Notice2026-03500
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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February 23, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and/or exporters of wood mouldings and millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8408-8410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03500]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-118]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and/or exporters
of wood mouldings and millwork products (millwork products) from the
People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR)
January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable February 23, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon James or Joshua Nixon, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7472 or (202)
482-8361, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 12, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
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this administrative review and invited interested parties to
comment.\1\ For a detailed description of the events that occurred
subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\2\ On September 23, 2025, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce
extended the deadline for issuing the final results until December 9,
2025.\3\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government
shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a
backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on
November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\5\ Accordingly, the deadline for
the final results of this administrative review is now February 17,
2026.\6\
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\1\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023, 90 FR 24778 (June
12, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from
the People's Republic of China: Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the 2023 Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023,'' dated
September 23, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ The deadline falls on February 15, 2026, which is a Sunday.
Commerce's practice dictates that, where a deadline falls on a
weekend or Federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next
business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next
Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10,
2005).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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\7\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 9484 (February
16, 2021) (Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is millwork products from
China. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I of this
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered
users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each subsidy program found
countervailable, Commerce finds that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
government-provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\8\ For a
description of the methodology underlying all of Commerce's
conclusions, including any determination that relied upon the use of
adverse facts available, pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the case and rebuttal briefs and the
evidence on the record, we made certain changes to the ocean freight
benchmarks and import duty rates used in certain input for less than
adequate remuneration (LTAR) analyses, certain free-on board sales
denominators, and the purchases countervailed in the cut timber for
LTAR program from the Preliminary Results. These changes are explained
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
There are 13 companies for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or
found to be cross-owned with a mandatory respondent. See Appendix II.
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of
a rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative
review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce
looks to section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
determining the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when
calculating the rate for companies which were not selected for
individual examination in an administrative review. Under section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount
equal to the weighted average of the countervailable subsidy rates
established for exporters and producers individually investigated,
excluding any zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any
rates determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
Accordingly, to determine the rate for companies not selected for
individual examination, Commerce's practice is to weight average the
net subsidy rates for the selected mandatory respondents, excluding
rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available.\9\ For the 13 non-selected companies, because the rates
calculated for mandatory respondents Zhejiang Senya Board Industry Co.,
Ltd. (Senya Board) and Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd.
(Yinfeng) were above de minimis and not based entirely on facts
available, we applied a final subsidy rate based on a weighted average
of the rates calculated for the two mandatory respondents using the
publicly ranged sales data they submitted on the record. This
methodology is consistent with our practice for establishing an all-
others subsidy rate pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act. For a
list of the non-selected companies, see Appendix II to this notice.
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\9\ See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of the
13th (2008) Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 37386,
37387 (June 29, 2010).
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Final Results of Review
We find that, for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31,
2023, the following total net countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Zhejiang Senya Board Industry Co., Ltd.\10\............. 26.51
Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd.\11\.......... 20.32
Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review \12\....... 21.39
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Disclosure
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\10\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce preliminarily finds Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd. to be
cross-owned with Senya Board. Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd. was
listed separately in the Initiation Notice.
\11\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce preliminarily finds the following company to be cross-owned
with Yinfeng: Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining
Co., Ltd. and Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining
Co., Ltd. Youxi Xicheng Branch.
\12\ See Appendix II for a list of the non-selected companies
under review.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to
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interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of
any public announcement or, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review, for the above-listed companies at the applicable ad
valorem assessment rates listed for the POR. Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the POR for each of the
respective companies listed above on shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this administrative review.
For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, effective upon
publication of the final results of review, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or 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 violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results of
administrative review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)
and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: February 17, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Accounted for the Full Cooperation
of Respondents
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Appropriately Applied AFA to
Determine Certain Input Suppliers Are Government Authorities
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should find Market Distortion and
Specificity based on AFA
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Paint Benchmark
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Conflated Stumpage and Cut Timber
Benchmarks
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Land Benchmark
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Electricity and
Water Benchmarks
Comment 8: Whether the Provision of Water for LTAR Confers a
Benefit
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Countervail Mangrove's Cut
Timber Purchases
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Make Changes to its
Benchmark Calculations for Ocean Freight
A. Whether Commerce Should Rely on Xeneta Ocean Freight
B. Whether Commerce Should Exclude Certain Charges from the
Descartes Data
C. Whether Commerce Should Revise Aspects of Its Ocean Freight
Calculations
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Rely on Respondents'
Reported Inland Freight Data
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should Revise Certain Import Duty
Rates
Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should Exclude Sales Related To
Non-Production Activities
VIII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Non-Selected Companies Under Review
1. Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
2. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co.
3. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd. Youxi Fujian.
4. Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co., Ltd
5. Fotiou Frames Limited
6. Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd.
7. Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd.; Fujian Province Youxi County
Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.\13\
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\13\ In past reviews, Commerce has found these entities to be
cross-owned. See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020- 2021, 88 FR 62319
(September 11, 2023) and Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR
15816 (March 5, 2024). Absent information to the contrary, we intend
to continue to treat these entities as cross-owned for the purpose
of this administrative review.
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8. Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd.
9. Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd.
10. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
11. Shenzhen Xinjintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
12. Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
13. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
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