DOC Issues Preliminary Ruling on '08 Admin Review

February 4, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Bedroom on February 5, 2010

The U.S. Department of Commerce has placed a country-wide duty of 216 percent on wood bedroom furniture from China in its preliminary ruling on an administrative review of shipments for calendar year 2008.

The administrative review investigation included 200 Chinese manufacturers. Thirteen of those qualified for a "separate" duty rate of 20.36 percent after demonstrating sufficient non-goverment control of their business. Those include:
* Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co. Ltd. (Taicang Sunrise Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Taicang Fairmount Designs Furniture Co. Ltd. and Meizhou Sunrise Furniture Co. Ltd.).
* Longrange Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Langfang Tiancheng Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Shun Feng Furniture Co. Ltd.
* COE Ltd.
* Tianjin Fortune Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Transworld (Zhangzhou) Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Decca Furniture Ltd.
* Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd.
* Winny Overseas Ltd.
* Dongguan Yihaiwei Furniture Ltd.
* Baigou Crafts Factory of Fengkai.
* Zhongshan Gainwell Furniture Co. Ltd.

In addition to making a preliminary ruling on 2008 shipments of wood bedroom furniture from China, DOC also rescinded the review of the following manufacturers that had been among 200 companies investigated in the administrative review for that year. Those companies include:
* Dalian Pretty Home Furniture
* Dongguan Dihao Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Dongguan Mingsheng Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Dongguan Mu Si Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Dongguan Sunshine Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Fortune Furniture Ltd., Dongguan Fortune Furniture Ltd.
* Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd., a.k.a. Fujian Wonder Pacific Inc. (Dare Group)
* Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd. (Dare Group)
* Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co., Ltd., Team Prospect International Ltd., Money Gain International Co.
* Golden Well International (HK), Ltd.
* Guangdong New Four Seas Furniture Manufacturing Ltd.
* Guangzhou Lucky Furniture Co. Ltd.
* Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd. (Dare Group)
* Macau Youcheng Trading Co., Zhongshan Youcheng Wooden Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.
* Nantong Yangzi Furniture Co., Ltd.
* Po Ying Industrial Co.
* Qingdao Beiyuan-Shengli Furniture Co., Ltd., Qingdao Beiyuan Industry Trading Co. Ltd.
* Qingdao Shengchang Wooden Co., Ltd
* Shanghai Fangjia Industry Co., Ltd.

Click here to see the entire Federal Registry entry for the preliminary ruling on the administrative review of 2008 shipments.