Certain Merchandising Displays Not Subject to AD/CVD Orders on Steel Racks From China
Merchandising displays imported by Mohawk Home aren’t covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain steel racks from China, the Commerce Department said in a Dec. 6 scope ruling.
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The product considered by the ruling was “a floor standing steel structure” intended to display carpet, vinyl tile and wood flooring samples. It has two 60-inch vertical posts, three horizontal braces between the posts and a base, Commerce said.
The AD/CVD orders, meanwhile, cover steel racks and parts thereof, including all vertical, horizontal or diagonal components, locking devices and accessories, the department said. Subject racks’ horizontal “load bearing member[s] (e.g., arms, beams, posts, and columns)” must exceed 2 inches in depth.
The plain language of the orders was dispositive, Commerce said. It explained that Mohawk gave the department schematics of the product and “a photograph showing a ruler laid across the steel horizontal load bearing pieces of steel in the display unit, demonstrating that the steel horizontal load bearing pieces in the display unit are less than two inches deep.” Because that requirement wasn’t met, the products aren’t covered by the orders, it said.