Commerce to Consider AD/CVD on Chinese Lawn Mower Subassemblies Completed in US
The Commerce Department is launching an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether lawn mower sub-assemblies imported from China and attached to a motor in the U.S. should be subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on walk behind lawn mowers from China (A-570-129/C-570-130), the agency said in a notice released Oct. 26.
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Requested by MTD Products, the inquiry will apply specifically to “lawn mower sub-assemblies imported from China and comprised of a cutting deck shell attached to at least one other significant non-engine component, such as, but not limited to, a handle, wheels, grass catcher bag, or an electronic starter. These sub-assemblies are assembled or completed in the United States by attaching internal combustion engines to produce rotary walk-behind lawn mowers of the type that would be subject to the Orders.”
Commerce will apply the anti-circumvention inquiry country-wide to all such merchandise imported from China. The agency will send questionnaires to producers and exporters in China, and non-responses could result in Commerce automatically finding against a producer or exporter.
Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for goods subject to the inquiry may be announced once Commerce issues its preliminary determination, which is due within 150 days, the agency said.