Notice2025-02299
Mattresses From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
February 6, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on mattresses from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the dumping margins identified in the "Final Results of Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 24 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9074-9075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02299]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 24 / Thursday, February 6, 2025 /
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-092]
Mattresses From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on mattresses from the People's Republic of
China (China) would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence
of dumping at the dumping margins identified in the ``Final Results of
Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable February 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of
the sunset reviews of the Order,\1\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On November 19, 2024,
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Brooklyn
Bedding LLC; Carpenter Company; Corsicana Mattress Company; Future
Foam, Inc.; Kolcraft Enterprises Inc.; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated;
Setera Simmons Bedding, LLC; Southerland Inc; Tempur Sealy
International, Inc.; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; and
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO
(USW) (collectively, the petitioners), a group of domestic interested
parties, within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The petitioners claimed interested party status
under sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, as certified unions and
producers of the domestic like product in the United States.\4\
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\1\ See Mattresses From the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 68395 (December 16, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 87543
(November 4, 2024).
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated November 19, 2024.
\4\ Id. at 2-3.
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On December 4, 2024, the petitioners filed an adequate substantive
response within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\
Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any respondent
interested party. On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an
adequate substantive response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As
a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
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\5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping Duty
Order,'' dated December 4, 2024.
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
November 4, 2024,'' dated December 26, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is mattresses from China. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Mattresses from the People's Republic of China'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order was to
be revoked, is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list
of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and 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 <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at <a href="http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to
lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping. We determine that
the weighted-average dumping margin likely to prevail would be up to
1,731.75 percent.\8\
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\8\ Id. at 3.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to APO
of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of return/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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: January 30, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
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 Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
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1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-02299 Filed 2-5-25; 8:45 am]
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