

direct CBP to continue the suspension 

of liquidation of entries of products 

subject to the circumvention inquiries 

that were already subject to the 

suspension of liquidation under the 

Orders and to apply the cash deposit 

rate that would be applicable if the 

products were determined to be covered 

by the scope of the Orders. Should 

Commerce issue preliminary or final 

circumvention determinations, 

Commerce will follow the suspension of 

liquidation rules under 19 CFR 

351.226(l)(2)–(4). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d) 

and section 781(b) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that the AKCA’s requests for 

these circumvention inquiries satisfies 

the requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c). 

Accordingly, Commerce is notifying all 

interested parties of the initiation of 

these two circumvention inquiries to 

determine whether: (1) U.S. imports 

from Vietnam of wooden cabinets and 

vanities from China, which are further 

processed in Vietnam and include 

Vietnamese components, are 

circumventing the Orders; and (2) U.S. 

imports from Malaysia of wooden 

cabinets and vanities from China, which 

are further processed in Malaysia and 

include Malaysian components, are 

circumventing the Orders. In addition, 

we included a description of the 

products that are the subject of these 

inquiries, and an explanation of the 

reasons for Commerce’s decision to 

initiate these inquiries as provided 

above and in the accompanying 

Circumvention Initiation Memorandum. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.226(e)(1), Commerce intends to 

issue its preliminary determination no 

later than 150 days from the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

these circumvention inquiries in the 

Federal Register. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 781(b) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1)(ii). 

Dated: June 6, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the 

Circumvention Initiation Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Orders 

IV. Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiries 

V. Statutory and Regulatory Framework for 

Circumvention Inquiries 

VI. Statutory Analysis for the Circumvention 

Inquiries 

VII. Whether Process of Assembly or 

Completion is Minor or Insignificant 

VIII. Additional Factors To Consider in 

Determining Whether Circumvention 

Inquiries Are Warranted 

IX. Comments on the Initiation of the 

Circumvention Inquiries 

X. Country-Wide Circumvention Inquiries 

XI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–357–823, A–351–857, A–533–903, A–552– 

833] 

Raw Honey From Argentina, Brazil, 

India, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

orders on raw honey from Argentina, 

Brazil, India, and the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam (Vietnam). 

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Martin and Eva Kim 

(Argentina); Genevieve Coen (Brazil); 

Brittany Bauer and Benito Ballesteros 

(India); and Jonathan Hill and Paola 

Aleman Ordaz (Vietnam), AD/CVD 

Operations, Offices IV and V, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3936, 

(202) 482–8283, (202) 482–3251, (202) 

482–3860, (202) 482–7425, (202) 482– 

3518, or (202) 482–4031, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 14, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

affirmative final determinations in the 

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigations of raw honey from 

Argentina, Brazil, India, and Vietnam.1

On May 27, 2022, the ITC notified 

Commerce of its final determinations, 

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 raw honey 

from Argentina, Brazil, India, and 

Vietnam, and of its determinations that 

critical circumstances exist with respect 

to dumped imports of raw honey from 

Vietnam and do not exist with respect 

to dumped imports of raw honey from 

Argentina.2

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, 

India, and Vietnam. For a complete 

description of the scope of these orders, 

see the appendix to this notice. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On June 3, 2022, in accordance with 

section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

published in the Federal Register its 

final determinations in these 

investigations, in which it found that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, 

India, and Vietnam.3 Therefore, in 

accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 

736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing 

these antidumping duty orders. Because 

the ITC determined that imports of raw 

honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, and 

Vietnam are materially injuring a U.S. 

industry, unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from Argentina, Brazil, 

India, and Vietnam, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

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 raw honey from 

Argentina, Brazil, India, and Vietnam. 

With the exception of entries occurring 

after the expiration of the provisional 


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