Notice2022-20666
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Scope Determination and Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Extension of Deadline To Certify Certain Entries
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Published
September 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
On July 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice of a preliminary scope determination and affirmative preliminary circumvention determination in the Federal Register concerning the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the People's Republic of China (China). This notice informs parties that Commerce has extended the deadline for certain exporters and importers to certify entries of hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 17, 2020, and until August 28, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20666]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-051, C-570-052]
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Scope Determination and Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Orders; Extension of Deadline To Certify Certain Entries
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable September 12, 2022.
SUMMARY: On July 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published a notice of a preliminary scope determination and affirmative
preliminary circumvention determination in the Federal Register
concerning the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the
People's Republic of China (China). This notice informs parties that
Commerce has extended the deadline for certain exporters and importers
to certify entries of hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) that were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 17, 2020, and until August
28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce
established a certification program and a deadline for certain
exporters and importers to certify that entries of hardwood plywood
exported from Vietnam that entered, or were withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after June 17, 2020, and until August 28, 2022,
are not subject to the AD/CVD orders on hardwood plywood from China.\1\
The deadline for exporters and importers to complete these
certifications was September 12, 2022.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Scope Determination and Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 87 FR 45753, 45756-58 (July 29, 2022)
(Preliminary Determination); see also Certain Hardwood Plywood
Products from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty
Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018); and Certain Hardwood Plywood
Products from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018).
\2\ See Preliminary Determination, 87 FR 45756.
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Extension
On September 12, 2022, Commerce issued a memorandum via Enforcement
and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (i.e., ACCESS) notifying interested parties
that the deadline for the certifications to be complete was extended by
80 days.\3\ Also on September 12, 2022, Commerce transmitted
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notifying CBP
of the extended deadline.\4\ The deadline for exporters and importers
to complete the certification requirements established in the
Preliminary Determination is now December 1, 2022. We note that the 36
companies that Commerce precluded from participating in this
certification program in the Preliminary Determination are still
precluded from participating in the certification program we
established for applicable exports of hardwood plywood from Vietnam.\5\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline to Certify Certain
Entries of Hardwood Plywood and Response to Request to Modify Cash
Deposit Instructions,'' dated September 12, 2022.
\4\ See CBP Message 2255409, ``Notice of amended deadline for
certifications in the Vietnam-wide circumvention inquiry of the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain hardwood
plywood products and veneered panels from the People's Republic of
China (A-570-051, C-570-052 and A-552-006, C-552-007),'' dated
September 12, 2022; see also CBP Message 2255410, ``Notice of
amended deadline for certifications in the scope inquiry of the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain hardwood
plywood products and veneered panels from the People's Republic of
China (A-570-051 and C-570-052),'' dated September 12, 2022.
\5\ See Preliminary Determination at Appendix V.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 CFR 351.225(f) and
(h).\6\
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\6\ Commerce significantly revised its scope regulations on
September 20, 2021, with an effective date of November 4, 2021. See
Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021). The
amendments to 19 CFR 351.225 apply to scope inquiries for which a
scope ruling application is filed, as well as any scope inquiry
self-initiated by Commerce, on or after November 4, 2021. The newly
promulgated 19 CFR 351.226 applies to circumvention inquiries for
which a circumvention request is filed, as well as any circumvention
inquiry self-initiated by Commerce, on or after November 4, 2021. We
note that these scope and circumvention inquiries were initiated
prior to the effective date of the new regulations, and, thus, any
reference to the regulations is to the prior version of the
regulations.
Dated: September 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-20666 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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