The U.S. Dept. of Commerce announced its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation of mattresses from China.

In that determination, DOC found that mattresses imported from China are being sold in the U.S. at dumped prices, the International Sleep Products Assn. said in a Member Alert it issued Friday.

DOC adjusted some of the dumping rates that it set in its preliminary antidumping determination, ISPA said.

It assigned final dumping rates of 57.03% to Healthcare and 192.04% to Zinus, the two mandatory respondents in the case. Healthcare’s preliminary rate was 69.3%, while Zinus had a preliminary rate of 84.64%.

DOC assigned a final dumping rate of 162.76% to other Chinese exporters that DOC found were eligible for a separate rate. It also assigned a final China-wide rate of 1,731.75% for all other producers and exporters that did not cooperate in the investigation.

ISPA noted that the China-wide rate in the case is the highest dumping rate that DOC has ever announced in an antidumping investigation.

Once these final rates are published in the Federal Register, which will take about five business days or longer, DOC will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect on future entries of mattresses from China cash deposits of antidumping duties equal to the dumping rates that apply to the relevant companies, ISPA said.

Now that the DOC has issued its final determination finding that mattresses from China are being dumped in the U.S. market, the International Trade Commission will complete its final investigation into whether the U.S. industry has been materially injured or threatened with material injury by such imports, ISPA said.

The ITC held a public hearing in that investigation Oct. 11 and is expected to announce its final determination on or about Dec. 2, ISPA said. If the ITC finds that mattresses imported from China are materially injuring, or are threatening material injury to, the U.S. mattress industry, DOC will issue an antidumping order on mattresses from China, ISPA said.

If the ITC finds no injury or threat of injury, the investigation will be terminated, ISPA added.

Source: Furniture Today