Notice2026-09218
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
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May 8, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain producers and exporters of wood mouldings and millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to 22 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25341-25344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09218]
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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: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain producers and
exporters of wood mouldings and millwork products (millwork products)
from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR)
is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce is
rescinding this review with respect to 22 companies. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 8, 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) 482-2429 or (202)
482-1537, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 28, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on millwork products from
China.\1\ On May 2, 2025, Commerce selected Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp
Trading Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng) and Nanping Huatai Wood and Bamboo Co.,
Ltd. (Huatai) as the mandatory respondents in this administrative
review.\2\ On May 9, 2025, Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tim Feng)
timely withdrew its request for review.\3\ On May 20, 2025, Weston Wood
Solutions timely withdrew its request for review of Putian Yihong Wood
Industry Co., Ltd (Yihong).\4\ On June 26, 2025, Fujian Yinfeng Imp &
Exp Trading Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng), withdrew its participation in the
administrative review.\5\ On August 5, 2025, Commerce selected Fujian
Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd. (Hongjia) as an additional mandatory
respondent.\6\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 14081-101 (March 28, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated May 2, 2025.
\3\ See Tim Feng's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated May 9, 2025.
\4\ See Weston Wood Solutions' Letter, ``Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated May 20, 2025.
\5\ See Yinfeng's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated June 26, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Selection of Additional Mandatory
Respondent,'' dated August 5, 2025.
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On September 23, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing
the preliminary results by 118 days, until February 26, 2026.\7\ Due to
the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on
November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\8\ 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.\9\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now May 5, 2026.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
September 23, 2025 (Extension of Preliminary Results).
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China; 2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are millwork products from China.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce
received timely-filed withdrawal requests with respect to Tim Feng, and
no other parties requested a review of Tim Feng.\11\ The remaining
companies have an outstanding request for review and Commerce is not
rescinding the administrative review with respect to these companies.
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\11\ See Appendix II for a list of companies for which we are
rescinding the review due to the timely withdrawal of the requests
for review.
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On March 2, 2026, Commerce notified interested parties that it
intended to rescind this administrative review with respect to certain
companies, in the absence of suspended entries during the POR,
according to data obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP).\12\ No interested party commented on the Intent to Rescind
Memorandum. We find that there were no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR with respect to 21 companies listed in our
Intent to Rescind Memorandum and for which all review requests were not
timely withdrawn.\13\ As a result, we are rescinding this review for
the companies listed in Appendix III, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\12\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated March 2, 2026 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum). In the
Intent to Rescind Memorandum, we included 21 companies.
\13\ See Appendix III for a list of these 21 companies.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\14\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our reliance,
in part, on adverse facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b)
of the Act, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\14\ 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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Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to apply 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
calculating the all-others rate in a CVD investigation. Section
777A(e)(2) of the Act provides that ``the individual countervailable
subsidy rates determined under subparagraph (A) shall be used to
determine the all-others rate under section 705(c)(5) {of the
Act{time} .''
Under section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally an amount equal to the weighted average countervailable
subsidy rates established for each of the companies individually
investigated, excluding any rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely on the basis of facts
available. Where the countervailable subsidy rates for each of the
individually examined companies is zero, de minimis, or based entirely
on facts available, section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that
Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to establish an all-others
rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated,
including averaging the weighted average countervailable subsidy rates
determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.''
In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated
countervailable subsidy rates for the mandatory respondents, Hongjia
and Huatai, that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
otherwise available. Accordingly, we are preliminarily assigning to the
companies under review that were not selected for individual
examination a countervailable subsidy rate equal to the weighted
average of the countervailable subsidy rates calculated for Huatai and
Hongjia, weighted by the mandatory respondents' publicly ranged sales
values for the merchandise under consideration, consistent with the
guidance in section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act.\15\
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\15\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally
calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates
calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the
estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; and
(C) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for
the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S.
sales values for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as
the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters.
See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53662
(September 1, 2010), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
at Comment 1. See also Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Subsidy Rate for the Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
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\16\ See Appendix IV for a list of the non-selected companies
under review.
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As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the POR, January
1, 2024, through December 31, 2024:
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd........... 49.65
Nanping Huatai Wood and Bamboo Co., Ltd.......... 51.81
Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review \16\ 50.67
Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd.\17\... 200.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\17\ In past reviews, Commerce has found 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. See Wood Mouldings
and Millwork Products from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023, 91 FR
8408 (February 23, 2026) (Final Results). 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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Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon in making its final results.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in
this review. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\18\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\19\ All briefs must be
filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document
must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\20\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\21\
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\20\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the
hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled
date for the hearing.\22\
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.
For the companies for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will
instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries
at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP for these companies no
earlier than 35 days after the publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
Hongjia, Huatai, and the companies listed in Appendix II no earlier
than 35 days after the date of the publication of the final results of
this review in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to 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 each of the respective companies listed
above and in Appendix IV 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, as
follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will
be equal to the company-specific estimated individual countervailable
subsidy rates determined in the final results of this review, except if
the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit
rate will be zero; (2) if both the producer and exporter of the subject
merchandise have company-specific estimated subsidy rates assigned, and
their rates differ, then the applicable cash deposit rate will be the
higher of these two rates; (3) if either the producer or the exporter,
but not both, of the subject merchandise has a company-specific
estimated subsidy rate assigned, the applicable cash deposit rate will
be that company's company-specific rate; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers and exporters will be continue to be 20.56
percent, the all-others subsidy rate established in the
investigation.\23\ These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\23\ 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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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 5, 2026.
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of China's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, Inputs, Land-Use and
Electricity Benchmarks
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which All Review Requests Were Timely Withdrawn
1. Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies for Which the Review Is Rescinded Due to No Reviewable
Entries
1. Aventra Inc.
2. Baixing Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian
3. Cao County Hengda Wood Products Co., Ltd.
4. China Cornici Co. Ltd.
5. Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry Limited Company
6. Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co. Ltd.
7. Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Ltd.
8. Homebuild Industries Co., Ltd.
9. Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
10. Jiangsu Chensheng Forestry Development Co., Ltd.
11. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.
12. Omni One Co., Limited
13. Raoping HongRong Handicrafts Co., Ltd. (d.b.a. Chen Chui Global
Corp.)
14. Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd.
15. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co.,
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16. Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd.
17. Shenzhen Xinjintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
18. Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
19. Wuxi Boda Bamboo & Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.
20. Xiamen Zihua Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
21. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Appendix IV
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. Fotiou Frames Limited
5. Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd.; Fujian Province Youxi County
Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd.\24\
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\24\ 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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6. Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd.
7. Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd; Zhejiang Senya Board Industry
Co., Ltd.\25\
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\25\ 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 of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2023, 91 FR 8408 (February 23, 2026) (Final
Results). 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. Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
9. Sanming Lintong Trading Co., Ltd
10. Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd.
11. Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
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