Commerce Announces Final Results of New Shipper Review for Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
September 28, 2009On June 30, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice on the preliminary results of the new shipper review (NSR) of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China (China) covering sales of subject merchandise made by Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd. (Fangjia). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), Commerce gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results and received none. Accordingly, Commerce have not made changes to the Preliminary Results and continues to determine that Fangjia has not made sales at less than normal value (NV).
The product covered by the order is wooden bedroom furniture. Wooden bedroom furniture is generally, but not exclusively, designed, manufactured, and offered for sale in coordinated groups, or bedrooms, in which all of the individual pieces are of approximately the same style and approximately the same material and/or finish. The subject merchandise is made substantially of wood products, including both solid wood and also engineered wood products made from wood particles, fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board, particle board, and fiberboard, with or without wood veneers, wood overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim such as metal, marble, leather, glass, plastic, or other resins, and whether or not assembled, completed, or finished.
Imports of subject merchandise is currently calssified in Chapter 94 and Chapter 70 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under subheading 9403.50.9040 as ‘‘wooden . . . beds” and under Subheading 9403.50.9080 of the HTSUS as ‘‘other . . . wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom.” In addition, wooden headboards for beds, wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden canopies for beds may also be entered under Subheading 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ‘‘parts of wood,” and framed glass mirrors may also be entered under Subheading 7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ‘‘glass mirrors . . . framed.” This order covers all wooden bedroom furniture meeting the above description, regardless of tariff classification. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For importers/customers of the respondent where the respondent did not report entered values, we have calculated importer/customer-specific antidumping duty assessment amounts based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales of subject merchandise to the total quantity of subject merchandise sold in those transactions. For importers/customers of the respondent where the respondent reported entered values, Commerce have calculated an ad valorem rate for that importer/customer by dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated in the examined sales of subject merchandise by the total entered value of those transactions. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final results of NSR. For more details, see the notice published in the Federal Register.
For further information, contact: Paul Stolz or Lori Apodaca, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; Phone: (202) 482-4474 and (202) 482-4551, respectively.
