Notice2022-15205
Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke Order
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Published
July 18, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating, and issuing preliminary results for, a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from the People's Republic of China (China) based upon a request from Home Products International (the petitioner). We preliminarily determine that the AD order on floor- standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China should be revoked, in its entirety. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42700-42702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15205]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-888]
Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts
Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary
Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating, and
issuing preliminary results for, a changed circumstances review (CCR)
of the antidumping duty (AD) order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing
tables and certain parts thereof from the People's Republic of China
(China) based upon a request from Home Products International (the
petitioner). We preliminarily determine that the AD order on floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China
should be revoked, in its entirety. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4475.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On August 6, 2004, Commerce published the Order.\1\ On May 27,
2022, the petitioner requested that Commerce conduct an expedited CCR
for the Order, pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).\2\
The petitioner expressed a lack of interest in the continuation of the
Order and requested the revocation of the Order. In its request, the
petitioner addressed the conditions under which Commerce may revoke an
order in whole or in part pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(g).\3\
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\1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Floor-Standing, Metal-
Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China, 69 FR 47868 (August 6, 2004) (Order).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing
Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of
China--Request for Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated May 27,
2022 (CCR Request).
\3\ Id.
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Scope of the Order
For purposes of this Order, the product covered consists of floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables, assembled or unassembled, complete
or incomplete, and certain parts thereof. The subject tables are
designed and used principally for the hand ironing or pressing of
garments or other articles of fabric. The subject tables have full-
height leg assemblies that support the ironing surface at an
appropriate (often adjustable) height above the floor. The subject
tables are produced in a variety of leg finishes, such as painted,
plated, or matte, and they are available with various features,
including iron rests, linen racks, and others. The subject ironing
tables may be sold with or without a pad and/or cover. All types and
configurations of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables are covered
by this Order.
Furthermore, this Order specifically covers imports of ironing
tables, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain
parts thereof. For purposes of this Order, the term ``unassembled''
ironing table means a product requiring the attachment of the leg
assembly to the top or the attachment of an included feature such as an
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``complete'' ironing table means
product sold as a ready-to-use ensemble consisting of the metal-top
table and a pad and cover, with or without additional features, e.g.,
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``incomplete'' ironing table means
product shipped or sold as a ``bare board''--i.e., a metal-top table
only, without the pad and cover--with or without additional features,
e.g., iron rest or linen rack. The major parts or components of ironing
tables that are intended to be covered by this order under the term
``certain parts thereof'' consist of the metal top component (with or
without assembled supports and slides) and/or the leg components,
whether or not attached together as a leg assembly. The Order covers
separately shipped metal top components and leg components, without
regard to whether the respective quantities would yield an exact
quantity of assembled ironing tables.
Ironing tables without legs (such as models that mount on walls or
over doors) are not floor-standing and are specifically excluded.
Additionally, tabletop or countertop models with short legs that do not
exceed 12 inches in length (and which may or may not collapse or
retract) are specifically excluded.
The subject ironing tables were previously classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading
9403.20.0010. Effective July 1, 2003, the subject ironing tables are
classified under new HTSUS subheading 9403.20.0011. The subject metal
top and leg components are classified under HTSUS subheading
9403.90.8040. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) purposes,
Commerce's written description of the scope remains dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
Section 751(b)(1) of the Act states that Commerce shall conduct a
CCR upon receipt of a request which shows changed circumstances
sufficient to warrant a review. Section 751(d)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce may revoke an order (in whole or
in part) if it determines that producers accounting for substantially
all of the production of the domestic like product have expressed a
lack of interest in the order, in whole or in part.\4\ Further, 19 CFR
351.222(g)(2) provides that Commerce will conduct a CCR under 19 CFR
351.216, and may revoke an order, in whole or in part, if it determines
that revocation is warranted.
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\4\ See section 782(h) of the Act.
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In the event that Commerce determines that ``substantially all''
domestic producers have expressed a lack of interest in an order, both
the Act and Commerce's regulations grant Commerce the authority to
revoke the order.\5\ Commerce has interpreted ``substantially all'' to
represent producers accounting for at least 85 percent of U.S.
production of the domestic like product.\6\ The petitioner's request
indicated that it is the sole producer of the domestic like product
and, therefore, accounts for at least 85 percent of domestic
production.\7\ In accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.216, 19 CFR 351.221, and 19 CFR 351.222(g), we are initiating this
CCR.
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\5\ Id.; see also 19 CFR 351.222(g).
\6\ See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic
of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 77
FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils from
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order, in
Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012).
\7\ See CCR Request at 2.
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Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
If Commerce concludes that expedited action is warranted, it may
concurrently publish the notices of initiation and preliminary results
of a CCR.\8\ Commerce has combined the notice of initiation and
preliminary results in CCRs when sufficient documentation has been
provided supporting the request to make a preliminary determination.\9\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).
\9\ See, e.g., Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews, 82 FR 9561
(February 7, 2017), unchanged in Multilayered Wood Flooring from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Reviews, 82 FR 14691 (March 22, 2017).
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In this instance, we determine that there is sufficient information
on the record to support a preliminary finding of changed
circumstances.\10\ Accordingly, we find that expedited action is
warranted, and we are combining the notice of initiation and the notice
of preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).
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\10\ See CCR Request at 4.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce preliminarily
determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that changed
circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation of the Order.
Therefore, Commerce is notifying the public of its preliminary intent
to revoke the Order in whole.
If we make a final determination to revoke the Order, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
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discontinue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits of estimated ADs, to liquidate all unliquidated entries that
were entered on or after the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of revocation of the Order, without regard to
ADs, and to refund all AD cash deposits on all such merchandise, with
applicable interest.
Public Comment
Any interested party may request a hearing within 14 days of
publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(c).
Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 14 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Rebuttal comments, limited
to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed by no later than
three days after the deadline for filing case briefs.\12\ Any hearing,
if requested, will normally be held two days after rebuttal briefs/
comments are due, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(d)(1). Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2),
parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this CCR are encouraged
to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. Note that
Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\13\
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\11\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case
briefs.
\12\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(d)(1) to alter the time limit for the filing of rebuttal
briefs.
\13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed
electronically using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. An
electronically-filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the date the
document is due.
Unless extended, consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), we intend to
issue the final results of this CCR no later than 270 days after the
date on which this review was initiated, or within 45 days of
publication of these preliminary results if all parties agree to our
preliminary findings.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this initiation and preliminary
results notice in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1), (b)(4), and (c)(3), and
19 CFR 351.222(f)(2)(iv).
Dated: July 11, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-15205 Filed 7-15-22; 8:45 am]
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