ITA to Issue AD/CV Orders on Washers from Korea & Mexico After ITC Finds Injury

The International Trade Administration is set to issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on large residential washers from Korea, and an AD duty order on large residential washers from Mexico, after the International Trade Commission voted unanimously Jan. 23 that U.S. industry is being injured by imports of the merchandise. In its final determinations, the ITA found AD and CV rates for Korean washers of 9.29 to 82.41 percent, and de minimis to 72.3 percent, respectively. The ITA found AD rates of 36.52 to 72.41 percent for Mexican companies. Korea and Mexico were the two largest exporters of large residential washers to the U.S. in 2011, sending $1 billion of the merchandise into the U.S. Other countries only exported $155 million worth in 2011.