Notice2026-09509
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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May 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding this review with respect to 26 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26999-27002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09509]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-117]
Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that exporters subject to this review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR), February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. In addition, we are
rescinding this review with respect to 26 companies. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Hannah Lee, 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) 482-1766 or (202)
482-1216, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 28, 2025, based on timely requests for an administrative
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wood mouldings
and millwork products (millwork products) from the People's Republic of
China (China) with respect to 35 companies.\1\ On May 20, 2025, and
June 26, 2025, Weston Wood Solutions (Weston) and the Coalition of
American Millwork Producers (CAMP) timely withdrew their review
requests for review of seven companies.\2\ These preliminary results
cover nine companies, including the mandatory respondents, Fujian
Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd. (Hongjia) and Nanping Huatai Wood &
Bamboo Co., Ltd. (Nanping Huatai).
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 14081 (March 28, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\2\ See Westons' Letter's, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' Dated May 20, 2025; see also CAMP's Letter, ``Partial
Withdrawal of Request for Aministrative Review,'' dated June 26,
2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government Shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\3\ On November 18, 2025, Commerce extended the
deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review until April
16, 2025.\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\ The deadline for the preliminary results of this review is now
May 7, 2026.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November
18, 2025.
\5\ 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.\6\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via ACCESS. A list of topics included in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. 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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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Wood Mouldings
and Millwork Products from the People's Republic of China; 2024-
2025,'' 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 wood mouldings and millwork
products, subject to certain exceptions.\7\ For a complete description
of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 9486 (February 16, 2021) (Order).
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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 a party that requested a
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication
of the notice of initiation. As noted above, CAMP timely withdrew their
review requests for review of seven companies. Thus, we are rescinded
the review for these seven companies.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\9\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\10\ On April 14, 2026, we
notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review
for 19 companies with no entries of subject merchandise during the POR
and invited interested parties to comment.\11\ We received no comments.
In the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from
these companies during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative
review for the companies listed in Appendix IV, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\8\ See, e.g., Certain Cargon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102 (July 8,
2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4;
and Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian
Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 77 FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment
rate'').
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated April 14, 2026.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
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(the Act). Because China is a non-market economy (NME) country within
the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated normal value
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying our preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates
We preliminarily determine that, in addition to Hongjia and Nanping
Huatai, two companies not individually examined are eligible for
separate rates in this administrative review.\12\ The Act and
Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a separate
rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual examination
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when
calculating the rate for separate-rate respondents which Commerce did
not examine individually in an administrative review.
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\12\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the ``Separate Rate
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For the preliminary results of this review, Commerce determined the
estimated dumping margins for Hongjia and Nanping Huatai to be 31.82
percent and 58.45 percent, respectively. For the reasons explained in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we are assigning a 42.04 percent
rate to the non-examined respondents that qualify for a separate rate
in this review.\13\
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\13\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Separate Rate for Respondents
Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated concurrently with
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\14\ Under this policy,
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity,
the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate (i.e., 220.87
percent) \15\ is not subject to change. For reasons explained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce considers companies for which
a review was initiated, but failed to respond to our requests for
information, to be part of the China-wide entity.\16\
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\14\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\15\ See Order, 86 FR at 9488.
\16\ See Appendix V.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2024,
through January 31, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd...................... 31.82
Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd....................... 58.45
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Non-Individually Examined Companies Receiving a Separate Rate
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Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd. Youxi Fujian............ 42.04
Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd............................. 42.04
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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).
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 administrative 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.\17\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a table of
contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\18\
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\17\ 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).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). We use the term
``issue'' here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally
address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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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. Further, we request that interested parties limit their public,
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public, 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 public, 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).\19\
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\19\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.
If Hongjia's and Nanping Huatai's weighted-average dumping margins
are not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final
results of this review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for
all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined
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sales to the total quantity of those sales.\21\ To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
If Hongjia's and Nanping Huatai's weighted-average dumping margins are
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For the respondents that were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative review but qualified for a separate
rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margins calculated for the mandatory respondents consistent with
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. Consequently, the rate established for
the non-individually examined companies is an ad valorem rate of 42.02
percent.
For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database
submitted by the mandatory respondents during this review, Commerce
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate.
For the companies listed in Appendices III and IV for which the
review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
For the final results, if we continue to treat the companies
identified in Appendix V as part of the China-wide entity, we will
instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 220.87 percent
to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were
produced and/or exported by those companies.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.
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
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the companies
listed above, which have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be
that established in the final results of this review (except, if the
rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required);
(2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese
exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the existing rate for the
China-wide entity of 220.87 percent; and (4) for all non-Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese
exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs, within
120 days of publication of these preliminary results of review in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate Rate
1. Bel Trade Wood Industrial Co., Ltd. Youxi Fujian
2. Fujian Hongjia Craft Products Co., Ltd.
3. Nanping Huatai Wood & Bamboo Co., Ltd.
4. Tim Feng Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Rescinded From Review With No Outstanding Review Request
1. Anji Huaxin Bamboo & Wood Products Co., Ltd.
2. Fotiou Frames Limited
3. Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co., Ltd.
4. Longquan Jiefeng Trade Co., Ltd.
5. Shuyang Kevin International Co., Ltd
6. Sun Valley Shade Co., Ltd.
7. Zhangzhou Wangjiamei Industry & Trade Co. Ltd.
Appendix IV
Companies With No Reviewable Entries Rescinded From Review
1. Baixing Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd Youxi Fujian
2. Fujian Sanming City Donglai Wood Co., Ltd.
3. Fujian Youxi Best Arts & Crafts Co. Ltd.
4. Fujian Zhangping Kimura Forestry Products Co., Ltd.
5. Homebuild Industries Co., Ltd.
6. Huaan Longda Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
7. Jiangsu Chensheng Forestry Development Co., Ltd.
8. Jiangsu Wenfeng Wood Co., Ltd.
9. Jim Fine Wooden Products Co., Ltd.
10. Omni One Co., Limited
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11. Raoping HongRong Handicrafts Co., Ltd. (d.b.a. Chen Chui Global
Corp.)
12. Sanming Lingtong Trading Co., Ltd.
13. Shandong Miting Household Co., Ltd.
14. Shaxian Hengtong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
15. Shaxian Shiyiwood, Ltd.
16. Suqian Sulu Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
17. Wuxi Boda Bamboo & Wood Industrial Co., Ltd.
18. Xiamen Zihua Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
19. Zhangzhou Yihong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Appendix V
Companies Considered To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd.
2. Fujian Wangbin Decorative Material Co., Ltd.
3. Fujian Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd.
4. Putian Yihong Wood Industry Co., Ltd.
5. Shenzhen Xinjintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
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