WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that two producers of uncovered innerspring units are part of a China-wide entity that is subject to a 234.51% duty on shipments of their products to the U.S. market in 2018 and early 2019.
The companies are Jietai Machinery Ltd. (HK) and Green Asia Parts LTD (Green Asia). On Feb. 28, domestic producer Leggett & Platt requested an administrative review of these companies to determine their duty rate for shipments made from Feb. 1, 2018, through Jan. 31, 2019.
The DOC initiated a review for both companies on May 2. As part of the process, the DOC determined that neither company had entries during the period of review and that no interested parties filed comments based on this data. The duties are applied to manufacturers but paid by importers of record of the subject merchandise, which includes uncovered innerspring units used in the production of youth and adult mattresses.
The DOC has determined that these companies have not demonstrated their eligibility for a separate rate states that would allow them a lower duty rate.
Interested parties are allowed to comment on the preliminary results within 30 days after the Oct. 2 publication of the preliminary results. The DOC plans to issue final results of the review within 120 days or four months of the publication of the preliminary results.
The post DOC issues preliminary determination in uncovered innerspring unit review appeared first on Furniture Today.