China Wooden Bedroom Furniture: Commerce Set to End AD Duties on Shoe Cabinets
The Commerce Department intends to exempt certain shoe cabinets from antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). After receiving a statement from a domestic manufacturing coalition that it is not interested in continuing duties on shoe cabinets, Commerce said it got no comments from other domestic producers to the contrary. Unless Commerce gets comments against partially revoking AD duties on shoe cabinets from at least 15% of domestic industry, it will end duties on shoe cabinets and insert the following language in the scope:
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“Also excluded from the scope are certain shoe cabinets 31.5-33.5 inches wide by 15.5-17.5 inches deep by 34.5-36.5 inches high. They are designed strictly to store shoes, which are intended to be aligned in rows perpendicular to the wall along which the cabinet is positioned. Shoe cabinets do not have drawers, rods, or other indicia for the storage of clothing other than shoes. The cabinets are not designed, manufactured, or offered for sale in coordinated groups or sets and are made substantially of wood, have two to four shelves inside them, and are covered by doors. The doors often have blinds that are designed to allow air circulation and release of bad odors. The doors themselves may be made of wood or glass. The depth of the shelves does not exceed 14 inches. Each shoe cabinet has doors, adjustable shelving, and ventilation holes.”
If in the final results Commerce decides to end duties on shoe cabinets, it will direct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and refund any cash deposits collected on all unliquidated entries of shoe cabinets not subject to an administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions, it said. Until then, current liquidation and cash deposit requirements for shoe cabinets remain in place.
(Federal Register 02/06/15)