Commerce Ends AD/CVD Circumvention Inquiry on Lawn Mower Subassemblies
The Commerce Department ended an anti-circumvention inquiry on lawn mower subassemblies after finding the goods subject to the inquiry are exempt from the relevant antidumping and countervailing duty orders on walk-behind lawn mowers from China (A-570-129/C-570-130), Commerce said July 21.…
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MTD Products had requested the inquiry on whether to apply AD/CVD to “lawn mower sub-assemblies imported from China and comprised of a cutting deck shell attached to at least one other significant non-engine component, such as, but not limited to, a handle, wheels, grass catcher bag, or an electronic starter,” that are “assembled or completed” in the U.S. by attaching engines to produce walk-behind lawn mowers. However, Commerce found "the inquiry merchandise is specifically excluded from the scope of the orders because it is not imported as 'at a minimum, a sub-assembly comprised of an engine and a cutting deck shell attached to one another.'"