On Monday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative preliminary determinations and postponement of final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of large residential washers from Mexico and the Republic of Korea. The DOC preliminarily determined that Mexican and Korean producers/exporters sold large residential washers in the US at dumping margins of 33.30 percent to 72.41 percent, and 9.62 percent to 82.41 percent, respectively.
In the Mexico investigation, mandatory respondents Electrolux Home Products, Corp. NV/Electrolux Home Products De Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Electrolux), Samsung Electronics Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Samsung), and Whirlpool International S. de R.L. de C.V. (Whirlpool) received preliminary dumping margins of 33.30 percent, 72.41 percent, and 72.41 percent, respectively.
In the Korea investigation, mandatory respondents, Daewoo Electronics Corporation (Daewoo), LG Electronics, Inc. (LG), and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. received preliminary dumping margins of 82.41 percent, 12.15 percent, and 9.62 percent, respectively.
The petitioner for these investigations is Whirlpool Corporation.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): HTSUS 8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.20.0090, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000.