[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12392-12393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4546]
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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 Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') received
timely requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC''). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating
new shipper reviews for Golden Well International (HK), Ltd. (``Golden
Well'') and its supplier Zhangzhou XYM Furniture Product Co., Ltd.
(Zhangzhou XYM), and for Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd.
(``Sunshine'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Hua Lu, 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-
4474 or (202) 482-6478, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department received timely requests from
Sunshine and Golden Well on January 4 and 31, 2008 respectively,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``the Act''), and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new
shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC. 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).
Pursuant to the requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i),
in their requests for new shipper reviews, Golden Well, as an exporter,
and its supplier Zhangzhou XYM, and Sunshine, as a producing exporter,
all certified that (1) they did not export wooden bedroom furniture to
the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''); (2)
since the initiation of the investigation, they have never been
affiliated with any company that exported subject merchandise to the
United States during the POI; and (3) their export activities were not
controlled by the central government of the PRC.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Golden Well and
Sunshine submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the
date on which they first shipped wooden bedroom furniture for export to
the United States; (2) the volume of their first shipment; and (3) the
date of their first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United
States.
Initiation of New Shipper Review
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(d)(1), and based on information on the record, we find that
Golden Well'S and Sunshine's requests meet the initiation threshold
requirements and we are initiating new shipper reviews for shipments of
wooden bedroom furniture exported by Golden Well that were produced by
Zhangzhou XYM, and shipments of wooden bedroom furniture produced and
exported by Sunshine. See Memorandum to the File through Wendy J.
Frankel, Director, New Shipper Initiation Checklist, dated February 29,
2008. The Department will conduct these new shipper reviews according
to the deadlines set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the period of review
(``POR'') for a new shipper review initiated in the month immediately
following the anniversary month will be the 12-month period immediately
preceding the anniversary month. In this case, the relevant anniversary
month of the order is January 2008. Therefore, the POR for the new
shipper reviews of Golden Well and Sunshine will be January 1 through
December 31, 2007.
It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide
rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, we will
issue questionnaires to Golden Well and Sunshine, which will include a
separate-rate section. The reviews will proceed if the responses
provide sufficient indication that Golden Well and Sunshine are not
subject to either de jure or de facto government control
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with respect to their exports of wooden bedroom furniture.
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. 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 1) produced by Zhangzhou XYM and exported by Golden Well, or
2) produced and exported by Sunshine must continue to post cash
deposits of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject
merchandise (i.e., wooden bedroom furniture) at the PRC-wide entity
rate of 216.01 percent.
Interested parties that need 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 issued in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: February 29, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4546 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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