China Wooden Bedroom Furniture: Commerce Set to Exempt Front-Door Jewelry Armoires
The Commerce Department intends to add an exemption to the scope of antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890) for jewelry armoires with at least one front door, it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Pier 1 Imports requested the new exemption, which would come on top of an existing one for jewelry armoires with one or more side doors.
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The exemption for jewelry armoires with at least one side door, added in 2006 (see 06071135) is in footnote 12 of the written scope of the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture, as follows: “Any armoire, cabinet or other accent item for the purpose of storing jewelry, not to exceed 24 inches in width, 18 inches in depth, and 49 inches in height, including a minimum of 5 lined drawers lined with felt or felt-like material, at least one side door (whether or not the door is lined with felt or felt-like material), with necklace hangers, and a flip-top lid with inset mirror.” If Pier 1’s request is granted, Commerce would add the language “or at least one front door” to the footnote.
The American Furniture Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, representing domestic furniture producers, had already told Commerce that they agree with Pier 1’s proposed exemption (see 1504010013). Commerce now says it received no comments opposing the partial revocation, and intends to add the new exemption to its scope.
(Federal Register 08/11/15)