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Vol. 87, No. 116 

Thursday, June 16, 2022 

1See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, and 

Intent to Rescind Review, in Part; 2019, 86 FR 

73244 (December 27, 2021) (Preliminary Results), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum (PDM). 

2Cross-owned affiliates are Baroque Timber 

Industries (Baroque Timber), Suzhou Times 

Flooring Co., Ltd., and Zhongshan Lianjia Flooring 

Co., Ltd. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated 

February 18, 2022; see also GOC’s Letter, ‘‘Case 

Brief,’’ dated February 18, 2022; Riverside’s Letter, 

‘‘Administrative Case Brief,’’ dated February 22, 

2022 (bracketing made final on February 22, 2022); 

Jiangsu Senmao’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated 

February 18, 2022; Fine Furniture’s Letter, ‘‘Case 

Brief,’’ dated February 18, 2022; and Lumber 

Liquidators and Foreign Exporters/Producers’ 

Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated February 18, 2022. 

4See Struxtur’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief;’’ dated 

February 18, 2022; see also Hengtong’s Letter, ‘‘CBP 

Data & Letter in Lieu of Case Brief,’’ dated February 

18, 2022. 

5See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated 

March 2, 2022; see also Fine Furniture’s Letter, 

‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated March 2, 2022; Riverside’s 

Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated March 2, 2022; and 

Jiangsu Senmao’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated 

June 15, 2021. 

6See Struxtur’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated 

March 2, 2022; see also Dadongwu’s Letter, ‘‘Letter 

in Lieu of Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated March 2, 2022. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China—9th 

Administrative Review: Scheduling of Public 

Hearing,’’ dated March 7, 2022; see also Submission 

of Neal R. Gross and Co., Transcript of Public 

Hearing, filed April 6, 2022. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2019 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

9See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 76 FR 76693 (December 8, 2011) (Order); see 

also Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 

3, 2012) (Amended Order); and Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Clarification of the Scope of the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 82 FR 27799 (June 19, 

2017). 

10See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Jiangsu Senmao 

Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. Verification 

Questionnaire,’’ dated January 10, 2022; and 

‘‘Riverside Plywood Corp. Verification 

Questionnaire,’’ dated January 10, 2022. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–971] 

Multilayered Wood Flooring From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results and Partial Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) continues to 

determine that the mandatory 

respondents, Riverside Plywood 

Corporation (Riverside) and Jiangsu 

Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry 

Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao), and 66 other 

producers and/or exporters of 

multilayered wood flooring (wood 

flooring) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China), received countervailable 

subsidies during the period of review 

(POR) January 1, 2019, through 

December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable June 16, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure or Jonathan Schueler, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5973 or 

(202) 482–9175, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Results of this administrative review in 

the Federal Register on December 27, 

2021, and invited interested parties to 

comment.1 On February 18, 2022, we 

received case briefs from the following 

interested parties: Riverside,2 Jiangsu 

Senmao, Fine Furniture (Shanghai) 

Limited and Double F Limited 

(collectively, Fine Furniture), Lumber 

Liquidators Services, LLC (including 

various Chinese exporters and 

producers) (Lumber Liquidators and 

Foreign Exporters/Producers), the 

Government of the People’s Republic of 

China (GOC), and the American 

Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood 

Flooring (the petitioner).3 Struxtur, Inc. 

& Evolutions Flooring, Inc. (Struxtur) 

and Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd. 

(Hengtong) submitted letters in lieu of 

case briefs on February 18, 2022, 

concurring with the arguments of other 

respondent parties.4 On March 2, 2022, 

we received rebuttal briefs from 

Riverside, Fine Furniture, Jiangsu 

Senmao, and the petitioner.5 Zhejiang 

Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd. 

(Dadongwu) and Struxtur submitted 

letters in lieu of a rebuttal case brief on 

March 2, 2022, incorporating the 

rebuttal comments of other respondent 

parties.6 On March 30, 2022, we held a 

public hearing to discuss the interested 

parties’ comments.7 For a complete 

description of the events that occurred 

since the Preliminary Results, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.8

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order 9 is 

multilayered wood flooring from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon for the final results of this 

review. However, we took additional 

steps in lieu of an on-site verification to 

verify this information, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Act.10

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the parties’ briefs 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed is attached to this notice at 

Appendix I. The Issues and 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of the case and 

rebuttal briefs and the evidence on the 

record, we made certain changes from 

the Preliminary Results. These changes 


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11See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

12See Memorandum, ‘‘No Shipment Inquiry for 

Certain Companies During the Period 01/01/2019 

through 12/31/2019,’’ dated November 17, 2021. 

