[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 329-333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3926]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the 
People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department ofCommerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 4, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aishe Allen, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0172.

Amendment to Final Determination

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), on November 17, 2004, the 
Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value in the 
investigation of wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') (``Final Determination''). See Final Determination and 
corresponding ``Issues and Decision Memorandum'' dated November 8, 
2004. Between November 12, 2004, and November 22, 2004, the following 
parties filed timely allegations that the Department made various 
ministerial errors in the Final Determination: Superwood Company 
Limited; Shanghai SMEC Corporation; follows: Dongguan Chunsan Wood 
Products Co., Ltd.; Trendex Industries Limited; the American Furniture 
Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade and its individual members and 
the Cabinet Makers, Millmen, and Industrial Carpenters Local 721, UBC 
Southern Council of Industrial Worker's Local Union 2305, United Steel 
Workers of American Local 193U, Carpenters Industrial Union Local 2093, 
and Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helper Local 991 
(collectively ``Petitioners''); Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd., Rui Feng 
Lumber Development Co., Ltd., and Dorbest Limited (``Dorbest''); 
Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd. (``Lacquer Craft''); Dongguan Lung Dong 
Furniture Co., Ltd., and Dongguan Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd., (``Lung 
Dong''); and Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., Carven Industries Limited 
(BVI), Carven Industries Limited (HK), Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co., 
Ltd., and Dongguan Yongpeng Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Shing Mark''); 
Hongyu Furniture (Shenzhen) Limited (``Hongyu''); American Signature, 
Inc., and Value City Furniture (``ASI/VCF'') and Pulaski Furniture 
Corp. (``Pulaski'') with respect to ministerial errors in the 
calculation of the margin for their supplier, Dorbest.
    On November 29, 2004, Petitioners filed comments rebutting the 
interested parties' ministerial-error allegations. On the same day, 
Lacquer Craft, Lung Dong, Shing Mark, and Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) 
Co., Ltd., Orin Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Starcorp 
Furniture Co., Ltd. (``Starcorp''), filed comments rebutting the 
Petitioners ministerial-error allegations. Further, on November 29, 
2004, Petitioners submitted a letter requesting the Department to 
strike from the record Exhibit 12 and any references to this Exhibit in 
Shing Mark's November 22, 2004, ministerial-error submission because it 
contains new untimely factual information. On November 30, 2004, Shing 
Mark filed a letter stating the Department should reject Petitioners' 
request to strike certain information because the information is not 
new or untimely. Also, on November 30, 2004, Petitioners filed a letter 
requesting the Department to strike from the record Starcorp's November 
29, 2004, submission as untimely filed ministerial- error comments. On 
December 1, 2004, Starcorp filed a letter stating that its letter was 
both timely and appropriate. On December 6, 2004, Petitioners filed a 
letter requesting the Department to strike from the record portions of 
Lung Dong's November 29, 2004, rebuttal comments because it allegedly 
contained untimely raised ministerial-error allegations. On December 
10, 2004, we returned Lung Dong's and Starcorp's November 29, 2004, 
submissions because they contained untimely ministerial-error 
allegations. Lung Dong submitted an amended version of its November 29, 
2004, submission on December 14, 2004.
    After analyzing all interested parties comments and rebuttal 
comments, we have determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
that we made ministerial errors in the calculations we performed for 
the final determination. For a detailed discussion of these ministerial 
errors, and our analysis, see the ``Amended Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' dated December 27, 2004, and the company specific amended 
final determination analysis memoranda dated December 27, 2004.
    Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that 
several companies qualified for separate-rate status. The margin we 
calculated in the Final Determination for these companies was 8.64 
percent. Because the rates of the selected mandatory respondents have 
changed since the Final Determination, we have recalculated the rate 
for the non-mandatory respondents which the Department determined to be 
entitled to separate rate. The rate for Section A respondents is now 
6.65%. See Memorandum to the File from Eugene Degnan, Amended 
Calculation of Section A Rate, dated December 27, 2004.
    Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending 
the final determination of sales at LTFV in the antidumping duty 
investigation of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC. The revised 
weighted-average dumping margins are in the ``Antidumping Duty Order'' 
section, below.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On December 23, 2004, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the International Trade Commission (``ITC'')

