China Hardwood Plywood: Commerce Ends Duties on Three Chinese Companies
The Commerce Department is exempting certain imports from three Chinese exporters from antidumping duties on hardwood plywood products from China (A-570-051), the agency said in an amended final determination that implements the final decision in a lengthy court case challenging the original hardwood plywood investigation.
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The outcome of the court decision affects merchandise exported by three companies in combination with four producers, all of which had their AD rate reduced to zero percent: Linyi Chengen Import and Export Co., Ltd. (for goods produced by Linyi Dongfangjuxin Wood Co., Ltd.), Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co. (for goods produced by Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Industries Co., Ltd.) and Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Industries, Co., Ltd. (for goods produced by either Dehua TB New Decoration Material Co., Ltd. or Zhangjiagang Jiuli Wood Co., Ltd.). Because these three exporters were ultimately assigned a zero percent dumping margin, they are also now excluded from the AD order. However, the exclusions apply only to the above producer-exporter combinations.
The zero rate will also apply to over 250 producer-exporter combinations where the exporter was assigned its own rate but was not individually reviewed (i.e., the separate rate companies). However, these companies will not be exempted from the AD order. See Commerce's notice for a full list of these companies.
The changes are effective Oct. 20, 2023.
Commerce said it is "excluding subject merchandise produced by Dongfangjuxin and exported by Chengen, produced and exported by Jiangyang, and produced by Dehua TB New Decoration Co., Ltd., or Zhangjiagang Jiuli Wood Co., Ltd., and exported by Dehua TB," and will direct CBP "to release any bonds or other security and refund cash deposits pertaining to any suspended entries attributable to the exporter-producer combinations assigned to Chengen, Dehua TB, and Jiangyang referenced above. This exclusion does not apply to any other companies or exporter-producer combinations."
Commerce said that since liquidation must be suspended "during the pendency of the appeals process. ... we will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all unliquidated entries under the applicable exporter-producer combinations for Chengen, Dehua TB, Jiangyang, and Separate Rate Plaintiffs at a cash deposit rate of 0.00 percent which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after" Oct. 20.
If there is no appeal, then "Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate entries from the exporter-producer combinations assigned to Chengen, Dehua TB, Jiangyang without regard to antidumping duties." It will "not initiate any new administrative reviews of entries from the exporter-producer combinations assigned to Chengen, Dehua TB, or Jiangyang, pursuant to the Order."
(The review period is 04/01/16 - 09/30/16. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 1711150040 for a summary of the original final determination in the investigation.)