CBP Initial Determination Malaysia Transshipping February 2022 | Page 30

Agrostone is a Malaysian exporter and producer of QSP . 265 Agrostone is owned by a Chinese company , Linfair Agrostone Co ., Ltd ., which is a producer of synthetic stone such as QSP . 266 Agrostone is also affiliated with two additional producers of QSP , Karina Stone ( Malaysia ) Sdn . Bhd . ( Karina Stone ) and Foshan Karina Building Material Co ., Ltd . ( Foshan Karina ). 267 The Karina companies share a logo and indicate they are affiliates of Agrostone , with the Malaysian company indicating it is a “ sub brand ” of Agrostone . 268 Record evidence indicates Foshan Karina and Foshan Horo Import and Export Co ., ( Foshan Horo ) share an address at Building 7 , Tianan Center , 31 Jihua Rd ., Foshan City . 269 Foshan Karina ’ s sales manager , Erica Zheng , is the company contact for international sales for Foshan Marianna Building Materials Co ., Ltd . ( Foshan Marianna ). 270 In sum , Agrostone is affiliated with Karina Stone and Foshan Karina , and appears to be related to Foshan Horo and Foshan Marianna .

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CBP placed import statistics for Agrostone [ ] on the record of this investigation .

271 An examination of this data indicates that in [ year ] Agrostone imported large amounts of [ inputs ] country

from [ ]. Specifically , Agrostone imported [

inputs ].” 272 Agrostone also imported [ finished product

]. 273 However , in [ year ], Agrostone imported [ finished product ], and [ inputs ]. 274 An examination of Agrostone ’ s [ companies ] indicates that these companies either [ activity ] or are [ activity

]. 275 As such , Agrostone appears to have changed its business model from that of a company [ activity ] to that of a company which [ activity ].

Yunfu Wintop Stone Co ., Ltd . ( Yunfu Wintop ) is a Chinese producer of QSP . 276 According to Yunfu Wintop ’ s website , it only sells QSP and lists its five product categories as “ quartz slabs , quartz counter tops , quartz bathroom panels , quartz vanity tops and quartz bar tops .” 277

Durian , Flowery Stone , and Nio have changed their importation practices to avoid AD / CVD duties . CBP data indicates these companies [ activity ] from the MSW Companies when CBP requested information from them concerning the country of origin of their entries . 278 The following chart indicates the [ item ] Durian , Flowery Stone , and Nio made from the MSW Companies .

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See Malaysian Companies Memo at “ Yunfu Wintop .”
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See U . S . Importers Memo at “ Last Entries .”
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