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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 subject 
merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance with section 
736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess, upon further instruction 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 wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC. With 
the exception of wooden bedroom furniture produced and exported by 
Markor International Furniture (Tianjin) Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (a 
company excluded from this order), these antidumping duties will be 
assessed on all unliquidated entries of wooden bedroom furniture from 
the PRC entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, for consumption on or 
after June 24, 2004, the date on which the Department published its 
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from 
the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 35312 (June 24, 2004) 
(``Preliminary Determination'').
    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of wooden bedroom furniture, we extended the four-month 
period to no more than six months. See Preliminary Determination. In 
this investigation, the six-month period beginning on the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination ends on December 21, 2004. 
Furthermore, section 737 of the Act states that definitive duties are 
to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act 
and our practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 21, 
2004, and before the date of publication of the ITC 's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will 
continue on or after this date.
    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average 
antidumping duty margins as listed below. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies 
to all exporters of subject merchandise not listed specifically. The 
weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

 
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                                                           Weighted-
                       Company                           average margin
                                                           (percent)
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Dongguan Lung Dong Furniture Co., Ltd., or Dongguan                 2.32
 Dong He Furniture Co., Ltd..........................
Rui Feng Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Rui Feng Lumber                     7.87
 Development Co., Ltd. or Dorbest Limited............
Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd..........................               2.66
Markor International Furniture (Tianjin)                            0.83
 Manufacturing Company, Ltd..........................
Shing Mark Enterprise Co., Ltd., or Carven Industries               4.96
 Limited (BVI), or Carven I Industries Limited (HK),
 or Dongguan Zhenxin Furniture Co., Ltd., or Dongguan
 Yongpeng Furniture Co., Ltd.........................
Starcorp Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., or Orin                   15.78
 Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., or Shanghai Starcorp
 Furniture Co., Ltd..................................
Alexandre International Corp., or Southern Art                      6.65
 Development Ltd., or Alexandre Furniture (Shenzhen)
 Co., Ltd., or Southern Art Furniture Factory........
Art Heritage International, Ltd., or Super Art                      6.65
 Furniture Co., Ltd., or Artwork Metal & Plastic Co.,
 Ltd., or Jibson Industries Ltd., or Always Loyal
 International.......................................
Billy Wood Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Great               6.65
 Union Industrial (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., or Time Faith
 Ltd.................................................
Changshu HTC Import & Export Co., Ltd................               6.65
Cheng Meng Furniture (PTE) Ltd., or China Cheng Meng                6.65
 Decoration & Furniture (Suzhou) Co., Ltd............
Chuan Fa Furniture Factory...........................               6.65
Classic Furniture Global Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Clearwise Co., Ltd...................................               6.65
COE Ltd..............................................               6.65
Dalian Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd..................               6.65
Dalian Huafeng Furniture Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Dongguan Cambridge Furniture Co., or Glory Oceanic                  6.65
 Co., Ltd............................................
Dongguan Chunsan Wood Products Co., Ltd., or Trendex                6.65
 Industries Ltd......................................
Dongguan Creation Furniture Co., Ltd., or Creation                  6.65
 Industries Co., Ltd.................................
Dongguan Grand Style Furniture, or Hong Kong Da Zhi                 6.65
 Furniture Co., Ltd..................................
Dongguan Great Reputation Furniture Co., Ltd.........               6.65
Dongguan Hero Way Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Dongguan Da                6.65
 Zhong Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Hero Way Enterprises
 Ltd., or Well Earth International Ltd...............
Dongguan Hung Sheng Artware Products Co., Ltd., or                  6.65
 Coronal Enterprise Co., Ltd.........................
Dongguan Kin Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.................               6.65
Dongguan Kingstone Furniture Co., Ltd., or Kingstone                6.65
 Furniture Co., Ltd..................................
Dongguan Liaobushangdun Huada Furniture Factory, or                 6.65
 Great Rich (HK) Enterprise Co. Ltd..................
Dongguan Qingxi Xinyi Craft Furniture Factory (Joyce                6.65
 Art Factory)........................................
Dongguan Singways Furniture Co., Ltd.................               6.65
Dongguan Sunrise Furniture Co., or Taicang Sunrise                  6.65
 Wood Industry Co., Ltd., or Shanghai Sunrise
 Furniture Co., Ltd., or Fairmont Designs............
Dongying Huanghekou Furniture Industry Co., Ltd......               6.65
Dream Rooms Furniture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd............               6.65
Eurosa (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., or Eurosa Furniture Co.,                6.65
 (PTE) Ltd...........................................

