China Wooden Bedroom Furniture: AD Duties Set to End on 'Murphy' Wall Beds
The Commerce Department intends to end antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-870) for “murphy” enclosable wall bed units, it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency says it got no response from domestic furniture makers to its request for comments on whether the industry supports the partial revocation (see 14050116). Commerce will move forward unless it gets comments in opposition to its preliminary results. The final results of this changed circumstances review are due in January.
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If Commerce partially revokes the order for murphy wall bed systems, it will insert the following language into the scope of the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China:
“Also excluded from the scope are certain enclosable wall bed units, also referred to as murphy beds, which are composed of the following three major sections: (1) a metal wall frame, which attaches to the wall and uses coils or pistons to support the metal mattress frame; (2) a metal frame, which has euro slats for supporting a mattress and two legs that pivot; and (3) wood panels, which attach to the metal wall frame and/or the metal mattress frame to form a cabinet to enclose the wall bed when not in use. Excluded enclosable wall bed units are imported in ready-to-assemble format with all parts necessary for assembly. Enclosable wall bed units do not include a mattress. Wood panels of enclosable wall bed units, when imported separately, remain subject to the order.”
(Federal Register 08/18/14)