China Stainless Steel Sinks: Commerce Assigns New AD Cash Deposit Rate to Kehuaxing on Remand

The Commerce Department is amending the antidumping duty cash deposit rate for stainless steel sinks from China (A-570-983) produced and exported by Shenzen Kehuaxing Industrial Ltd., in order to implement a recent Court of International Trade Decision. During the original AD duty investigation on stainless steel sinks, Kehuaxing’s lawyer filed a required submission 16 minutes late. Commerce rejected the filing and, because the submission was partly used to demonstrate independence from state control, assigned Kehuaxing to the China-wide entity with an AD duty cash deposit rate of 76.53% (see 13041023). CIT thought that too harsh, and in May remanded so Commerce could accept the late submission (see 14051202). Commerce is now giving Kehuaxing its own AD duty cash deposit rate of 33.51%, for subject merchandise both produced and exported by the company. The new rate takes effect July 7.