[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39464-39467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-970]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Senmao) has made 
sales of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) at prices below normal value during the 
period of review (POR) December 1, 2019, through November 30, 2020. In 
addition, Commerce determines that certain companies had no shipments 
during the POR.

DATES: Applicable July 1, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin or Alexis Cherry, 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) 482-6478 and (202) 
482-0607, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the administrative 
review on December 27, 2021.\1\ For the events that occurred since 
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission of 
Review, in Part; 2019-2020, 86 FR 73252 (December 27, 2021) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China; 
2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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    \3\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 
(December 8, 2011), as amended in Multilayered Wood Flooring from 
the People's Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012) 
(collectively, Order); see also 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).
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    The product covered by the Order is wood flooring from China. A 
full

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description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the parties' case and rebuttal briefs are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues 
is attached to this notice.\4\ 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.
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    \4\ See Appendix I.
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Changes from the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, Commerce made 
certain revisions to the calculation of the preliminary weighted-
average dumping margin assigned to Senmao and the non-examined, 
separate rate respondents. The Issues and Decision Memorandum contains 
descriptions of these revisions.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that certain 
companies did not have shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. 
As we received no information to contradict our preliminary 
determination with respect to those companies, we continue to find that 
they made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR. Additionally, we find that Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration 
Material Co., Ltd. had no shipments of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\5\ Accordingly, we will issue appropriate instructions that are 
consistent with our ``automatic assessment'' clarification for all of 
the companies listed in Appendix II.\6\
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    \6\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (Assessment 
Notice); see also ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Separate Rates

    Consistent with the Preliminary Results, we determine that Senmao 
and nine additional companies that were not selected for individual 
examination demonstrated their eligibility for separate rates.\7\
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    \7\ See Appendix IV.
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Rate for Non-Examined Separate Rate Respondents

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be assigned to respondents not selected for 
individual examination when we limit our examination of companies 
subject to the administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) 
of the Act. Generally, we look to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an 
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for respondents 
not individually examined in an administrative review. Under section 
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an amount 
equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted average dumping 
margins established for exporters and producers individually 
investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any 
margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .'' 
Accordingly, Commerce's normal practice in determining the rate for 
separate-rate respondents not selected for individual examination, has 
been to average the weighted-average dumping margins of the selected 
companies, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely 
on facts available.\8\ However, when the weighted-average dumping 
margins established for all individually investigated respondents are 
zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act permits Commerce to ``use any reasonable method 
to establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers 
not individually investigated, including averaging the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins determined for the exporters and 
producers individually investigated.'' \9\
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    \8\ See Longkou Haimeng Mach. Co. v. United States, 581 F. Supp. 
2d 1344, 1357-60 (CIT 2008) (affirming Commerce's determination to 
assign a 4.22 percent dumping margin to the separate-rate 
respondents in a segment where the three mandatory respondents 
received dumping margins of 4.22 percent, 0.03 percent, and zero 
percent, respectively); see also Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving 
and Racks from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 36656, 36660 (July 24, 
2009).
    \9\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345 (Fed. 
Cir. 2016).
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    For the final results of this review, we determine the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin for Senmao to be above zero or de 
minimis. Thus, consistent with the Preliminary Results, we are 
assigning Senmao's weighted-average dumping margin as the rate for the 
non-examined respondents which qualify for a separate rate in this 
review as a ``reasonable method'' for assigning a rate to the non-
examined respondents.\10\
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    \10\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 13-14; see also section 
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
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The China-Wide Entity

    Aside from the companies for which we made a final no-shipment 
determination, Commerce considers all other companies for which a 
review was requested, and which did not demonstrate separate rate 
eligibility, to be part of the China-wide entity.\11\
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    \11\ See Appendix III.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    For the companies subject to this administrative review which 
established their eligibility for a separate rate, Commerce determines 
that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the 
period December 1, 2019, through November 30, 2020:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                     dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd........           39.27
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate           39.27
 Rate \12\..............................................
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Disclosure

