U.S. Cabinet Manufacturers Leave KCMA Over Circumvention Case
Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association announced that American Woodmark, MasterBrand Cabinets, and Cabinetworks Group—three of the largest cabinet manufacturers in the U.S.—have left the association after KCMA’s board of directors rejected their ultimatum to drop its litigation against Vietnam and Malaysia for circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties. This litigation began in April, when KCMA asked the Commerce Department to conduct scope inquiries and anti-circumvention proceedings to address the transshipment of Chinese cabinets through Vietnam and Malaysia, in order to protect tens of thousands of American jobs in the cabinet industry.
