'10 Admin Review: DOC Issues 216% China-Wide Prelim Rate

October 23, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on October 24, 2011 The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued a 216.01% duty in its preliminary ruling on an administrative review of 2010 wood bedroom furniture shipments from China.

According to a Federal Register notice last week, Tube-Smith Enterprise received a preliminary separate duty rate of 41.75 percent. Fourteen companies, which were named in the initiation notice, failed to provide separate rate information and have been treated as part of the PRC-wide entity in the preliminary ruling. Those include:
* Dongguan Bon Ten Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Dongguan Grand Style Furniture Co. Ltd.; Hong Kong Da Zhi Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Dongguan Hero Way Woodwork Co. Ltd.; Dongguan Da Zhong Woodwork Co. Ltd.; Hero Way Enterprises Ltd.; Well Earth International Ltd.
* Dongguan Mu Si Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Hainan Jong Bao Lumber Co. Ltd.; Jibbon Enterprise Co. Ltd.
* Kuan Lin Furniture (Dong Guan) Co. Ltd.; Kuan Lin Furniture Factory; Kuan Lin Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Kunshan Lee Wood Product Co. Ltd.
* Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.; King Rich International Ltd.
* Meikangchi (Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd.
* Nantong Dongfang Orient Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co. Ltd.
* Winny Overseas Ltd.; Zhongshan Winny Furniture Ltd.; Winny Universal Ltd.
* Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co. Ltd.

DOC also preliminarily found that Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai, Locke Furniture Factory, and Sunwin shipped subject merchandise during the period of review, despite their claims to the contrary. Those also have been assessed the PRC-wide duty rate.