*EPF309 06/16/2004
Ironing Tables From China Dumped in U.S., Commerce Concludes
(Imports still subject to injury determination) (220)

Washington -- Ironing tables from China have been dumped on the U.S. market and may be subjected to antidumping duties, the U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled.

In a June 16 final determination, the department said the dumping margins for Chinese producers and exporters of ironing tables ranged from 6.60 percent to 113.80 percent.

Imposition of antidumping duties requires final affirmative determinations both from the Department of Commerce that dumping occurred and from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) that the imports injured or threatened U.S. industry.

The USITC is expected to make its final determination in late July. If the USITC makes an affirmative determination, the Commerce Department will issue an antidumping duty order and instruct U.S. customs agents to collect cash deposits for antidumping duties.

If the USITC makes a negative injury determination, the investigation will be terminated, the department said.

U.S. imports of ironing tables from China amounted to approximately $673 million in 2003 and $713 million in 2002.

Dumping is the import of goods at a price below the home-market or a third-country price or below the cost of production. A dumping margin represents by how much the fair-value price exceeds the dumped price.

(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)

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