Twelve U.S. antidumping (“ADâ€) duty U.S. antidumping and one countervailing duty (“CVDâ€) petition were filed.
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They were filled by Brooklyn Bedding; Carpenter; Corsicana Mattress Company; Future Foam; FXI; Kolcraft Enterprises; Leggett and Platt, Incorporated; Serta Simmons Bedding; Southerland; Tempur Sealy International; and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO against imports of mattresses.
The 12 countries named in the antidumping duty petitions are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan. The one country named in the CVD petition is Indonesia.
The merchandise covered by these petitions consists of certain mattresses, including innerspring and non-innerspring (including hybrid) mattresses. In the industry, the term “mattress†generally means a resilient material or combination of materials generally enclosed by ticking that is intended or promoted for sleeping upon by people.
Mattresses generally consist of a core, upholstery material, and ticking.
The core provides the main support system of the mattress. In general, a mattress core may consist of innersprings, non-innersprings (e.g., foam), an air or water bladder, other resilient filling, or a combination of these materials.
Mattresses with cores of water or air bladders are excluded from the scope of these petitions. “Upholstery†refers to the material between the core and the ticking. “Ticking†refers to the cover or the outermost layer of fabric or other material that encloses the core and any upholstery material. Please see below for the full text of the proposed scope for the investigations.
The Department of Commerce (“DOCâ€) and the International Trade Commission (“ITCâ€) will conduct the investigations.
Within the next 45 days, the ITC will determine if there is a reasonable indication that the imports are injuring or threatening to injure the U.S. industry. If the ITC finds that this standard is met, the cases will move to the DOC, which will calculate the preliminary AD and CVD duty margins.
Petitioner alleged the following AD/CVD margins:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: calculated a dumping margin of 321 percent, ad valorem (margin according to value);
Bulgaria: calculated a dumping margin of 117 percent, ad valorem;
Burma: calculated a dumping margin of 154 percent, ad valorem;
India: calculated a dumping margin of 61 percent, ad valorem;
Italy: calculated a dumping margin of 200 percent, ad valorem;
Kosovo: calculated a dumping margin of 915 percent, ad valorem;
Mexico: calculated a dumping margin of 92 percent, ad valorem;
The Philippines: calculated a dumping margin of 497 percent, ad valorem;
Poland: calculated a dumping margin of 43 percent, ad valorem;
Slovenia: calculated a dumping margin of 1,094 percent, ad valorem;
Spain: calculated a dumping margin of 66 percent, ad valorem;
Taiwan: calculated a dumping margin of 738 percent, ad valorem; and
Indonesia: countervailing duty margins above de minimis. ■