The Trade Defense Department informed that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued Decision No. 235/QD-BCT on the application of official anti-dumping measures to a number of table and chair products from the People’s Republic of China and closed the investigation on the application of anti-dumping measures to some Furniture products from Malaysia.

Accordingly, the official anti-dumping tax rate applied to the investigated goods from China is 21.4% for chair products and 35.2% for table products. The decision will come into effect on February 13, 2023.

From the notification of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it is clear that the official anti-dumping duty is levied on the type of fully assembled or not yet fully assembled tables. The table top is made of MDF, HDF, LDF, plywood, chipboard, surface coated with melanin, glued with paper, covered with varnish or laminate. Table legs are made of metal wood.

Also according to this notice, desk products exempt from the application of official anti-dumping duties must meet one of the following conditions: The desk products have characteristics different from the description (in the product group products subject to anti-dumping measures). , a table with a round table top, a table with legs or a table top made entirely of natural wood or plastic, a table made entirely or at least with a main part (table legs, table top, table frame) made of rattan, wicker, bamboo or similar materials …

Chair products subject to the official anti-dumping tax are swivel or non-swivel chairs. Height-adjustable or non-height-adjustable deck or lounge chairs, whether or not convertible into a bed, fully assembled or packaged as chair components to be joined together for on-site assembly.

Chair products with characteristics other than those described in the section on the range of chairs subject to anti-dumping measures will be exempted from the application of official anti-dumping duties, such as: chairs made entirely or at least in a major part of plastic materials part entirely of rattan, Wicker, bamboo…, aluminum chair legs…

The Trade Remedies Department confirmed: During the investigation of the case, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has complied with the provisions of the Foreign Trade Administration Law and coordinated with the relevant departments to carefully examine and evaluate the impact of the incident on the behavior of the imported goods on the activities of domestic industry, the level of dumping of the manufacturing and exporting companies of Malaysia and China.

The final findings of the investigating authority showed that the investigated imports from China and Malaysia were dumped but the volume of the investigated products imported from Malaysia during the investigation period was negligible (less than 3 %) compared to the total import volume.

The conclusion also states that the domestic industry suffers serious injury and that there is a causal link between the import of dumped products from China and the serious injury suffered by the domestic industry.

The increase in imports of the products under investigation, both in absolute terms and relative to the total domestic consumption and production of similar products of the domestic industry, is the main cause of material injury to the domestic industry.

Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Trade Administration Law, the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided to close the investigation and not apply anti-dumping measures to some products and chairs from Malaysia.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided to impose official anti-dumping duties on a number of table and chair products from China. The level of dumping is determined from 21.4% to 35.2%.

The deadline for the application of the official anti-dumping tax is 5 years from the date when the decision on the application of the anti-dumping tax officially takes effect (unless it is changed or extended due to another decision of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce ) dear) .

Mr. Chu Thang Trung, deputy director of the Trade Protection Department, said the customs department will examine the export certificate documents to have a basis for determining that imported goods are subject to anti-dumping tax, including: certificate of origin or self-certification of the origin of goods according to the regulations.

Organizations and individuals importing goods not subject to any official anti-dumping tax according to the decision of the Ministry of Industry and Trade will be refunded the anti-dumping tax temporarily paid.

Earlier, on September 30, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1991/QD-BCT imposing temporary anti-dumping measures on a range of table and chair products from Malaysia and the Republic of Korea.

Because the Trade Remedies Department has received information from a number of importing companies that their imported table and chair products do not fall within the scope of the anti-dumping measures under Decision No. 1991/QD-BCT.

To have a basis, the Department of Industry and Trade held a public consultation on the case on November 21, 2022. The Trade Defense Division (Investigating Authority) organizes a direct working session for interested parties to express opinions, problems and concerns about the scope of the goods subject to anti-dumping measures.