Certifications for Malaysian, Vietnamese Cabinets Due Oct. 15 to Avoid AD/CVD, Commerce Says

The Commerce Department is setting new certification requirements for importers of wooden cabinets and vanities from Malaysia and Vietnam, after finding cabinets and vanities made under several production scenarios are covered by the scope of antidumping and countervailing duties on wooden cabinets and vanities from China (A-570-106/C-570-107).

The agency found imports of Malaysian and Vietnamese cabinets and vanities made using cabinet boxes and drawer boxes from those two countries assembled with finished, semifinished and parts of cabinet doors, drawer fronts and frames from China are subject to the AD/CVD orders on China.

Other production scenarios for Malaysian and Vietnamese cabinets and vanities aren’t subject to AD/CVD on China as a result of Commerce’s notice, released July 16. That includes Malaysian and Vietnamese cabinets that incorporate only a China-origin toe kick, which Commerce found outside the scope of the China orders. However, such imports must be accompanied by a certification to avoid AD/CVD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements.

For the three production scenarios that Commerce found are subject to AD/CVD on China, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for unliquidated entries entered on or after Nov. 4, 2021.

Commerce is also rescinding anti-circumvention inquiries on the wooden cabinets and vanities that it found subject to the scope of the AD/CVD orders on China. It’s also rescinding an anti-circumvention inquiry on the Malaysian and Vietnamese cabinets and vanities that incorporate Chinese toe kicks, after the requestor of the inquiry dropped its request.

For all unliquidated entries of Malaysian and Vietnamese cabinets and vanities that aren’t subject to the scope of the China orders as a result of Commerce’s scope ruling and were entered on or after Nov. 4, 2021, importers should file certifications “as soon as practicable,” and no later than Oct. 15, Commerce said.

Importers and exporters may use blanket certifications covering multiple entries or individual certifications, or some combination of the two. Importers must file a post-summary correction with CBP to upload the certifications.