On June 4, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping (AD) duty and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on imports of certain wire decking from China.
The US DOC said that it determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold wire decking in the United States at less than normal value, determining dumping margins from 14.24 percent to 143.00 percent.
In the CVD investigation, the DOC determined that Chinese producers/exporters have received net subsidies margins of 1.52 to 437.11 percent.
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is to issue its final injury determinations on July 18, 2010, which might lead to AD and CVD orders in the event of affirmative decisions.
The petitioners for the investigations are AWP Industries, Inc. (Kentucky), ITC Manufacturing, Inc. (Arizona), J&L Wire Cloth, Inc. (Minnesota), Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co., Inc. (Tennessee ), and Wireway Husky Corporation (North Carolina).
The product covered by these investigations is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item number: 9403.90.8040. Wire Decking may also be entered under HTSUS 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.4030, 7217.10.4090, 7217.10.5030, 7217.10.5090, 7217.10.6000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.10.8010, 7217.10.8020, 7217.10.8025, 7217.10.8030, 7217.10.8045, 7217.10.8060, 7217.10.8075, 7217.10.8090, 7217.10.9000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.20.3000, 7217.20.4510, 7217.20.4520, 7217.20.4530, 7217.20.4540, 7217.20.4550, 7217.20.4560, 7217.20.4570, 7217.20.4580, 7217.20.6000, 7217.20.7500, 7326.20.0010, 7326.20.0020, 7326.20.0070, 7326.90.1000, 7326.90.2500, 7326.90.3500, 7326.90.4500, 7326.90.6000, 7326.90.8505, 7326.90.8510, 7326.90.8530, 7326.90.8535, 7326.90.8545, 7326.90.8560, 7326.90.8575, 7326.90.8576, 7326.90.8577, 7326.90.8588, 9403.20.0020, and 9403.20.0030.
Final dumping rates in the AD investigation are as following:
Mandatory repondents |
AD margin (%) |
Dalian Huameilong Metal Products Co., Ltd. |
17.75 |
Dalian Eastfound Metal Products Co., Ltd. and its affiliate Dalian Eastfound Material Handling Products Co., Ltd. |
14.24 |
Separate-rate companies |
AD margin (%) |
Dandong Riqian Logistics Equipment Co. Ltd. |
16 |
Globsea Co., Ltd. |
16 |
Ningbo Xinguang Rack Co., Ltd. |
16 |
China-wide (remaining companies) |
143 |
Final subsidy rates in the CVD investigation are as following:
Company |
CVD margin (%) |
Dalian Huameilong Metal Products Co., Ltd. |
1.52 |
Dalian Eastfound Metal Products Co., Ltd. |
3.55 |
Adverse facts available rate companies (Companies non-responsive to the DOC questionnaire / to be revealed in in Federal Register) |
437.11 |
All Others |
2.54 |