DOC would exclude shoe cabinets from antidumping order

10/02/2015 12:00 - 618 Views

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination to remove certain shoe cabinets from the antidumping order that places duties on Chinese-made wood bedroom furniture.

The decision follows Elements International Furniture’s request in June 2014 to revoke the order relating to the shoe cabinets. After that request, domestic bedroom producers affected by the bedroom imports said they were in agreement with the proposed exclusion of the shoe cabinets.

The DOC places duties on wood bedroom furniture to help offset unfair pricing tactics of Chinese producers that sell bedrooms below materials costs, a violation of international trade laws. The duties are applied to the Chinese factories and paid by importers or record, or companies that buy the product from those plants.

The shoe cabinets in question are 31.5 to 33.5 inches wide by 15.5 to 17.5 inches deep and 34.5 to 36.5 inches high. They are designed strictly to store shoes and be aligned in rows perpendicular to a wall. They do not have drawers or rods and are not meant to store any other type of clothing.

They also are not typically sold as part of coordinated bedroom groups covered by the antidumping order. These sets typically include beds, dresser, mirrors, chests and nightstands.

Interested parties are invited to comment on the DOC’s preliminary decision relating to the shoe cabinets. Written comments must be submitted within 10 days of the Feb. 6 publication of the preliminary results.

The DOC will make its final decision no later than 270 days after the July 15 initiation of the review.

Source: Furniture Today