DOC Rules Vietnam, South African Company Are Dumping Innersprings

October 20, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on October 2008 The U.S. Department of Commerce ruled that Vietnamese manufacturers of innersprings for mattresses and the South African entity Bedding Component Manufacturers are dumping product in the U.S. market. In a final determination published in the Federal Register Monday, DOC assigned a duty of 116.31 percent to Vietnam-made innersprings; while BCM--sole respondent to the investigation in South Africa--received a duty of 121.39 percent, which also extends to any other innersprings from the country.

DOC also amended the scope of its ruling to exclude non-bedding innersprings that are used in the manufacture of upholstered living room seating.