[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43277-43278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16199]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-868]


Antidumping Duty Order: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the 
People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Helen Kramer, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0195 or (202) 
482-0405, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 17, 2002, the Department issued its final determination in 
the antidumping duty investigation of folding metal tables and chairs 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Folding Metal Tables 
and Chairs from the People's Republic of China, 67 FR 20090 (April 24, 
2002). On May 10, 2002, the Department issued its amended final 
determination in the antidumping duty investigation of folding metal 
tables and chairs from the PRC. See Notice of Amended Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Folding Metal Tables 
and Chairs from the People's Republic of China, 67 FR 34898 (May 16, 
2002) (``Amended Final Determination''). In the Amended Final 
Determination, the Department amended the weighted-average margin for 
Feili Furniture Development Co., Ltd. and Feili (Fujian) Co., Ltd. 
(``Feili Group''), Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Co. Ltd., and New-
Tec Integration Co., Ltd.
    On June 4, 2002, the International Trade Commission notified the 
Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of folding 
metal tables and chairs from the PRC. The Commission also determined 
that critical circumstances do not exist with regard to imports of such 
merchandise that are subject to the Department's affirmative critical 
circumstances finding.

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise subject to this investigation consists of assembled 
and unassembled folding tables and folding chairs made primarily or 
exclusively from steel or other metal, as described below:
    (1) Assembled and unassembled folding tables made primarily or 
exclusively from steel or other metal (``folding metal tables''). 
Folding metal tables include square, round, rectangular, and any other 
shapes with legs affixed with rivets, welds, or any

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other type of fastener, and which are made most commonly, but not 
exclusively, with a hardboard top covered with vinyl or fabric. Folding 
metal tables have legs that mechanically fold independently of one 
another, and not as a set. The subject merchandise is commonly, but not 
exclusively, packed singly, in multiple packs of the same item, or in 
five piece sets consisting of four chairs and one table. Specifically 
excluded from the scope of folding metal tables are the following:

Lawn furniture;
Trays commonly referred to as ``TV trays'';
Side tables;
Child-sized tables;
Portable counter sets consisting of rectangular tables 36'' high and 
matching stools; and

    Banquet tables. A banquet table is a rectangular table with a 
plastic or laminated wood table top approximately 28'' to 36'' wide by 
48'' to 96'' long and with a set of folding legs at each end of the 
table. One set of legs is composed of two individual legs that are 
affixed together by one or more cross-braces using welds or fastening 
hardware. In contrast, folding metal tables have legs that mechanically 
fold independently of one another, and not as a set.
    (2) Assembled and unassembled folding chairs made primarily or 
exclusively from steel or other metal (``folding metal chairs''). 
Folding metal chairs include chairs with one or more cross-braces, 
regardless of shape or size, affixed to the front and/or rear legs with 
rivets, welds or any other type of fastener. Folding metal chairs 
include: those that are made solely of steel or other metal; those that 
have a back pad, a seat pad, or both a back pad and a seat pad; and 
those that have seats or backs made of plastic or other materials. The 
subject merchandise is commonly, but not exclusively, packed singly, in 
multiple packs of the same item, or in five piece sets consisting of 
four chairs and one table. Specifically excluded from the scope of 
folding metal chairs are the following:

Folding metal chairs with a wooden back or seat, or both;
Lawn furniture;
Stools;
Chairs with arms; and
Child-sized chairs.

    The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheadings 
9401710010, 9401710030, 9401790045, 9401790050, 9403200010 and 
9403200030 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and U.S. Customs Service purposes, the Department's 
written description of the merchandise is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department is 
directing Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the 
Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal 
value of the merchandise exceeds the export price of the merchandise 
for all relevant entries of folding metal tables and chairs from the 
PRC. The antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated 
entries of folding metal tables and chairs from the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 3, 2001, 
the date on which the Department published its notice of preliminary 
determination in the Federal Register. See Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Folding Metal Tables 
and Chairs from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 60185. On or 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
customs officers must require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins as noted below. 
The PRC-wide rate applies to all exporters of subject merchandise from 
the PRC other than the companies named. The weighted-average dumping 
margins are as follows:

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                                                              weighted-
                                                               average
                   Exporter/manufacturer                        margin
                                                              percentage
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Feili Furniture Development Co., Ltd. and Feili (Fujian)           13.72
 Co., Ltd..................................................
Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Co. Ltd...................        13.72
New-Tec Integration Co., Ltd...............................        13.72
Shin Crest Pte. Ltd........................................        00.00
PRC-wide...................................................        70.71
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
folding metal tables and chairs from the PRC. Interested parties may 
contact the Department's Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main 
Department of Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 14, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16199 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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