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), within five days of the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register, we will disclose to the parties 
to this proceeding, the calculations that we performed for these final 
results of review.
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    \12\ See Appendix IV.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with these final results of review. We intend 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
the date of publication of these final results. If a timely summons is 
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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 Senmao, whose weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this 
review and because we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to 
a particular importer (or customer), Commerce intends to calculate a 
per-unit assessment rate by dividing the total amount of dumping for 
reviewed sales of subject merchandise to that importer (or customer) by 
the total quantity sold to that importer (or customer).
    We intend to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-specific 
assessment rate calculated is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). To 
determine whether the duty assessment rates are de minimis, in 
accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we 
calculate importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem ratios based on 
the estimated entered value. Where an importer-specific per-unit 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For U.S. entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data 
submitted by Senmao, but that entered under Senmao's case number (i.e., 
at Senmao's cash deposit rate), Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the cash deposit rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 
85.13 percent).\14\ For the companies not individually examined in this 
administrative review that qualified for a separate rate, the 
assessment rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
calculated for Senmao in these final results of review.
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    \14\ See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 38002, 
38003 (August 5, 2019).
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    Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice in non-market 
economy cases, for the companies which Commerce determined had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries made under 
those exporters' case numbers (i.e., at the exporters' rates) will be 
liquidated at the China-wide rate.\15\
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    \15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Assessment 
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) for companies which were found eligible for a separate rate in 
this review, the cash deposit rate will be 37.29 percent; (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters 
that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-
specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise 
that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be that for the China-wide entity; and (4) for all 
non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a 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 the 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.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: June 24, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Final Determination of No Shipments
V. Changes from the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Revise the Calculation of Plywood and HDF 
Input Costs
    Comment 2: Whether to Revise the Surrogate Value for Plywood
    Comment 3: Whether to Revise the Surrogate Financial Ratios
    Comment 4: Whether to Revise the Surrogate Value for Labor
    Comment 5: Whether to Value Logs Using Brazilian Surrogate Value 
Data
    Comment 6: Whether to Grant Senmao a By-Product Offset
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

No Shipments

Anhui Longhua Bamboo Product Co., Ltd.
Arte Mundi (Shanghai) Aesthetic Home Furnishings Co., Ltd. (successor-
in-interest to Scholar Home (Shanghai) New Material Co., Ltd.) \23\
Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
Benxi Wood Company
Dalian Deerfu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
Dalian Jaenmaken Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Shengyu Science And Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC
Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited
HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc.
Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd
Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Mingle Flooring Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Simba Flooring Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd.
Jiashan HuiJiaLe Decoration Material Co., Ltd.
Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Hengtong Wood Co., Ltd.
Jilin Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.

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Kember Flooring, Inc. (a.k.a. Kember Hardwood Flooring, Inc.)
Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd.
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd.
Muchsee Wood (Chuzhou) Co., Ltd.
Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd.
Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd.
Tongxiang Jisheng Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Yekalon Industry Inc.
Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. (successor-in-interest to 
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.)
Yingyi-Nature (Kunshan) Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Dadongwu Greenhome Wood Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

China-Wide Entity

A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.
Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Anhui Yaolong Bamboo & Wood Products Co. Ltd.
Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Armstrong World Industries Inc.
Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.
Chinafloors Timber (China) Co., Ltd.
Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd.
Dalian Guhua Wooden Product Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huade Wood Product Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group 
Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., and Fusong Qianqiu 
Wooden Product Co., Ltd. (collectively, Fusong Jinlong Group)
Dalian T-Boom Wood Products Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Panyu Kangda Board Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Hanje Tec Company Limited
Hangzhou Zhengtian Industrial Co., Ltd.
Hunchun Forest Wolf Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd.
Innomaster Home (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd.
Karly Wood Product Limited
Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Mudanjiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
Omni Arbor Solution Co., Ltd.
Power Dekor North America Inc.
Shandong Longteng Wood Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd.
Shanghaifloor Timber (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd.
Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Antop International Trade Co., Ltd.
Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd.

Appendix IV

Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate Rate

Benxi Flooring Factory (General Partnership)
Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd./Dalian Shumaike Floor 
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd.
Dunhua Shengda Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd
Kingman Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring, Inc.
Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc.
Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd.

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