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Ever Spring Furniture Co. Ltd., or S.Y.C. Family                    6.65
 Enterprise Co., Ltd.................................
Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd........................               6.65
Foshan Guanqiu Furniture Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co., Ltd., or Fujian Wonder                  6.65
 Pacific Inc.........................................
Gaomi Yatai Wooden Ware Co., Ltd., or Team Prospect                 6.65
 International Ltd., or Money Gain International Co..
Garri Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Molabile                  6.65
 International, Inc., or Weei Geo Enterprise Co., Ltd
Green River Wood (Dongguan) Ltd......................               6.65
Guangming Group Wumahe Furniture Co., Ltd............               6.65
Hainan Jong Bao Lumber Co., Ltd., or Jibbon                         6.65
 Enterprise Co., Ltd.................................
Hamilton & Spill Ltd.................................               6.65
Hang Hai Woodcraft's Art Factory.....................               6.65
Hualing Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., or Tony House                  6.65
 Manufacture (China) Co., Ltd., or Buysell
 Investments Ltd., or Tony House Industries Co., Ltd.
Jardine Enterprise, Ltd..............................               6.65
Jiangmen Kinwai Furniture Decoration Co., Ltd........               6.65
Jiangmen Kinwai International Furniture Co., Ltd.....               6.65
Jiangsu Weifu Group Fullhouse Furniture                             6.65
 Manufacturing. Corp.................................
Jiangsu Yuexing Furniture Group Co., Ltd.............               6.65
Jiedong Lehouse Furniture Co., Ltd...................               6.65
King's Way Furniture Industries Co., Ltd., or                       6.65
 Kingsyear Ltd.......................................
Kuan Lin Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., or Kuan Lin               6.65
 Furniture Factory, or Kuan Lin Furniture Co., Ltd...
Kunshan Lee Wood Product Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Kunshan Summit Furniture Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Langfang Tiancheng Furniture Co., Ltd................               6.65
Leefu Wood (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., or King Rich                       6.65
 International, Ltd..................................
Link Silver Ltd. (V.I.B.), or Forward Win Enterprises               6.65
 Co. Ltd., or Dongguan Haoshun Furniture Ltd.........
Locke Furniture Factory, or Kai Chan Furniture Co.,                 6.65
 Ltd., or Kai Chan (Hong Kong) Enterprise Ltd., or
 Taiwan Kai Chan Co., Ltd............................
Longrange Furniture Co., Ltd.........................               6.65
Nanhai Baiyi Woodwork Co., Ltd.......................               6.65
Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co., Ltd., or Fortune Glory                 6.65
 Industrial Ltd. (H.K. Ltd.).........................
Nantong Dongfang Orient Furniture Co., Ltd...........               6.65
Nantong Yushi Furniture Co., Ltd.....................               6.65
Nathan International Ltd., or Nathan Rattan Factory..               6.65
Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade                 6.65
 Co., Ltd............................................
Passwell Corporation, or Pleasant Wave Ltd...........               6.65
Perfect Line Furniture Co., Ltd......................               6.65
Prime Wood International Co., Ltd., or Prime Best                   6.65
 International Co., Ltd., or Prime Best Factory, or
 Liang Huang (Jiaxing) Enterprise Co., Ltd...........
PuTian JingGong Furniture Co., Ltd...................               6.65
Qingdao Liangmu Co., Ltd.............................               6.65
Restonic (Dongguan) Furniture Ltd., or Restonic Far                 6.65
 East (Samoa) Ltd....................................
RiZhao SanMu Woodworking Co., Ltd....................               6.65
Season Furniture Manufacturing Co., or Season                       6.65
 Industrial Development Co...........................
Sen Yeong International Co., Ltd., or Sheh Hau                      6.65
 International Trading Ltd...........................
Shanghai Jian Pu Export & Import Co., Ltd............               6.65
Shanghai Maoji Imp and Exp Co., Ltd..................               6.65
Sheng Jing Wood Products (Beijing) Co., Ltd., or                    6.65
 Telstar Enterprises Ltd.............................
Shenyang Shining Dongxing Furniture Co., Ltd.........               6.65
Shenzhen Forest Furniture Co., Ltd...................               6.65
Shenzhen Jiafa High Grade Furniture Co., Ltd., or                   6.65
 Golden Lion International Trading Ltd...............
Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd.................               6.65
Shenzhen Wonderful Furniture Co., Ltd................               6.65
Shenzhen Xiande Furniture Factory....................               6.65
Shenzhen Xingli Furniture Co., Ltd...................               6.65
Shun Feng Furniture Co., Ltd.........................               6.65
Songgang Jasonwood Furniture Factory, or Jasonwood                  6.65
 Industrial Co., Ltd. S.A............................
Starwood Furniture Manufacturing Co. Ltd.............               6.65
Starwood Industries Ltd..............................               6.65
Strongson Furniture (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., or                        6.65
 Strongson Furniture Co., Ltd., or Strongson (HK) Co.
Sunforce Furniture (Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd., or Sun Fung                6.65
 Wooden Factory, or Sun Fung Co., or Shin Feng
 Furniture Co., Ltd., or Stupendous International
 Co., Ltd............................................
Superwood Co., Ltd., or Lianjiang Zongyu Art Products               6.65
 Co., Ltd............................................
Tarzan Furniture Industries Ltd., or Samso Industries               6.65
 Ltd.................................................
Teamway Furniture (Dong Guan) Ltd., or Brittomart Inc               6.65
Techniwood Industries Ltd., or Ningbo Furniture                     6.65
 Industries Limited, or Ningbo Hengrun Furniture Co.,
 Ltd.................................................
Tianjin Fortune Furniture Co., Ltd...................               6.65
Tianjin Master Home Furniture........................               6.65
Tianjin Phu Shing Woodwork Enterprise Co., Ltd.......               6.65
Tianjin Sande Fairwood Furniture Co., Ltd............               6.65
Tube-Smith Enterprise (ZhangZhou) Co., Ltd., or Tube-               6.65
 Smith Enterprise (Haimen) Co., Ltd., or Billonworth
 Enterprises Ltd.....................................

