China Wooden Bedroom Furniture: Commerce Intends to Exempt Some Bed Bases From AD Duties
The Commerce Department intends to exempt certain bed bases from antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). The initiation notice issued by the agency in May (see 1505290012) did not elicit any comments from domestic manufacturers in opposition to partial revocation, and a coalition of manufacturers has indicated its support, said Commerce. If Commerce adopts the exemption in the final results of this changed circumstances review, it will add the following to the scope of the wooden bedroom furniture order:
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“Also excluded from the scope are certain bed bases consisting of: 1) a wooden box frame, 2) three wooden cross beams and one perpendicular center wooden support beam, and 3) wooden slats over the beams. These bed bases are constructed without inner springs and/or coils and do not include a headboard, footboard, side rails, or mattress. The bed bases are imported unassembled.”
Commerce is still accepting comments on the proposed revocation to determine whether “substantially all” domestic manufacturers do not oppose revocation, as is required by law to create the exemption. The final results of this review are due by Feb. 26, 2016.
(Federal Register 10/09/15)