[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9869-9874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4598]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received
requests to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China
(PRC). The anniversary month of this order is January. In accordance
with the Department's regulations, we are initiating this
administrative review.
DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Pedersen, Rebecca Pandolph, or
David Edmiston, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482-2769, (202) 482-3627, or (202) 482-0989 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for an administrative review of the antidumping duty order
on wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC covering multiple entities.
The Department is now initiating an administrative review of the order
covering those entities.
Notice of No Sales
Under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind a review
where there are no exports, sales, or entries of subject merchandise
during the relevant period of review (POR) listed below. If a producer
or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no exports, sales,
or entries during the POR, it should notify the Department of this fact
by the due date for responding to the
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Department's Quantity and Value (``Q&V'') Questionnaire. See http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/prc-wbf/index.html for a copy of the Q&V
questionnaire. The Department will consider rescinding the review only
if the producer or exporter, as appropriate, submits a properly filed
and timely statement certifying that it had no exports, sales, or
entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\1\ All submissions must
be made in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303 and are subject to
verification in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Six copies of the submission should be
submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Room 1870, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230. Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy of
each request must be served on every party on the Department's service
list.
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\1\ Producers or exporters may also fulfill this requirement by
submitting a properly filed and timely Q&V questionnaire response
that indicates that the entity or entities had no exports, sales, or
entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
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Respondent Selection
Section 777A(c)(1) of the Act directs the Department to calculate
individual dumping margins for each known exporter and producer of the
subject merchandise. Where it is not practicable to examine all known
producers/exporters of subject merchandise, section 777A(c)(2)(B) of
the Act permits the Department to examine exporters and producers
accounting for the largest volume of the subject merchandise from the
exporting country that can be reasonably examined. Due to the large
number of firms for which an administrative review of wooden bedroom
furniture has been requested, and the Department's experience regarding
the resulting administrative burden of reviewing each company for which
a request has been made, the Department is considering exercising its
authority to limit the number of respondents selected for review in
accordance with the Act.
In the event that the Department limits the number of respondents
for individual examination in the administrative review of wooden
bedroom furniture, the Department intends to select respondents based
on volume data contained in responses to Q&V questionnaires. Further,
the Department intends to limit the number of Q&V questionnaires issued
in the review based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data
for U.S. imports classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) headings identified in the scope of the
antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC. Since
the units used to measure import quantities are not consistent for the
HTSUS headings identified in the scope of the order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC, the Department will limit the number of Q&V
questionnaires issued based on the import values in CBP data which will
serve as a proxy for import quantities. Parties subject to the review
to which the Department does not send a Q&V questionnaire may file a
response to the Q&V questionnaire by the applicable deadline if they
desire to be included in the pool of companies from which the
Department will select mandatory respondents. Parties will be given the
opportunity to comment on the CBP data used by the Department to limit
the number of Q&V questionnaires issued. We intend to release the CBP
data under Administrative Protective Order (APO) to all parties having
an APO within five days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The deadline for commenting on the CBP data will be 10
calendar days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
In this case, the Department has decided to send Q&V questionnaires
to the 20 companies for which reviews were requested with the largest
total values of subject merchandise imported into the United States
during the POR according to CBP data. The Department will issue the Q&V
questionnaire the day after this notice is signed. In addition, the Q&V
questionnaire will be available on the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/prc-wbf/index.html on the date this notice is
signed. The responses to the Q&V questionnaire must be received by the
Department by March 23, 2010. Please be advised that due to the time
constraints imposed by the statutory and regulatory deadlines for
antidumping duty administrative reviews, the Department may not grant
any extensions for the submission of responses to the Q&V
questionnaire.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market economy (NME) countries, the
Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to
an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to
be entitled to a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by the Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). In
accordance with the separate-rates criteria, the Department assigns
separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can
demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control
over export activities.
All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate-rate
status in the antidumping duty administrative review of wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC must timely file, as appropriate, either a
separate-rate application or certification, as described below. In
order to demonstrate separate-rate eligibility, entities for which a
review was requested and which were assigned a separate rate in the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which they
participated, must timely file a separate rate certification that they
continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. The
Separate Rate Certification form will be available on the Department's
Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/nme/sep-rate-files/072909/prc-sr-cert-072909.pdf on the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. In responding to the certification, please follow the
``Instructions for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate
Certification. Separate Rate Certifications must be received by the
Department no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The deadline and requirement for
submitting the Separate Rate Certification applies equally to NME-owned
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and
export subject merchandise to the United States.
Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a
completed segment of this proceeding,\2\ must timely file a
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Separate Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate
rate in this proceeding. In addition, companies that received a
separate rate in a completed segment of the proceeding that have
subsequently made changes, including, but not limited to, changes to
corporate structure, acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or
changes to their official company name,\3\ should timely file a
Separate Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate
rate in this proceeding. The Separate Rate Application will be
available on the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/nme/sep-rate-files/072909/prc-sr-app-072909.pdf on the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register. In responding to the Separate
Rate Application, refer to the instructions contained in the
application. Separate Rate Applications must be received by the
Department no later than 60 calendar days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The deadline and requirement for
submitting a Separate Rate Application applies equally to NME-owned
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers that purchase
and export subject merchandise to the United States.
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\2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
\3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application.
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a
Separate Rate Certification.
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Firms that submit a Separate Rate Application or a Separate Rate
Certification that are subsequently selected as mandatory respondents
will no longer be eligible for consideration of their separate-rate
status unless they respond to all parts of the antidumping duty
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.
Notification
This notice constitutes public notification to all firms for which
an administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture has been requested
and that are seeking separate rate status in that review, that they
must submit a timely Separate Rate Application or Certification (as
appropriate) as described above, in order to receive consideration for
separate-rate status. In addition, firms to which the Department issues
a Q&V questionnaire must submit a timely and complete response to the
Q&V questionnaire, as well as a timely and complete Separate Rate
Application or Certification, as appropriate, in order to receive
consideration for separate-rate status. In other words, the Department
will not give consideration to any timely Separate Rate Certification
or timely Separate Rate Application made by parties to whom the
Department issued a Q&V questionnaire but who failed to timely respond
to the Q&V questionnaire. However, exporters subject to the review to
which the Department does not send a Q&V questionnaire may receive
consideration for separate-rate status if they file a timely Separate
Rate Application or a timely Separate Rate Certification, as
appropriate, without filing a response to the Q&V questionnaire. All
information submitted by respondents in this administrative review is
subject to verification. Please be advised that due to the time
constraints imposed by the statutory and regulatory deadlines for
antidumping duty administrative reviews, the Department may not grant
any extensions of the deadlines for these submissions. As noted above,
the Separate Rate Certification, the Separate Rate Application, and the
Q&V questionnaire will be available on the Department's Web site on the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, at the
addresses noted above.
Initiation of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom
furniture from the PRC with respect to the following companies. We
intend to issue the final results of this review not later than January
31, 2011.
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\4\ If one of the named companies does not qualify for a
separate rate, all other exporters of wooden bedroom furniture from
the PRC that have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be
covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the
named exporters are a part.
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Period to be
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Antidumping Duty Proceeding
The People's Republic of China: Wooden Bedroom 1/1/09-12/31/09
Furniture,\4\ A-570-890..........................
Alexandre International Corp.,* Southern Art
Development Limited,* Alexandre Furniture
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.,* Southern Art Furniture
Factory *
Art Heritage International, Ltd.,* Super Art
Furniture Co., Ltd.,* Artwork Metal and
Plastic Co., Ltd.,* Jibson Industries, Ltd.,*
Always Loyal International *
Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai *
Billy Wood Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.,*
Great Union Industrial (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.,*
Time Faith Limited *
Brother Furniture Manufacture Co., Ltd. *
C.F. Kent Co., Inc.
C.F. Kent Hospitality, Inc.
Changshu HTC Import & Export Co., Ltd. *
Cheng Meng Furniture (PTE) Ltd.,* Cheng Meng
Decoration & Furniture (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.*
Chuan Fa Furniture Factory *
Clearwise Company Limited *
COE, Ltd.*
Contact Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dalian Huafeng Furniture Group Co., Ltd.
Decca Furniture Ltd.*
Denny's Furniture Associates Corp.
Denny's International Co., Ltd.
