[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 13 (Friday, January 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3187-3188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-209]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-868]


Amended Final Results of the First Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the 
People's Republic of China

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

DATES: Effective Date: January 21, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Musser, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1777.

Amendment to Final Results

    In accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the ``Act''), on December 20, 2004, the Department published 
the final results of the first administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on folding metal tables and chairs from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''), in which we determined that the 
cooperative respondent, Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Co., Ltd. and 
Maxchief Investments, Ltd. (``Shichang''), sold subject merchandise to 
the United States at less than normal value during the period of review 
(``POR'') (69 FR 75913). On December 20, 2004, we received an 
allegation, timely filed pursuant to section 751(h) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.224(C)(2), from Shichang that the Department made a ministerial 
error in its final results. The petitioner \1\ did not comment on the 
alleged ministerial error.
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    \1\ The petitioner is Meco Corporation.
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    After analyzing Shichang's submission, we have determined, in 
accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224, that we 
made a ministerial error in our final margin calculation for Shichang. 
Specifically, we incorrectly calculated the selling, general, and 
administrative (``SG&A'') and profit financial ratios because we did 
not include the line item ``Purchase of Traded Goods'' in the 
denominator of these ratios. For a detailed discussion of the 
ministerial error, as well as the Department's analysis, see the 
memorandum to James C. Doyle, Office Director, from Amber Musser, 
analyst, dated January XX, 2005.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e), we are amending the final results of the first antidumping 
duty administrative review of the order on folding metal tables and 
chairs from the PRC. The revised dumping margin is as follows:

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                                      Original final     Revised final
       Exporter/manufacturer              margin             margin
                                        percentage         percentage
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Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory                4.27               3.30
 Co., Ltd. and Maxchief
 Investments, Ltd.................
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We will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') of the 
revised cash deposit rate for Shichang.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order consist 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 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:
    a. Lawn furniture;
    b. Trays commonly referred to as ``TV trays'';
    c. Side tables;
    d. Child-sized tables;
    e. Portable counter sets consisting of rectangular tables 
36 high and matching stools; and
    f. 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

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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:
    a. Folding metal chairs with a wooden back or seat, or both;
    b. Lawn furniture;
    c. Stools;
    d. Chairs with arms; and
    e. Child-sized chairs.
    The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheadings 
9401710010, 9401710030, 9401790045, 9401790050, 9403200010, 9403200030, 
9403708010, 9403708020, and 9403708030 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
Department's written description of the merchandise is dispositive.
    These amended final results of this new shipper review and notice 
are in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: January 11, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-209 Filed 1-19-05; 8:45 am]
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