Import Administration
Kitchen Appliance Shelving And Racks from People's Republic Of China (A-570-941)

Scope Description:

The scope of this order consists of shelving and racks for refrigerators, freezers, combined refrigerator-freezers, other refrigerating or freezing equipment, cooking stoves, ranges, and ovens (“certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks” or “the merchandise under order”). Certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks are defined as shelving, baskets, racks (with or without extension slides, which are carbon or stainless steel hardware devices that are connected to shelving, baskets, or racks to enable sliding), side racks (which are welded wire support structures for oven racks that attach to the interior walls of an oven cavity that does not include support ribs as a design feature), and subframes (which are welded wire support structures that interface with formed support ribs inside an oven cavity to support oven rack assemblies utilizing extension slides) with the following dimensions:
-- shelving and racks with dimensions ranging from 3 inches by 5 inches by 0.10 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches; or
-- baskets with dimensions ranging from 2 inches by 4 inches by 3 inches to 28 inches by 34 inches by 16 inches; or
--side racks from 6 inches by 8 inches by 0.1 inch to 16 inches by 30 inches by 4 inches; or
--subframes from 6 inches by 10 inches by 0.1 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches.
The merchandise under this order is comprised of carbon or stainless steel wire ranging in thickness from 0.050 inch to 0.500 inch and may include sheet metal of either carbon or stainless steel ranging in thickness from 0.020 inch to 0.2 inch. The merchandise under this order may be coated or uncoated and may be formed and/or welded. Excluded from the scope of this order is shelving in which the support surface is glass.

The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) statistical reporting numbers 8418.99.8050, 8418.99.8060, 7321.90.5000, 7321.90.6090, 8516.90.8000, 8516.90.8010, 7321.90.6040, and 8419.90.9520. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 2010, and June 30, 2010:
Requestor: Custom BioGenic Systems, Inc.; its inventory control racks are outside the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing orders; April 1, 2010.

Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 2011, and June 30, 2011
Requestor: Olson Wire Products Co., Ltd.; its certain supermarket shelving units and commercial oven racks that fit within size parameters of the scope of the antidumping duty order are subject to the antidumping duty order; its certain supermarket shelving units and commercial oven racks that do not fit within the size parameters of the scope (i.e. shelving and racks with dimensions ranging from 3 inches by 5 inches by 0.10 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches; baskets with dimensions ranging from 2 inches by 4 inches by 3 inches to 28 inches by 34 inches by 16 inches; side racks from 6 inches by 8 inches by 0.1 inch to 16 inches by 30 inches by 4 inches; or subframes from 6 inches by 10 inches by 0.1 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches) are not within the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; June 8, 2011.

Scope Rulings Made Between April 1, 2013, and June 30, 2013
Requestor: U-Line Corporation; steel shelving units used in wine coolers, beverage coolers and ADA-compliant cooling units are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; April 22, 2013.

Scope Rulings Made Between October 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013
Requestor: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC; Thermo Fisher's wire racks used in laboratory equipment are within the scope of the orders because they fit the written description and dimensions of the scope language; December 19, 2013.