Wire Decking Controversy
Earlier this week, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a unanimous finding that there is “a reasonable indication of material injury to the U.S. industry producing wire decking caused by unfairly traded imports from China.” This finding is the first step toward a finding of illegal dumping of wire deck imports by China.
The initial petition was brought by domestic wire decking manufacturers and MHEDA members AWP Industries, ITC, J&L Wire Cloth, Nashville Wire Products, along with Wireway Husky, on June 5. On June 25, the Commerce Department initiated an investigation, and the preliminary ruling by the Trade Commission was handed down on July 20. You can read more about the specifics of the investigation here.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. China has denied the claims of dumping, while the companies who brought this petition have been clamoring about it for years. (See the sidebar at the bottom of this article about “The Dumping Problem” that was published almost two years ago.) The findings in the International Trade Commission’s report say that the Chinese imports are priced up to 315 percent lower than their domestic counterparts. That’s pretty significant.
The next step in the process will be another ruling by the end of August as to dumping and subsidies by the Commerce Department. Look for continued updates in this space and in future issues of The MHEDA Connection and The MHEDA Journal.
Tags: decking, material handling, politics, racking, storage & handling
March 1st, 2010 at 5:55 pm
[...] e-newsletter, we posted a story called “China Decries Dumping Duties.” It was an update on the ongoing battle between U.S.-based wire decking manufacturers AWP Industries, ITC Manufacturing, J&L Wire Cloth, [...]