China on Monday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the US decision to impose punitive duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from China on the accusation that the furniture was being dumped in the United States.

"The final decision is unfair and against the truth," said Chong Quan, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC). "The Chinese government is strongly dissatisfied with it."

Last month, the US Department of Commerce ruled that the bedroom furniture was being sold in the United States at unfairly low prices. On Dec. 10, the US International Trade Commission affirmed the early finding that the US furniture industry was being injured by the low-cost imports.

The decision leaves in place duties set by the US Department of Commerce of up to 198 percent on more than 110 Chinese furniture producers.

The Chinese MOC spokesperson acknowledged this case showed that the United States doesn't treat the China as a market economy. "This is both against the reality of the furniture industry in China and the international obligations of the United States itself."

Commenting on the US accusation that US furniture makers are being hurt by imports of Chinese bedroom furniture, Chong said China held that the so-called "hurt" was resulted mainly from US companies' own problems in capital, manufacturing and marketing rather than by the Chinese products.

The spokesperson said China noticed that the final decision received strong criticism within the United States. "This shows the decision will significantly harm US consumers' interests. Meanwhile, it will not help the United States achieve the goal of relieving difficulties of the domestic industry," he said.

Chong said China hopes the US government could change its attitude towards the growth of China's market economy and correct the "wrong measures" to Chinese enterprises as soon as possible so as to "ensure a healthy development of bilateral trade on an equal and unbiased footing."