Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023

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] ( printed page 19185) AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. DATES: Applicable May 6, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Schueler or Laurel Smalley, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9175 or (202) 482-3456, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On December 8, 2011, Commerce issued a countervailing duty order on wood flooring from China. [ 1 ] On December 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China for the period of review January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. [ 2 ] We received timely requests for an administrative review from Riverside Plywood Corporation, including its cross-owned affiliates Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.; and Zhongshan Lianjia Flooring Co., Ltd., (c…