- Effective Date: Jun 09, 2022
- Period of Review: Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
- Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Jun 09, 2022
- Cite as: 87 FR 35165
Cite date: Jun 09, 2022
1.
Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of countervailing duty orders.
Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213.
2.
Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise identified below except for the firms listed in paragraph 3.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c), you are to liquidate all entries for all firms except those listed in paragraph 3 and assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit rate in effect on the date of entry:
Product:
Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof
Country:
The People's Republic of China
Case number:
C-570-107
Period:
01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021
3.
Entries of merchandise of the firms listed below should not be liquidated until specific instructions are issued.
Continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of merchandise produced and/or exported by the listed firms entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021:
Company:
The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned companies: Jiangsu Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch; and Shanghai Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-107-001
No case number was in place during the period of review for the companies listed below.
Entries may have been made under C-570-107-000 or other company-specific numbers.
Anhui Xinyuanda Cupboard Co., Ltd
Fujian Dushi Wooden Industry Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Nuolande Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Jiang Su Rongxin Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Jiang Su Rongxin Cabinets Ltd
Jiangsu Sunwell Cabinetry Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Weisen Houseware Co., Ltd
KM Cabinetry Co, Ltd.
Linyi Bomei Furniture Co., Ltd
Linyi Kaipu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Nantong Aershin Cabinet Co., Ltd.
Qufu Xinyu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Senke Manufacturing Company
Shandong Longsen Woods Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Beautystar Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zifeng International Trading Co., Ltd
Sheen Lead International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Shouguang Fushi Wood Co., Ltd.
Taishan Oversea Trading Company Ltd.
Taizhou Overseas Int'l Ltd.
Weifang Fuxing Wood Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Adler Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
Yichun Dongmeng Wood Co., Ltd
Yixing Pengjia Technology Co., Ltd.
Yixing Pengjia Cabinetry Co., Ltd.
Zaozhuang New Sharp Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd
Zhoushan For-strong Wood Co., Ltd
CBP officers must also examine entries under C-570-107-000 and all existing company-specific case numbers to ensure the continued suspension of liquidation of entries during the applicable period of review for the producers and/or exporters listed above.
4.
Scope Inquiries and continued suspension of liquidation:
4a. Commerce is currently conducting a scope inquiry on whether the Chloe Styling Station and the Sanden Shampoo Cabinet imported by AYC, LLC are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 2130401, dated 05/10/2022, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend entries of merchandise covered by the inquiry that are already subject to suspension of liquidation under the antidumping/countervailing duty order(s).
Entries of products covered by that message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
4b.
Commerce is currently conducting a scope inquiry on whether wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China, which were further processed in Malaysia or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 2153401, dated 06/02/2022, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend entries of merchandise covered by the inquiry that are already subject to suspension of liquidation under the antidumping/countervailing duty order(s).
Entries of products covered by this message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
5. Circumvention Inquires and continued suspension of liquidation:
Commerce is currently conducting circumvention inquiries on whether (1) U.S. imports from Vietnam of wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China, which are further processed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and include Vietnamese components; and (2) U.S. imports from Malaysia of wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China, which are further processed in Malaysia and include Malaysian components are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 2164404, dated 06/13/2022, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend entries of merchandise covered by the circumvention inquiries that are already subject to suspension of liquidation under the antidumping/countervailing duty order(s). Entries of products covered by this message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
6.
There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.
7.
Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 2 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 04/2022 anniversary month (87 FR 35165, 06/09/2022).
Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates.
8.
The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties.
The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order.
Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation.
The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.
9.
This instruction to liquidate entries covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message.
Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended).
If entries of subject merchandise covered by this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP port officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries.
10.
If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
(This message was generated by OI:MR.)
11.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur