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The petition also alleges that the Chinese
                                                                  wooden cabinet and vanity industry receives
                                                                  countervailable subsidies from 38 individual
                                                                  government programs. Although unable
                                                                  to quantify the margin of subsidization, the
                                                                  petition specifically references the 194.90%
                                                                  subsidy rates calculated in the hardwood
                                                                  plywood CVD order.
                                                                    The petition estimates that the total annual

          ITC Opens New Investigation                             value of imports covered by the case is
                                                                  approximately $4 billion and that domestic
             into Wooden Cabinets and                             production of cabinets and vanities is between
                   Vanities from China                            $9 billion to $10 billion annually. The case covers
                                                                  assembled or unassembled cabinets and
                                                                  vanities as well as parts.

              On March 6, the American Kitchen Cabinet              Commerce is already in the process of
            Alliance, which includes more than 25 domestic        requesting clarifications from the petitioner on
            companies, filed a petition with the Department       the scope language, and the product coverage
            of Commerce and the International Trade               language is expected to change. Interested
            Commission (ITC) for the imposition of anti-          parties that wish to file comments with
            dumping and countervailing (CVD) duties on            Commerce on the scope language must do so
            wooden cabinets and vanities from China. The          by mid-April (exact date yet to be announced).
            petition claims that the Chinese imports are            For more information visit NAHB’s website.
            being dumped at margins up to 259.99%.                                                 NAHB MAR 2019



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