Lengthwise Sawn Strips Not Subject to China Mouldings and Millwork Duties, Commerce Says
Lengthwise sawn, scarf-jointed wood reveal strips and squares imported by Loveday Lumber are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on wood mouldings and millwork from China (A-570-117/C-570-118), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued May 16.
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Used in concrete forms and in concrete pathways, the lengthwise sawn strips and squares are not millwork blanks, because they are not intended to be later manufactured into a moulding or piece of millwork, Commerce said. Nor are they finger-jointed or edge-glued, two other characteristics that would bring them within scope, Commerce said.
The agency also determined that the strips and squares are not “continuously shaped along any of its edges, ends or faces” because they are produced using a straight saw, rather than a moulder or radial saw used to shape wood. “… The products at issue are straight cut, and do not have radius edges with fine details as alleged by the petitioner,” the scope ruling said.
The lengthwise sawn strips and squares are similar to products from Sylvan, another importer, that Commerce found not subject to duties during the original AD/CVD investigations, Commerce said. “Loveday Lumber’s LWS wood products are similar in terms of shape and cut to Sylvan’s LWS wood products that Commerce found to be not covered by the scope of the AD and CVD investigations."