Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission of 2017-2018 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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-570-052] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is partially rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing order on certain hardwood plywood products from the People's Republic of China for the period of review (POR), April 25, 2017, through December 31, 2018. DATES: Applicable August 27, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Omar Qureshi, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202.482.5307 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 8, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on certain hardwood plywood products from the People's Republic of China (China). [ 1 ] On April 1, 2019, based on a timely requests for review, [ 2 ] Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain hardwood plywood products from China with respect to 59 companies, covering the POR. [ 3 ] Rescission of Review From June 21, 2019, to July 25, 2019, multiple entities timely withdrew their request for administrative review. [ 4 ] Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) , the Secretary will rescind and administrative rev…