13We did not consider Deerfu’s no shipment 

certification and Fengyun’s no shipment 

certification because we rescinded the review for 

these companies. See Multilayered Wood Flooring 

from the People’s Republic of China: Partial 

Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019, 86 FR at 31696 (June 15, 2021). 

14See Preliminary Results PDM at 4 and 5. 

15See Memorandum, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) Entry Documents,’’ dated February 

15, 2022, at Attachment 1. 

16See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the NonSelected Rate for the Final Results,’’ dated June 10, 

2022. 

17Cross-owned affiliates are Baroque Timber 

(Zhongshan) Industries, Suzhou Times Flooring 

Co., Ltd., and Zhongshan Lianjia Flooring Co., Ltd. 

18See Appendix II. 

are explained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a 

government-provided financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.11 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum contains a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s conclusions, 

including any determination that relied 

upon the use of adverse facts available 

pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of 

the Act. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

Commerce received timely no-shipment 

certifications from Anhui Longhua 

Bamboo Product Co., Ltd. (Anhui); 

Benxi Flooring Factory (General 

Partnership) (Benxi); Dalian Deerfu 

Wooden Product Co., Ltd. (Deerfu); 

Dalian Shengyu Science and 

Technology Development Co., Ltd. 

(Shengyu); Dunhua Dexin Wood 

Industry Co., Ltd./Dunhua City Dexin 

Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Dexin); Jiangsu 

Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd. 

(Yuhui); Jiashan Fengyun Timber Co., 

Ltd. (Fengyun); Hengtong; Kember 

Flooring, Inc. (Kember); Kingman Wood 

Industry Co., Ltd. (Kingman); Muchsee 

Wood (Chuzhou) Co., Ltd. (Muchsee); 

Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd. (Power 

Dekor); Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood 

Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingyi-Nature); 

Zhejiang Dadongwu Greenhome Wood 

Co., Ltd. (Dadongwu); Zhejiang Shiyou 

Timber Co., Ltd. (Shiyou); and Zhejiang 

Shuimojiangnan New Material 

Technology Co., Ltd. (New Material). 

Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) 

information and comments received 

from interested parties, we determine 

that eleven companies, namely, Anhui, 

Benxi, Shengyu, Dexin, Yuhui, 

Kingman, Muchsee, Power Dekor, 

Yingyi-Nature, Shiyou, and New 

Material, had no shipments of subject 

merchandise during the POR.12 13 We 

inquired with CBP whether these 

companies had shipped merchandise to 

the United States during the POR, and 

CBP provided no evidence to contradict 

the claims of no shipments made by 

these companies. Therefore, we are 

rescinding the administrative review for 

Anhui, Benxi, Shengyu, Dexin, Yuhui, 

Kingman, Muchsee, Power Dekor, 

Yingyi-Nature, Shiyou, and New 

Material because these companies had 

no shipments of subject merchandise 

during the POR. 

Further, in the Preliminary Results, 

Commerce stated its intention to rescind 

the review with respect to the abovereferenced companies, except for 

Hengtong, Dadongwu, and Kember, in 

the final results.14 Concerning 

Dadongwu and Kember, we continue to 

find that both companies had entries of 

the subject merchandise during the 

POR; therefore, we are not rescinding 

the administrative review for these two 

companies. 

Regarding Hengtong, we requested 

CBP to provide entry documentation to 

determine whether Hengtong had no 

shipments during the POR.15 After 

reviewing the CBP entry documentation, 

we determine that the record evidence 

supports Hengtong’s claim of no 

shipments during the POR. Therefore, 

we are rescinding the administrative 

review of Hengtong, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3). For additional 

information regarding this 

determination, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5), we calculated a final 

countervailable subsidy rate for each of 

the mandatory respondents, Riverside 

and Jiangsu Senmao. For the companies 

subject to this review that were not 

selected for individual examination, we 

followed Commerce practice, which is 

to base the subsidy rates on an average 

of the subsidy rates calculated for those 

companies selected for individual 

examination, excluding de minimis 

rates or rates based entirely on adverse 

facts available. In this case, for the nonselected companies, we calculated a rate 

by weight-averaging the calculated 

subsidy rates of Riverside and Jiangsu 

Senmao using their publicly ranged 

sales data for exports of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR.16 We find the countervailable 

subsidy rates for the producers/ 

exporters under review to be as follows: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Riverside Plywood Corporation 

and its Cross-Owned Affiliates 17 ........................................ 12.74 

Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and 

Wood Industry Co., Ltd ............. 3.36 

Non-Selected Companies Under 

Review 18 ................................... 9.85 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations and analysis performed for 

these final results of review within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review, for the 

above-listed companies at the applicable 

ad valorem assessment rates listed. We 

intend to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 35 days after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review. 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). 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to assess countervailing 

duties on all appropriate entries at a rate 

equal to the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

POR in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(l)(i). 

Cash Deposit Instructions 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts shown for each of 

the respective companies listed above 

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entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms subject to the Order, we 

will instruct CBP to continue to collect 

cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the most recent 

company-specific or all-others rate 

applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, effective upon 

publication of these final results, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (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. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

V. Period of Review 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Discussion of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether to Apply Adverse 

Facts Available to the Export Buyer’s 

Credit Program 

Comment 2: Whether There Is a Basis to 

Apply Adverse Facts Available 

Regarding the Countervailability of the 

Provision of Electricity for Less Than 

Adequate Remuneration 

Comment 3: Whether There Is a Basis to 

Apply Adverse Facts Available to 

Specificity Regarding the 

Countervailability of the Provision of 

Inputs for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration 

Comment 4: Whether Individually-Owned 

Suppliers Are Government Authorities 

Comment 5: Whether to Include New 

Zealand Trade Data in the Valuation of 

Benchmark Prices 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Treat Pine Integrated Boards as Veneers 

and Apply Adverse Facts Available or 

Neutral Facts Available 

Comment 7: Which Density Estimates to 

Use in the Benefit Calculations for the 

Provision of Veneers, Plywood, and 

Fiberboard for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration 

Comment 8: Whether to Include Certain 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

Subheadings and International Tropical 

Timber Organization Prices in the Glue, 

Fiberboard, Paint, Plywood, and Veneers 

Benchmark Price Calculations 

Comment 9: Whether to Rely on Drewry 

Ocean Freight Benchmark Data and 

Input-Specific Sources of Ocean Freight 

Used to Calculate the Ocean Freight 

Benchmarks for Veneers, Plywood, 

Fiberboard, Cut Timber, Sawn Wood, 

Paint, and Glue 

Comment 10: Whether to Revise Inland 

Freight Cost Calculation Methodology to 

Include Border Fees and Port Charges 

Comment 11: Whether to Include All 

Receipts to Determine the Measurability 

of the Participation of Standard Draft 

Program 

Comment 12: Whether to Base the 

Electricity Benchmark Prices on the 

Highest Prices When Tariff Schedules for 

Different Time Periods Exist 

Comment 13: Whether to Countervail 

Loans Based on a Financial Lease Back 

Comment 14: Whether to Rescind the 

Review, In Part, Based on CBP 

Information 

Comment 15: Whether Commerce Made 

Ministerial Errors in the Subsidy Rate 

Calculations Pertaining to Various 

Programs 

XI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

1. Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., 

Ltd. 

2. Anhui Yaolong Bamboo & Wood Products 

Co. Ltd. 

3. Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., 

Ltd. 

4. Benxi Wood Company 

5. Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. 

6. Dalian Guhua Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

7. Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd. 

8. Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

9. Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

10. Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

11. Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd. 

12. Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

13. Dalian Shumaike Floor Manufacturing 

Co., Ltd. 

14. Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd. 

15. Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC 

16. Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd. 

17. Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry 

Co., Ltd. 

18. Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., 

Ltd. 

19. Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

20. Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited 

21. Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd. 

22. Fusong Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

23. Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., 

Ltd. 

24. Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., 

Ltd. 

25. Guangzhou Homebon Timber 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

26. HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products Co., 

Ltd. 

27. Hangzhou Hanje Tec Company Limited 

28. Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd. 

29. Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry 

Co., Ltd. 

30. Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc. 

31. Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd. 

32. Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. 

33. Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd. 

34. Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd. 

35. Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., 

Ltd. 

36. Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. 

37. Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd. 

38. Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd. 

39. Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., 

Ltd. 

40. Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd. 

41. Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

42. Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. 

43. Karly Wood Product Limited 

44. Kember Flooring, Inc., a.k.a. Kember 

Hardwood Flooring, Inc. 

45. Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., 

Ltd. 

46. Kingman Floors Co., Ltd. 

47. Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring 

48. Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd. 

49. Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. (successorin-interest to Shanghai Lizhong Wood 

Products Co., Ltd.) (a/k/a The Lizhong 

Wood Industry Limited Company of 

Shanghai) 

50. Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. 

51. Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) 

Co., Ltd. 

52. Power Dekor North America Inc. 

53. Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material 

Co. Ltd. 

54. Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., 

Ltd. 

55. Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. 

56. Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. 

57. Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., 

Ltd. 

58. Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd. 

59. Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd. 

60. Yekalon Industry, Inc. 

61. Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. 

62. Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood 

Co., Ltd. (a.k.a. Zhejiang Dadongwu 

Greenhome Wood Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang 

Dadongwu Green Home Wood Co., Ltd.) 

63. Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd. 

64. Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

65. Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd. 

66. Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd. 

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