US extends enquiries into imported Vietnamese wooden cabinets
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to extend the deadline for issuing investigation determinations about wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam that have suspected components built in China, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to extend the deadline for issuing investigation determinations about wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - TheUS Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to extend the deadlinefor issuing investigation determinations about wooden cabinets imported fromVietnam that have suspected components built in China, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).
Accordingly, the DOC is scheduled toissue the final conclusion on the investigation into the scope of woodencabinets imported from Vietnam on October 2, 2023. It will extend the preliminaryand final conclusions of the inquiry into alleged circumvention of traderemedy duties to October 16, 2023 and January 15, 2024, respectively.
Inits preliminary conclusion of the product scope investigation released on March17, the DOC determined that the items that had doors, drawer fronts, and woodenframes produced in China, then assembled in Vietnam and combined withsome other components made in Vietnam are subject to the trade remedyduties originally levied on the Chinese cabinets.
Meanwhile, other products with differentparts produced in China and combined with certain components made in Vietnam donot have sufficient information for making a conclusion or are not subject tothe duties imposed on the Chinese items.
Since April 2020, the US has imposed anti-dumpingduties (ranging between 4.37% and 262.18%) and anti-subsidy duties (13.33% -293.45%) on wooden cabinets imported from China.
On May 24 and June 7, 2022, the DOC respectivelyinitiated the investigations into the product scope and the allegedcircumvention of trade remedy duties on imported Vietnamese wooden cabinets./.
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has decided to extend the deadline for issuing investigation determinations about wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
