CSMS 8253301·Trade policy·September 10, 2018·View on csms.cbp.gov ↗

Partial exclusion from the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring from the People s Republic of China (A-570-970)

Plain-English explanation

CSMS 8253301 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin (trade policy), published on September 10, 2018. It carries the official CBP guidance brokers and importers must follow for the topic — "Partial exclusion from the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring from the People s Republic of China (A-570-970)". It links to 1 AD/CVD case in Tandom's catalog. CSMS messages are the operational layer between Commerce determinations and at-the-border collections: when Commerce publishes a new rate, scope ruling, or instruction, CBP turns it into a CSMS that ACE/ACS systems and brokers act on.

Linked AD/CVD cases(1)

Cases referenced or affected by this CSMS message

A-570-970

Message body

Full text as published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1. On 07/25/2018 (83 FR 35217), Commerce published in the Federal Register its Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Second Amended Final Determination and Notice of Third Amended Final Determination of the Antidumping Duty Investigation in the antidumping duty investigation of multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (China)(subject merchandise). The Court's decision became effective on 07/13/2018. Accordingly, Commerce is excluding entries of subject merchandise exported and produced by various companies from the antidumping order on multilayered wood flooring from China as result of the United States Court of International Trade's (CIT's) final judgment in Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co. v. United States, CIT No. 12-00020. 2. Notwithstanding the exclusion, in accordance with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337, 341 (Fed. Cir. 1990), CBP is directed to continue to suspend liquidation of all unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from the following exporter/producer combinations that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 05/26/2011 (the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register), at a zero percent cash deposit rate during the pendency of the appeals process. Exporter: Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited and Double F Limited Producer: Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited and Double F Limited Case Number: A-570-970-099, entries may have also come in under case number A-570-970-078 or A-570-970-000 Note to CBP: Double F Limited was not originally identified with these case numbers in ACE, however subsequent to the investigation, they were granted the exclusion as part of this exporter/producer combination. We have updated ACE accordingly. Exporter: Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. Producer: Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. Case Number: A-570-970-114, entries may have also come in under case number A-570-970-043 Exporter: Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. Producer: Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. Case Number: A-570-970-101, entries may have also come in under case number A-570-970-034 3. Instructions for granting a request for a refund will be issued in a separate message. 4. Merchandise exported by Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited and Double F Limited (collectively, Fine Furniture) that is produced by any other company and merchandise produced by Fine Furniture that is exported by any other company is not subject to this exclusion from the antidumping duty order. Merchandise exported by Fine Furniture that is produced by any other company and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under case number A-570-970-099 and suspended at zero percent of the entered value. Merchandise produced by Fine Furniture that is exported by any other company and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under the exporter's case number and suspended at the rate for that exporter. 5. Merchandise exported by Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Dun Hua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (collectively, Dunhua City Jisen Wood) that is produced by any other company and merchandise produced by Dunhua City Jisen Wood that is exported by any other company is not subject to this exclusion from the antidumping duty order. Merchandise exported by Dunhua City Jisen Wood that is produced by any other company and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under case number A-570-970-114 and suspended at zero percent of the entered value. Merchandise produced by Dunhua City Jisen Wood that is exported by any other company and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under the exporter's case number and suspended at the rate for that exporter. 6. Merchandise exported by Armstrong Wood Products Kunshan Co., Ltd. (Armstrong) that is produced by any other company and merchandise produced by Armstrong that is exported by any other company is not subject to this exclusion from the antidumping duty order. Merchandise exported by Armstrong that is produced by any other company and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under case number A-570-970-101 and suspended at zero percent of the entered value. Merchandise produced by Armstrong that is exported by any other company and entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 07/13/2018, should be entered under the exporter's case number and suspended at the rate for that exporter. 7. These cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Do not liquidate any entries of merchandise covered by this instruction until assessment instructions are issued. 8. 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 OIV:AN.) 9. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur

Frequently asked questions

What is CSMS 8253301?

CSMS 8253301 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin titled "Partial exclusion from the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring from the People s Republic of China (A-570-970)". CSMS bulletins are the operational instructions CBP issues to brokers, importers, and ACE filers covering rate changes, system updates, scope guidance, and other day-to-day customs-operations changes.

When was CSMS 8253301 published?

CBP published CSMS 8253301 on September 10, 2018. The bulletin's instructions are typically operative as of the publication date unless the body specifies a different effective date.

Which AD/CVD cases does CSMS 8253301 affect?

CSMS 8253301 references 1 AD/CVD case (A-570-970). The links on this page take you to each linked order with its current scope, rates, and history.

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