Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment

Citation86 FR 56250
Published date08 October 2021
Record Number2021-22032
SectionNotices
CourtCommerce Department,International Trade Administration
56250
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices
4
See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘Five
Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan—
Domestic Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021; see also ‘‘Five
Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the
Republic of Korea—Domestic Interested Parties’
Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021;
and ‘‘Five Year (‘Sunset’) Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire
Rod from Taiwan—Domestic Interested Parties’
Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated July 15, 2021.
5
See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘Five-
Year (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order
on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan—Domestic
Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated
August 2, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review Of
Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire
Rod from the Republic of Korea—Domestic
Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated
August 2, 2021; and ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review
of Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire
Rod from Taiwan—Domestic Interested Parties’
Substantive Response,’’ dated August 2, 2021.
6
See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of
the Antidumping Duty Orders on Stainless Steel
Wire Rod from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and
Taiwan,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
publication of the Initiation Notice.
4
The domestic interested parties claimed
interested party status under sections
771(9)(C) and (E) of the Act.
Commerce received adequate
substantive responses to the Initiation
Notice from the domestic interested
parties within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).
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Commerce received no substantive
responses from any respondent
interested parties. In accordance with
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day,
sunset reviews of the AD Orders.
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise subject to the AD
Orders is SSWR which is currently
classified under subheading
7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015,
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and
7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
The HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes. A
full description of the scopes of the AD
Orders is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
6
The written
description is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, including the likelihood
of continuation or recurrence of
dumping in the event of revocation and
the magnitude of dumping margins
likely to prevail if the order was
revoked. Parties can find a complete
discussion of all issues raised in this
review and the corresponding
recommendations in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, which is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be found at
https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c)
of the Act, Commerce determines that
revocation of the AD Orders would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the
magnitude of the margins of dumping
likely to prevail would be weighted-
average margins up to the following
percentages:
Country
Weighted-
average
dumping
margin
(percent)
Japan .......................................... 33.58
Korea .......................................... 28.44
Taiwan ........................................ 2.22
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: October 4, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Subsidy Programs Provided by
Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber
and Softwood Lumber Products to the
United States; Request for Comment
AGENCY
: Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY
: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) seeks public comment on
any subsidies, including stumpage
subsidies, provided by certain countries
exporting softwood lumber or softwood
lumber products to the United States
during the period January 1, 2021,
through June 30, 2021.
DATES
: Comments must be submitted
within 30 days after publication of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
Pursuant to section 805 of Title VIII
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Softwood
Lumber Act of 2008), the Secretary of
Commerce is mandated to submit to the
appropriate Congressional committees a
report every 180 days on any subsidy
provided by countries exporting
softwood lumber or softwood lumber
products to the United States, including
stumpage subsidies. Commerce
submitted its last subsidy report to the
Congress on June 30, 2021.
Request for Comments
Given the large number of countries
that export softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products to the United
States, we are soliciting public comment
only on subsidies provided by countries
which had exports accounting for at
least one percent of total U.S. imports of
softwood lumber by quantity, as
classified under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
codes 4407.1001, 4407.1100, 4407.1200,
4407.1905, 4407.1906, 4407.1910,
during the period January 1, 2021,
through June 30, 2021. Official U.S.
import data, published by the United
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See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended.
1
See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and
Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of
China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
86 FR 49302 (September 2, 2021) (Initiation and
Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2
See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and
Components Thereof from the People’s Republic of
China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 22126
(April 21, 2020) (Order).
States International Trade Commission’s
DataWeb, indicate that six countries
(Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany,
Romania, and Sweden) exported
softwood lumber to the United States
during that time period in amounts
sufficient to account for at least one
percent of U.S. imports of softwood
lumber products. We intend to rely on
similar previous six-month periods to
identify the countries subject to future
reports on softwood lumber subsidies.
For example, we will rely on U.S.
imports of softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products during the
period July 1, 2021, through December
31, 2021, to select the countries subject
for the next report.
Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists
where an authority: (i) Provides a
financial contribution; (ii) provides any
form of income or price support within
the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT
1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a
funding mechanism to provide a
financial contribution to a person, or
entrusts or directs a private entity to
make a financial contribution, if
providing the contribution would
normally be vested in the government
and the practice does not differ in
substance from practices normally
followed by governments, and a benefit
is thereby conferred.
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Parties should include in their
comments: (1) The country which
provided the subsidy; (2) the name of
the subsidy program; (3) a brief
description (no more than 3–4
sentences) of the subsidy program; and
(4) the government body or authority
that provided the subsidy.
Submission of Comments
As specified above, to be assured of
consideration, comments must be
received no later than 30 days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. All comments must be
submitted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA–
2021–0007. The materials in the docket
will not be edited to remove identifying
or contact information, and Commerce
cautions against including any
information in an electronic submission
that the submitter does not want
publicly disclosed. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
formats only.
All comments should be addressed to
Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, at
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
Dated: October 4, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2021–22032 Filed 10–7–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–106]
Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and
Components Thereof From the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY
: Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY
: On September 2, 2021, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the initiation and preliminary
results of a changed circumstances
review (CCR) of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on wooden cabinets and
vanities and components thereof
(cabinets) from the People’s Republic of
China (China). For these final results,
Commerce continues to find that
Goldenhome Living Co., Ltd.,
(Goldenhome) is the successor-in-
interest to Xiamen Goldenhome Co.,
Ltd., (Xiamen Goldenhome) in the
context of the AD order on cabinets
from China.
DATES
: Applicable October 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Jacob Keller, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
On September 2, 2021, Commerce
published the Initiation and Preliminary
Results, in the Federal Register, finding
Goldenhome to be the successor-in-
interest to Xiamen Goldenhome.
1
In the
Initiation and Preliminary Results,
interested parties were provided an
opportunity to comment and request a
public hearing regarding our
preliminary results. We received no
comments from interested parties nor
was a public hearing requested.
Scope of the Order
2
The merchandise subject to this Order
consists of wooden cabinets and
vanities that are for permanent
installation (including floor mounted,
wall mounted, ceiling hung or by
attachment of plumbing), and wooden
components thereof. Wooden cabinets
and vanities and wooden components
are made substantially of wood
products, including solid wood and
engineered wood products (including
those made from wood particles, fibers,
or other wooden materials such as
plywood, strand board, block board,
particle board, or fiberboard), or
bamboo. Wooden cabinets and vanities
consist of a cabinet box (which typically
includes a top, bottom, sides, back, base
blockers, ends/end panels, stretcher
rails, toe kicks, and/or shelves) and may
or may not include a frame, door,
drawers and/or shelves. Subject
merchandise includes wooden cabinets
and vanities with or without wood
veneers, wood, paper or other overlays,
or laminates, with or without non-wood
components or trim such as metal,
marble, glass, plastic, or other resins,
whether or not surface finished or
unfinished, and whether or not
completed.
Wooden cabinets and vanities are
covered by this Order whether or not
they are imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, faucets, metal
plumbing, sinks and/or sink bowls, or
countertops. If wooden cabinets or
vanities are imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, such merchandise,
only the wooden cabinet or vanity is
covered by the scope.
Subject merchandise includes the
following wooden component parts of
cabinets and vanities: (1) Wooden
cabinet and vanity frames (2) wooden
cabinet and vanity boxes (which
typically include a top, bottom, sides,
back, base blockers, ends/end panels,
stretcher rails, toe kicks, and/or
shelves), (3) wooden cabinet or vanity
doors, (4) wooden cabinet or vanity
drawers and drawer components (which
typically include sides, backs, bottoms,
and faces), (5) back panels and end
panels, (6) and desks, shelves, and
tables that are attached to or
incorporated in the subject
merchandise.
Subject merchandise includes all
unassembled, assembled and/or ‘‘ready
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