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Union Friend International Trade Co., Ltd............               6.65
U-Rich Furniture (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd., or U-Rich                   6.65
 Furniture Ltd.......................................
Wanhengtong Nueevder (Furniture) Manufacture Co.,                   6.65
 Ltd., or Dongguan Wanengtong Industry Co., Ltd......
Woodworth Wooden Industries (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.....               6.65
Xiamen Yongquan Sci-Tech Development Co., Ltd........               6.65
Jiangsu XiangSheng Bedtime Furniture Co., Ltd........               6.65
Xingli Arts & Crafts Factory of Yangchun.............               6.65
Yangchun Hengli Co. Ltd..............................               6.65
Yeh Brothers World Trade, Inc........................               6.65
Yichun Guangming Furniture Co., Ltd..................               6.65
Yida Co., Ltd., or Yitai Worldwide, Ltd., or Yili                   6.65
 Co., Ltd., or Yetbuild Co., Ltd.....................
Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd.......................               6.65
Zhang Zhou Sanlong Wood Product Co., Ltd.............               6.65
Zhangjiagang Zheng Yan Decoration Co., Ltd...........               6.65
Zhangjiagang Daye Hotel Furniture Co., Ltd...........               6.65
Zhangzhou Guohui Industrial & Trade Co. Ltd..........               6.65
Zhanjiang Sunwin Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd..............               6.65
Zhong Shan Fullwin Furniture Co., Ltd................               6.65
Zhongshan Fookyik Furniture Co., Ltd.................               6.65
Zhongshan Golden King Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd..               6.65
Zhoushan For-Strong Wood Co., Ltd....................               6.65
PRC-Wide Rate*.......................................            198.08
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* In the Final Determination, the Department inadvertently listed Tech
  Lane Wood Mfg. and Kee Jia Wood Mfg. separately in the weighted-
  average dumping margin chart, which may have led parties to conclude
  that these companies were entitled to a separate rate. This, in fact,
  is not the case. Subject merchandise produced/exported by Tech Lane
  Wood Mfg. and Kee Jia Wood Mfg. is subject to the PRC-wide rate.

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
wooden bedroom furniture from the PRC pursuant to section 735(a) of the 
Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records 
Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce building, for copies of an 
updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.

