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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration A570051; C570052

Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the Peoples Republic of China:
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Revocation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part Enforcement and Compliance International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Commerce is revoking, in part, the antidumping duty AD and countervailing duty CVD orders on certain hardwood plywood products hardwood plywood from the Peoples Republic of China China with respect to certain finished laminated veneer lumber LVL door stiles and rails.
DATES: Applicable June 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicolas Mayora, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202 4823053.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background On January 4, 2018, Commerce published the AD and CVD orders on hardwood plywood from China.1 On 1 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
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April 6, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews CCRs and revocation, in part, of the Orders, pursuant to section 751b1 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended the Act and 19 CFR 351.216b, with respect to LVL door stiles and rails.2 We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
On April 14, 2021, we received new factual information from MJB Wood Group LLC MJB, a U.S. importer of the subject merchandise, which was placed on the record by MJB at Commerces request.3 On April 20, 2021, Commerce received comments from MJB and the petitioner 4 in response to the Preliminary Results.5 On April 27, 2020, we received rebuttal comments from the petitioner.6
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Revocation of the Orders, in Part Because no party submitted comments opposing the Preliminary Results of these CCRs, and the record contains no further information or evidence that weighs against the proposed partial revocations, Commerce has determined, pursuant to sections 751d1 and 782h of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.222g, that there are changed circumstances that warrant revocation of the Orders, in part. Specifically, in light of the petitioners statement of lack of interest, and the absence of comments from any interested party addressing the issue of domestic industry support, we find that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 January 4, 2018 AD Order; and Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 513
January 4, 2018 CVD Order collectively, the Orders.
2 See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part, 86 FR
17774 April 6, 2021 Preliminary Results.
3 See MJBs Letter, Changed Circumstances Reviews of Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: New Factual Information, dated April 14, 2021 MJBs NFI
Letter.
4 The petitioner is the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood.
5 See MJBs Letter, Changed Circumstances Reviews of Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: Case Brief on Preliminary Results, dated April 20, 2021 MJBs Comments; see also Petitioners Letter, Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China: Comments in Response to the Departments Preliminary Results, dated April 20, 2021
Petitioners Comments.
6 See Petitioners Letter, Hardwood Plywood Products from the Peoples Republic of China:
Rebuttal Comments, dated April 27, 2021.

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domestic like product to which the Orders pertain lack interest in the relief provided by the Orders with respect to LVL door stiles and rails. Accordingly, we are revoking the Orders, in part, with respect to certain door stiles and rails made of LVL that have a width not to exceed 50 millimeters, a thickness not to exceed 50 millimeters, and a length of less than 2,450 millimeters. The scope description below includes this exclusion language.
Scope of the Orders The merchandise subject to these Orders is hardwood and decorative plywood, and certain veneered panels as described below. For purposes of this proceeding, hardwood and decorative plywood is defined as a generally flat, multilayered plywood or other veneered panel, consisting of two or more layers or plies of wood veneers and a core, with the face and/or back veneer made of non-coniferous wood hardwood or bamboo. The veneers, along with the core may be glued or otherwise bonded together. Hardwood and decorative plywood may include products that meet the American National Standard for Hardwood and Decorative Plywood, ANSI/HPVA HP12016 including any revisions to that standard.
For purposes of this proceeding a veneer is a slice of wood regardless of thickness which is cut, sliced or sawed from a log, bolt, or flitch. The face and back veneers are the outermost veneer of wood on either side of the core irrespective of additional surface coatings or covers as described below.
The core of hardwood and decorative plywood consists of the layer or layers of one or more materials that are situated between the face and back veneers. The core may be composed of a range of materials, including but not limited to hardwood, softwood, particleboard, or medium-density fiberboard MDF.
All hardwood plywood is included within the scope of these Orders regardless of whether or not the face and/or back veneers are surface coated or covered and whether or not such surface coatings or covers obscures the grain, textures, or markings of the wood.
Examples of surface coatings and covers include, but are not limited to: Ultra violet light cured polyurethanes; oil or oil-modified or water based polyurethanes; wax; epoxy-ester finishes; moisture-cured urethanes;
paints; stains; paper; aluminum; high pressure laminate; MDF; medium density overlay MDO; and phenolic film. Additionally, the face veneer of hardwood plywood may be sanded;
smoothed or given a distressed
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