*EPF113 06/21/2004
Dumping Case on Chinese Bedroom Furniture Advanced by Commerce
(Final determinations in case expected in November, December) (370)

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that imports of bedroom furniture from China, worth more than $1 billion in 2003, were dumped on the U.S. market.

In its June 18 determination, the department calculated the dumping margins as ranging from less than 5 percent to 198 percent.

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

The Commerce Department's final determination is expected by November and the USITC's by December. In the meantime, U.S. customs agents will collect a cash deposit or bond on any subject imports equal to the preliminary dumping margins; the money would be returned in the event of a negative determination.

Following are the preliminary dumping margins:

-- Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co. Ltd. and Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co. Ltd (Dongguan Lung Dong), 7.04 percent.
-- Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd., Rui Feng Lumber Development Co. Ltd., and Dorbest Limited (Dorbest Group), 19.24 percent.
-- Lacquer Craft Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Lacquer Craft), 4.90 percent.
-- Markor International Furniture (Tianjin) Manufacture Co. Ltd. (Markor Tianjin), 8.38 percent.
-- Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., Carven Industries Limited (BVI), Carven Industries Limited (HK), Dongguan Zhenzin Furniture Co. Ltd., and Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co. Ltd. (Shing Mark), 6.59 percent.
-- Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Orin Furniture (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., and Shanghai Starcorp Furniture Co. Ltd. (Starcorp), 24.34 percent.
-- Tech Lane Wood Mfg. and Kee Jia Wood Mfg. (Tech Lane), 9.36 percent.
-- Section A Respondents (Separate Rates), 10.92 percent.
-- China-wide, 198.08 percent.

U.S. imports of bedroom furniture from China amounted to $1.2 billion in 2003, a 48-percent share of such imports, up from $817.3 million in 2002, a 40-percent share.

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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