[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52296-52297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20541]


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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 Review

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


DATES: Effective Date: September 9, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on wooden bedroom furniture from the Peoples Republic of China 
(``PRC''), received on July 11, 2008, meets the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') 
of this new shipper review is January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demitrios Kalogeropoulos or Robert 
Boiling, 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) 482-2623 and (202) 482-4207, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom 
furniture from the PRC was published on January 4, 2005. 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). On July 11, 2008, we 
received a timely request for a new shipper review from Shanghai 
Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Fangjia'') in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(c) and 351.214(d)(2). Shanghai Fangjia has certified that 
it purchased from Jiangsu

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Danyang Brilliant Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Brilliant Furniture'') all of 
the wooden bedroom furniture it exported which is the basis for its 
request for a new shipper review.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214( )(2), Shanghai Fangjia 
certified that it did not export wooden bedroom furniture to the United 
States during the period of investigation (``POI''). Pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 
Shanghai Fangjia certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has not been affiliated with any exporter or producer 
who exported wooden bedroom furniture to the United States during the 
POT, including those not individually examined during the 
investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Shanghai 
Fangjia also certified that its export activities were not controlled 
by the central government of the PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, the exporter 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which it first shipped wooden bedroom furniture for export to the 
United States and the date on which the wooden bedroom furniture was 
first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the 
volume of its first shipment; and (3) The date of its first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating this new shipper review for shipments 
of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC produced and exported by 
Shanghai Fangjia.
    The POR is January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008. 19 CFR 
351.214(g)(1)(i)(B). We intend to issue preliminary results of these 
reviews no later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and final 
results of these reviews no later than 90 days from the date of the 
preliminary results, unless extended. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act.
    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 during the period April 1, 2006, through 
June 30, 2009. 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 
manufactured by Brilliant Furniture and exported by Shanghai Fangjia 
must continue to post a cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties on 
each entry of subject merchandise at the current PRC-wide rate of 
216.01 percent.
    Interested parties requiring 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 in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: August 26, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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