China Wood Flooring: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between May 26, 2011 and Nov. 30, 2012. Armstrong and Minglin were found not to have dumped subject merchandise during the period of review, so entries from these two companies during the period under review will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Minglin and Armstrong will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect May 9.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect May 9
For entries on or after May 8, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates on multilayered wood flooring from China. Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will continue to get the cash deposit rate set in the original investigation, and companies that have never been assigned an AD rate will get the China-wide rate. Commerce also assigned 21 companies the China-wide rate because they allegedly did not prove independence from Chinese government control. Armstrong and Minglin got zero AD duty rates, so subject merchandise exported by these two companies will not be subject to cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | zero |
| Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co. Ltd. | zero |
| Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited | 5.74% |
| Average Rate (for 69 companies) | 5.74% |
| China-wide rate | 58.84% |
Average rate companies. The 5.74% average AD rate applies to companies that weren't individually reviewed, but that demonstrated independence from Chinese government control and received separate rates, See Commerce's notice for a full list of 69 companies eligible for the "separate rate."
China-wide companies. Commerce says 21 companies didn't prove independence from Chinese government control, so the agency assigned these companies the high China-wide rate of 58.84%, as follows: Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd.; Dazhuang Floor Co. (dba Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd.); Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd; Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd.; Furnco International (HK) Company Limited; Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Group Co., Ltd.; Guangdong Jiasheng Timber Industry Co., Ltd.; Guanghzhou Panyu Shatou Trading Co., Ltd.; Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd.; Jiazing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Puli Trading Co., Ltd.; Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited; Shanghai Demeijia Wooden Co., Ltd.; Shenyang Haobainian Wood Co.; Shenyang Sende Wood Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Anxin Weiguang Timber Co., Ltd.; Yekalon Industry, Inc.; Zhejiang AnJi XinFeng Bamboo & Wood Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Haoyun Wood Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jeson Wood Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Jiechen Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
No shipments companies. Commerce said some companies would have been reviewed, but demonstrated that they had no shipments of wood flooring to the U.S. during the period under review. As such, subject merchandise from these five companies will continue to enter at AD cash deposit rates set during the original investigation: Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd.; Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co. Ltd.; Polywell Global Limited; and Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Assessment Rates For Entries May 2011 - November 2012
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between May 26, 2011 and Nov. 30, 2012. For entries exported by Armstrong or Minglin, Commerce will not assess AD duties. For entries exported by Fine Furniture, Commerce will calculate a specific AD duty rate for each importer based on entry data. For the average rate companies and the China-wide entity, the agency will assess AD duties at the rates it calculated in this administrative review (5.74% and 58.84%, respectively).
(The review period is 05/26/11 -- 11/30/12. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 13112222 for summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- James Martinelli (202) 482-2243
(Federal Register 05/09/14)