The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it has made a preliminary determination that wooden cabinets and vanities imports from China are being subsidized, and set countervailing duties of up to 229.24%.
The department said it assigned a preliminary subsidy rate of 10.97%, 16.49%, and 21.78% to mandatory respondents The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd. (Ancientree), Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co. Ltd. (Meisen), and Rizhao Foremost Woodwork Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Foremost), respectively. Commerce assigned a preliminary subsidy rate of 229.24%, based entirely on adverse facts available, to Deway International Trade Co., Ltd. and Henan AiDiJia Furniture Co., Ltd.
The preliminary subsidy rate for all other Chinese producers and exporters is 16.41%.