The U.S. Department of Commerce has upheld its preliminary determinations on the scope of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of wooden cabinets, vanities and components(“WCV”).

The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association reported July 10 that the Commerce Department had announced the "Final Results of KCMA’s Scope and Circumvention Petition," and that the "KCMA is thrilled to announce that the U.S. Department of Commerce is making no changes."

"This means that Commerce continues to find Scenarios 1, 2, and 3 that KCMA defined are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on WCV from China," the KCMA reports.

The scenarios are:

• Scenario 1: finished wooden doors, drawer faces, and frames produced in China are combined in Malaysia or Vietnam with wooden cabinet boxes and drawer boxes started and finished in Malaysia or Vietnam.
• Scenario 2: semifinished wooden doors, drawer faces, and frames produced in China are further processed in Malaysia or Vietnam and then combined in Malaysia with wooden cabinet boxes and drawer boxes produced in Malaysia or Vietnam.
• Scenario 3: semifinished parts of wooden cabinet and vanity doors, drawer faces, and frames (all the rails, stiles, and panels) are produced in China and are further processed in Malaysia or Vietnam and then combined with wooden cabinet boxes and drawer boxes produced in Malaysia or Vietnam.

In addition, Commerce will impose a new certification process where both importers and exporters will be required to certify that each shipment of WCV from Malaysia and Vietnam does not contain finished and/or unfinished Chinese cabinet components, including the doors, drawer faces, and frames. Certifications must be signed for every shipment of WCV from Malaysia and Vietnam to the United States. In addition, documents supporting the certifications must be retained for five years from the date of importation.

On April 4, the Commerce Department proposed plans to create a certification process that it said would disrupt the flow of finished and unfinished Chinese cabinet components parts being completed in Malaysia and Vietnam before being sent to the U.S. market.

"This is a huge victory for U.S. domestic cabinet producers," the KCMA said. "The American workers they employ, and the communities they support. KCMA is proud to have led these efforts to support our members and will continue to advocate on your behalf in all trade-related issues."