BGI Group, doing business as U.S. Cabinet Depot, evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities from China, CBP said in a Jan. 27 Enforce and Protect Act determination. BGI evaded the orders by misrepresenting the country of origin of its entries as Vietnam, the agency said. While BGI maintained that its Vietnamese supplier, HOCA Vietnam, further processed components from China, CBP said that the orders' scope language still includes such products.
Transformer coil winding conductors from Canada made from Chinese aluminum sheet and exported to the U.S. by Hammond Power Solutions remain subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from China (A-570-073/C-570-074), said the Commerce Department in a Jan. 20 scope ruling. The transformer coil windings are still described by the scope of the orders, and the processing in Canada does not substantially transform the conductors into products from that country.
The Commerce Department on Jan. 21 issued a final scope ruling continuing to find "veneered panels" with only two layers of veneer are subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), and that their processing in Vietnam into plywood by adding face and back veneers does not substantially transform the panels into a product of Vietnam.
Roma tomatoes imported from Mexico and used by Simply Fresh to make preserved salsa products are exempt from the antidumping duty suspension agreement and the suspended AD duty investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico (A-201-820), the Commerce Department said in a Jan. 12 scope ruling. The tomatoes meet the requirements of an exemption in the scope for tomatoes for processing, the agency said.
Dual-piston engines with a single combustion chamber but two separate cylinders with their own pistons and connecting rods are not covered by antidumping and countervailing duties on vertical shaft engines between 99 cc and up to 225 cc from China (A-570-124/C-570-125), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling.