Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-570-971] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) and the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), the Department is issuing a countervailing duty (“CVD”) order on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”). DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Morris, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1779. Background On October 18, 2011, the Department published its final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of multilayered wood flooring from the PRC. See Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 76 FR 64313 (October 18, 2011) (“ Final Determination” ). ( printed page 76694) On December 1, 2011, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to sections 705(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of subject …