Scope of Order

    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, oriented 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.
    The subject merchandise includes the following items: (1) Wooden 
beds such as loft beds, bunk beds, and other beds; (2) wooden 
headboards for beds (whether stand-alone or attached to side rails), 
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden 
canopies for beds; (3) night tables, night stands, dressers, commodes, 
bureaus, mule chests, gentlemen's chests, bachelor's chests, lingerie 
chests, wardrobes, vanities, chessers, chifforobes, and wardrobe-type 
cabinets; (4) dressers with framed glass mirrors that are attached to, 
incorporated in, sit on, or hang over the dresser; (5) chests-on-chests 
\1\, highboys \2\, lowboys \3\, chests of drawers \4\, chests \5\, door 
chests \6\, chiffoniers \7\, hutches \8\, and armoires \9\; (6) desks, 
computer stands, filing cabinets, book cases, or writing tables that 
are attached to or incorporated in the subject merchandise; and (7) 
other bedroom furniture consistent with the above list.
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    \1\ A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-drawers in two 
or more sections (or appearing to be in two or more sections), with 
one or two sections mounted (or appearing to be mounted) on a 
slightly larger chest; also known as a tallboy.
    \2\ A highboy is typically a tall chest of drawers usually 
composed of a base and a top section with drawers, and supported on 
four legs or a small chest (often 15 inches or more in height).
    \3\ A lowboy is typically a short chest of drawers, not more 
than four feet high, normally set on short legs.
    \4\ A chest of drawers is typically a case containing drawers 
for storing clothing.
    \5\ A chest is typically a case piece taller than it is wide 
featuring a series of drawers and with or without one or more doors 
for storing clothing. The piece can either include drawers or be 
designed as a large box incorporating a lid.
    \6\ A door chest is typically a chest with hinged doors to store 
clothing, whether or not containing drawers. The piece may also 
include shelves for televisions and other entertainment electronics.
    \7\ A chiffonier is typically a tall and narrow chest of drawers 
normally used for storing undergarments and lingerie, often with 
mirror(s) attached.
    \8\ A hutch is typically an open case of furniture with shelves 
that typically sits on another piece of furniture and provides 
storage for clothes.
    \9\ An armoire is typically a tall cabinet or wardrobe 
(typically 50 inches or taller), with doors, and with one or more 
drawers (either exterior below or above the doors or interior behind 
the doors), shelves, and/or garment rods or other apparatus for 
storing clothes. Bedroom armoires may also be used to hold 
television receivers and/or other audio-visual entertainment 
systems.
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    The scope of the Petition excludes the following items: (1) Seats, 
chairs, benches, couches, sofas, sofa beds, stools, and other seating 
furniture; (2) mattresses, mattress supports (including box springs), 
infant cribs, water beds, and futon frames; (3) office furniture, such 
as desks, stand-up desks, computer cabinets, filing cabinets, 
credenzas, and bookcases; (4) dining room or kitchen furniture such as 
dining tables, chairs, servers, sideboards, buffets, corner cabinets, 
china cabinets, and china hutches; (5) other non-bedroom furniture, 
such as television cabinets, cocktail tables, end tables, occasional 
tables, wall systems, book cases, and entertainment systems; (6) 
bedroom furniture made primarily of wicker, cane, osier, bamboo or 
rattan; (7) side

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rails for beds made of metal if sold separately from the headboard and 
footboard; (8) bedroom furniture in which bentwood parts predominate 
\10\; (9) jewelry armories \11\; (10) cheval mirrors \12\ (11) certain 
metal parts \13\ (12) mirrors that do not attach to, incorporate in, 
sit on, or hang over a dresser if they are not designed and marketed to 
be sold in conjunction with a dresser as part of a dresser-mirror set.
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    \10\ As used herein, bentwood means solid wood made pliable. 
Bentwood is wood that is brought to a curved shape by bending it 
while made pliable with moist heat or other agency and then set by 
cooling or drying. See Customs' Headquarters' Ruling Letter 043859, 
dated May 17, 1976.
    \11\ Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for the purpose 
of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24 in width, 
18 in depth, and 49 in height, including a 
minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or felt-like material, at 
least one side door lined with felt or felt-like material, with 
necklace hangers, and a flip-top lid with inset mirror. See 
Memorandum from Laurel LaCivita to Laurie Parkhill, Office Director, 
Issues and Decision Memorandum Concerning Jewelry Armoires and 
Cheval Mirrors in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Wooden 
Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China dated August 
31, 2004.
    \12\ Cheval mirrors, i.e., any framed, tiltable mirror with a 
height in excess of 50 that is mounted on a floor-
standing, hinged base.
    \13\ Metal furniture parts and unfinished furniture parts made 
of wood products (as defined above) that are not otherwise 
specifically named in this scope (i.e., wooden headboards for beds, 
wooden footboards for beds, wooden side rails for beds, and wooden 
canopies for beds) and that do not possess the essential character 
of wooden bedroom furniture in an unassembled, incomplete, or 
unfinished form. Such parts are usually classified in subheading 
9403.90.7000, HTSUS.
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    Imports of subject merchandise are classified under statistical 
category 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ``wooden * * * beds'' and under 
statistical category 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 
statistical category 9403.50.9040 of the HTSUS as ``parts of wood'' and 
framed glass mirrors may also be entered under statistical category 
7009.92.5000 of the HTSUS as ``glass mirrors * * * framed.'' This 
investigation 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.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to continue to 
suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise from the PRC 
(except for entries of Markor International Furniture (Tianjin) 
Manufacture Co., Ltd. (``Markor Tianjin'') because this company has a 
de minimis margin). We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposit 
or the posting of a bond equal to the estimated amount by which the 
normal value exceeds the U.S. price as indicated in the chart above. 
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until 
further notice.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: December 27, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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