DOC to Investigate 200+ Chinese Manufacturers

February 27, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Bedroom on February 28, 2013

The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated investigation of more than 200 Chinese wood bedroom furniture manufacturers for an administrative review of the antidumping order on bedroom furniture from China.

The review will cover 2012 shipments of the subject merchandise to the U.S. market. DOC plans to issue its results no later than Jan. 31, 2014. More than 200 manufacturers have been named as respondents to the investigation.

Click here for a the complete Federal Register notice, which includes a list of Chinese manufacturers named for investigation--116 of currently qualify for a separate duty rate lower than the 200-plus percent "all China" rates typically resulting from such reviews. Commerce, for example, has issued a preliminary duty of 261.01 percent in its review of 2011 wood bedroom furniture shipments from China.

Eighty-nine of the companies currently have no separate rate.