China Hand Trucks: Commerce Excludes Another 'Magna Cart' From AD Duty Coverage

The Commerce Department ruled on Sept. 4 that Welcom’s MC2 Elite Magna Cart is not subject to antidumping duties on hand trucks from China (A-570-891), because it is identical to a Welcom utility cart found to be excluded from the scope of the order pursuant to a Court of International Trade remand. The agency agreed that the “Elite” designation in the cart’s name is for marketing purposes only, and it is identical in all respects to the Welcom MC2 Magna Cart that was subject to the earlier dispute (see 12100103). As such, it meets the scope’s exclusion for small two-wheel utility carts in which the frame is made from telescoping tubular material measuring less than 5/8 inch in diameter.