On January 26, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from the People’s Republic of China.
Commerce calculated a preliminary subsidy rate of 14.53 percent for Nanjing Topsun Racking Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and a preliminary subsidy rate of 12.21 percent for Ningbo ETDZ Huixing Trade Co., Ltd. All other producers/exporters in China have been assigned a preliminary subsidy rate of 13.37 percent. In addition, fourteen companies which did not respond to the quantity and value questionnaire received a preliminary subsidy rate of 55.75 percent, based on adverse facts available.
The petitioner for this investigation is Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc. In 2013, imports of boltless steel shelving from China were valued at an estimated $86 million.
The DOC is scheduled to announce its final determination in this investigation on or about
June 9, 2015, unless the statutory deadline is extended.