China Wood Flooring: Preliminary AD Rates Reduced
The International Trade Administration is amending its preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) to correct significant errors in its calculation of the AD duty margins for mandatory respondent Samling Group, the separate rate respondents, and the China-wide entity.
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AD Suspension of Liquidation Continues, Except for Mandatory Respondents
Suspension of liquidation for AD duty purposes continues for all appropriate entries of multilayered wood flooring from China with a time of entry on or after May 26, 2011, with the exception of entries by mandatory respondents Layo, Yuhua (which were previously assigned preliminary AD duty rates of zero), or the Samling Group (as its amended preliminary AD duty rate is now de minimis).
Reduced AD Cash Deposit/Bond Requirements Retroactive to May 26
The ITA will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the amended preliminary AD duty rates below for all entries of subject merchandise from China with a time of entry on or after May 26, 2011 (the publication date of the preliminary determination).
The ITA notes that because these amended rates result in a reduced bond or cash deposit, they will be effective retroactively.
| Exporter | Prelim AD Rate |
| Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Layo) | 0.00% (unchanged)1 |
| Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd. (Yuhua) | 0.00% (unchanged)1 |
| Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.; Riverside Plywood Corporation; Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited; Samling Riverside Co., Ltd.; and Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd. (collectively, the Samling Group) | 0.29% (from 10.88%)2 |
| Jiaxing Brilliant Import & Export Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dun Hua Sen Tai Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dunhua Jisheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Kornbest Enterprises Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Xinyuan Wooden Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Hong Kong Easoon Wood Technology Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Armstrong Wood Products Kunshan Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Changbai Mountain Development and Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics LLC | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| GTP International | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| GTP International | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| GTP International | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| GTP International | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Fulinmen Imp & Exp. Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Jiashan Hui Jia Le Decoration Material Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Karly Wood Product Limited | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Puli Trading Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shanghai Eswell Timber Co. Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shanghai Shenlin Corporation | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Xiamen Yung De Ornament Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Jiangsu Simba Flooring Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Zhejiang Tianzhen Bamboo & Wood Development Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Chinafloors Timber (China) Co. Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Sunergy World Trade Co. Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Huzhou Jesonwood Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Fu Lik Timber (HK) Company Limited | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Yekalon Industry, Inc./Sennorwell International Group (Hong Kong) Limited | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. | 6.78% (from 10.88%) |
| China-wide entity | 27.12% (from 82.65%) |
1Because the ITA has found a preliminary estimated AD duty rate of zero for subject merchandise produced and exported by Layo or Yuhua, no AD cash deposits are currently required for these exporter/producer combinations. However, they remain subject to the investigation, and their rates could change in the final determination.
2Because the ITA's recalculated preliminary estimated AD duty rate for subject merchandise produced and exported by the Samling Group is now de minimis, no AD cash deposits are required for the Samling Group. However, it remains subject to the investigation, and its rate could change in the final determination.
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation (which is currently unchanged from the initiation notice), etc.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/26/11 news, 11052634, for BP summary of the original preliminary AD determination.
See ITT's Online Archives or 03/23/11 news, 11032314, for BP summary of the preliminary CV duty determination.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/09/11 news, 11050955, for BP summary of the ITA’s alignment of the final AD and CV duty determinations.)
ITA contact - Charles Riggle (202) 482-0650
(FR Pub 06/27/11, ITA Case No. A-570-970)