Commerce Ends China Wooden Bedroom Furniture Duties for 'Murphy Beds'
The Commerce Department is ending antidumping duties on certain wall bed units under the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), it said in the final results of a changed circumstances review (here). Commerce said domestic industry didn’t oppose its proposal in August to partially revoke the order (see 14081514). Because domestic industry demonstrated a “lack of interest in the relief provided by the order with respect to certain wall bed units,” Commerce is now exempting these wall bed units from AD duties. The partial revocation takes effect Oct. 30.
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New Exemption Added to Scope for Murphy Beds
In order to implement the exemption, Commerce is adding the following language to the scope of the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China:
“Also excluded from the scope are certain enclosable wall bed units, also referred to as murphy beds, which are composed of the following three major sections: (1) a metal wall frame, which attaches to the wall and uses coils or pistons to support the metal mattress frame; (2) a metal frame, which has euro slats for supporting a mattress and two legs that pivot; and (3) wood panels, which attach to the metal wall frame and/or the metal mattress frame to form a cabinet to enclose the wall bed when not in use. Excluded enclosable wall bed units are imported in ready-to-assemble format with all parts necessary for assembly. Enclosable wall bed units do not include a mattress. Wood panels of enclosable wall bed units, when imported separately, remain subject to the order.”
Commerce will also instruct CBP to liquidate without assessing AD duties on all unliquidated entries covered by the new exemption that aren’t subject to administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions, and refund any cash deposits collected on such entries, it said.
(Federal Register 10/30/14)