Der Cheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Der Cheng Wooden Works
Dongguan Bon Ten Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co.,* Glory
Oceanic Company Limited *
Dongguan Chunsan Wood Products Co., Ltd.,*
Trendex Industries Ltd.*
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Dongguan Creation Furniture Co., Ltd.,*
Creation Industries Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Golden Fortune Houseware Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Great Reputation Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Hero Way Woodwork Co., Ltd.,*
Dongguan Da Zhong Woodwork Co., Ltd.,* Hero
Way Enterprises Ltd.,* Well Earth
International Ltd.*
Dongguan Hua Ban Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Huangsheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Hung Sheng Artware Products Co.,
Ltd.,* Coronal Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Kin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd.,*
Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products, Ltd.*
Dongguan Liaobushangdun Huada Furniture
Factory*, Great Rich (HK) Enterprise Co.,
Ltd.*
Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co., Ltd.,*
Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Mu Si Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.*
DongGuan Sundart Timber Products Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co.,* Taicang
Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd.,* Shanghai
Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.,* Fairmont
Designs,* Meizhou Sunrise Furniture Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture Limited *
Dongying Huanghekou Furniture Industry Co.,
Ltd.*
Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.,* Eurosa Furniture
Co., (PTE) Ltd. (Eurosa) *
Ever Spring Furniture Company Ltd.,* S.Y.C.
Family Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Ever Spring) *
Evershine Enterprise Co.
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd.*
Fleetwood Fine Furniture LP
Fortune Glory Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.)*,
Tradewinds Furniture Ltd.* (successor-in-
interest to Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co.,
Ltd.*)
Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Fujian Putian Jinggong Furniture Co., Ltd.
Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Gainwell Industries Limited
Garri Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.,*
Molabile International, Inc.* Weei Geo
Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Golden Well International (HK), Ltd.*
Green River Wood (Dongguan) Ltd.*
Guangdong Gainwell Industrial Furniture Co.,
Ltd.
Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.*
Guangzhou Maria Yee Furnishings Ltd.,* Pyla
HK, Ltd.,* Maria Yee, Inc.*
Hainan Jong Bao Lumber Co., Ltd.,* Jibbon
Enterprise Co., Ltd.*
Hang Hai Woodcraft's Art Factory *
Hong Kong Da Zhi Furniture Co., Ltd.,*
Dongguan Grand Style Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Hong Kong Jingbi Group
Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd.,* Tony
House Manufacture (China) Co., Ltd.,* Buysell
Investments Ltd.,* Tony House Industries Co.,
Ltd.*
Jardine Enterprise, Ltd.*
Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co.,
Ltd.*
Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Jiangsu Weifu Group Fullhouse Furniture Mfg.
Corp.*
Jiangsu Xiangsheng Bedtime Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd.*
Jiant Furniture Co., Ltd.
Jiedong Lehouse Furniture Co., Ltd.*
King's Way Furniture Industries Co., Ltd.,*
Kingsyear Ltd.*
Kuan Lin Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.,*
Kuan Lin Furniture Factory,* Kuan Lin
Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Kunshan Lee Wood Product Co., Ltd.*
Kunshan Summit Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Langfang Tiancheng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.,* King Rich
International, Ltd.*
Link Silver Ltd. (V.I.B.),* Forward Win
Enterprises Company Limited,* Dongguan
Haoshun Furniture Ltd.*
Locke Furniture Factory,* Kai Chan Furniture
Co., Ltd.,* Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise
Limited.,* Taiwan Kai Chan Co., Ltd.*
Longkou Huangshan Furniture Factory
Longrange Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd.*
MoonArt Furniture Group
MoonArt International Inc.
Nanhai Baiyi Woodwork Co., Ltd.*
Nanjing Jardine Enterprise Ltd.
Nanjing Nanmu Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Nantong Dongfang Orient Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Nantong Wangzhuang Furniture Co., Ltd
Nantong Yangzi Furniture Co., Ltd.*
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Nantong Yushi Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Nathan International Ltd.,* Nathan Rattan
Factory *
Ningbo Fubang Furniture Industries Limited
Ningbo Furniture Industries Company Limited
a.k.a. Ningbo Furniture Industries Limited
a.k.a. Ningbo Hengrun Furniture Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Techniwood Furniture Industries Limited
Northeast Lumber Co., Ltd.
Passwell Corporation,* Pleasant Wave Limited*
Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Prime Wood International Co., Ltd.*, Prime
Best International Co., Ltd.,* Prime Best
Factory*, Liang Huang (Jiaxing) Enterprise
Co., Limited *
Putian Jinggong Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd.*
Restonic (Dongguan) Furniture Ltd.* Restonic
Far East (Samoa) Ltd.*
Rizhao Sanmu Woodworking Co., Ltd.*
Rui Feng Woodwork Co. Ltd.*, Rui Feng Lumber
Development Co., Ltd.*, Dorbest Ltd.*, Rui
Feng Woodwork (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.*, Rui Feng
Lumber Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.*
Season Furniture Manufacturing Co.,* Season
Industrial Development Co.*
Sen Yeong International Co., Ltd.* Sheh Hau
International Trading Ltd.*
Senyuan Furniture Group
Shanghai Aosen Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd.*
Shanghai Hospitality Product Mfg., Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jian Pu Export & Import Co., Ltd.*
Shanghai Kent Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Maoji Imp And Exp Co., Ltd.*
Shanghai Season Industry & Commerce Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zhiyi (Jiashun) Furniture Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zhiyi Furniture and Decoration Co.,
Ltd.
Shaoxing Mengxing Furniture Co., Ltd
Sheng Jing Wood Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd.*
Telstar Enterprises Ltd.*
Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Forest Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co.,
Ltd.,* Golden Lion International Trading
Ltd.*
Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Shen Long Hang Industry Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Shenzhen Xiande Furniture Factory *
Shing Mark Enterprises Co., Ltd.,* Carven
Industries Limited (BVI),* Carven Industries
Limited (HK),* Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture
Co., Ltd.,* Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co.,
Ltd.*
Shun Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Songgang Jasonwood Furniture Factory,*
Jasonwood Industrial Co., Ltd. S.A.*
Starwood Furniture Manufacturing Co., Ltd.*
Starwood Industries, Ltd.*
Strongson Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.,*
Strongson Furniture Co., Ltd.,* Strongson
(HK) Co.*
Sundart International, Ltd.
Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd.,* Sun
Fung Wooden Factory,* Sun Fung Company,* Shin
Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.,* Stupendous
International Co., Ltd., (Sunforce) *
Superwood Co., Ltd.,* LianJian Zongyu Art
Products Co., Ltd.*
Tarzan Furniture Industries, Ltd.,* Samso
Industries Ltd.*
Techniwood (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
Techniwood Industries Ltd.*, Ningbo Furniture
Industries Limited *, Ningbo Hengrun
Furniture Company Limited*
Tianjin Fortune Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Tianjin Master Home Furniture *
Tianjin Phu Shing Woodwork Enterprise Co.,
Ltd.*
Tradewinds International Enterprise Ltd.
Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Tube-Smith Enterprise (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.,*
Tube-Smith Enterprise (Haimen) Co., Ltd.,*
Billionworth Enterprises Ltd.*
U-Rich Furniture (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd.,* U-
Rich Furniture Ltd.*
Wan Bao Chen Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd.*
Wanhengtong Nueevder (Furniture) Manufacture
Co., Ltd.,* Dongguan Wanengtong Industry Co.,
Ltd.*
Winny Overseas, Ltd.*
Winny Universal, Ltd.*, Zhongshan Winny
Furniture Ltd.*, Winny Overseas, Ltd.*
Woodworth Wooden Industries (Dong Guan) Co.,
Ltd.*
World Design International Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Yongquan Sci-Tech Development Co.,
Ltd.*
Xilinmen Furniture Co., Ltd.
Xingli Arts & Crafts Factory of Yangchun *
Yeh Brothers World Trade Inc.*
Yuexing Group Co., Ltd.
Zhang Zhou Sanlong Wood Product Co., Ltd.*
Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co., Ltd.*
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Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co., Ltd.*
Zhangjiang Sunwin Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.*
Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co., Ltd.*
Zhejiang Shaoxing Huaweimei Furniture Co.,
Ltd.
Zhejiang Tianyi Scientific & Educational
Equipment Co., Ltd.
Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhong Shan Heng Fu Furniture Co.
Zhongshan Fengheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co., Ltd.*
Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial
Co., Ltd.*
Zhongshan Yiming Furniture Co., Ltd.
Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd.*
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* These companies received a separate rate in the most recent segment of
this proceeding in which they participated.
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine,
consistent with FAG Italia v. United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed. Cir.
2002), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by
an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject
merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is
affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the
name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On
January 22, 2008, the Department published in the Federal Register the
following document: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Documents Submission Procedures; APO Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January
22, 2008). Those procedures apply to the antidumping duty
administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC being
initiated through this notice. Parties that wish to participate in the
antidumping duty administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture from
the PRC should ensure that they meet the requirements in these
procedures (e.g. the filing of separate letters of appearance as
discussed in 19 CFR 351.103 (d)).
This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish the notice of
initiation of an administrative review no later than the last day of
the month following the anniversary month of the order. As explained in
the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government
from February 5 through February 12, 2010. Thus, the deadline for
publishing this notice of initiation has been extended by seven days.
The revised deadline for publishing this notice is now March 8, 2010,
which is the first business day after the extended deadline. See
Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import
Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a
Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated
February 12, 2010.
Dated: February 26, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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