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1a.
Commerce has rescinded the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China (C-570-107) covering the period 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021 in part with respect to the firms listed below.
You are to assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021 at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry.
Liquidate all entries for the following firms:
Company: The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd. and is cross-owned companies:
Jiangsu Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch; and Shanghai Hongjia Wood Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-107-001
No case number was in place during the period of review for the companies listed below. Entries may have been made under C-570-107-000 or other company-specific numbers.
Company: Anhui Xinyuanda Cupboard Co., Ltd
Company: Guangzhou Nuolande Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Company: Jiang Su Rongxin Wood Industry Co., Ltd
Company: Jiang Su Rongxin Cabinets Ltd
Company: Jiangsu Weisen Houseware Co., Ltd
Company: Linyi Bomei Furniture Co., Ltd
Company: Linyi Kaipu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Company: Qufu Xinyu Furniture Co., Ltd.
Company: Senke Manufacturing Company
Company: Shandong Longsen Woods Co., Ltd.
Company: Yichun Dongmeng Wood Co., Ltd
1b. Commerce is currently conducting a scope inquiry on whether wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China, which were further processed in Malaysia or Vietnam, are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 2153401, dated 06/02/2022, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend entries of merchandise covered by the inquiry that are already subject to suspension of liquidation under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Entries of products covered by that message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
1c.
Commerce is currently conducting a scope inquiry on whether wooden cabinets and vanities made from phragmites are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 3089410, dated 03/30/2023, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend entries of merchandise covered by the inquiry that are already subject to suspension of liquidation under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Entries of products covered by that message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
1d.
Commerce is currently conducting a circumvention inquiry to determine whether (1) U.S. imports from Vietnam of wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China (China), which are further processed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) and include Vietnamese components; and (2) U.S. imports from Malaysia of wooden cabinets and vanities from China, which are further processed in Malaysia and include Malaysian components (collectively, the merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiries), are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China.
In message 2164404, dated 06/13/2022, Commerce instructed CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of entries of the merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiries, that are already subject to the suspension of liquidation under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Entries of products covered by that message should not be liquidated until specific liquidation instructions are issued.
2.
Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by this message occurred with publication of the notice of rescission of administrative review (88 FR 29084, 05/05/2023).
Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates.
3.
There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.
4.
The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties.
The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order.
Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation.
The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.
5. This instruction to liquidate entries covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message.
Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended).
If entries of subject merchandise covered by this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP port officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries.
6.
If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984.
CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only.
(This message was generated by OI:MR)
7.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur