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U.S. Wire Decking Manufacturers File Antidumping Case Against Chinese Wire Decks

U.S. Sets Preliminary Penalties on Chinese Wire Decking

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it has set preliminary countervailing duties (CVD) on imports of steel wire decking from China, a move that might escalate trade disputes between the two countries.

The department said it "preliminarily determined that Chinese producers/exporters have received net countervailable subsidies ranging from 2.02 to 437.73 percent."

As a result of this preliminary determination, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect a cash deposit or bond based on these preliminary rates.

The product covered by this investigation is welded-wire rack decking produced from carbon or alloy steel wire that has been welded into a mesh pattern. The wire mesh is reinforced with structural supports and designed to be load bearing.

Wire decking reinforced with structural supports is designed generally for industrial and other commercial storage rack systems.

Considerations for the Purchase of Wire Decking

When you purchase pallet rack from Warehouse Rack & Shelf LLC you have five decking options: No decking, Crossbar pallet supports, solid corrugated steel decking, smooth metal decking and wire mesh decking.

Warehouse safety and liability is vulnerable to the structural integrity of the pallet when pallets are loaded directly on the beams. Wire decks are the ultimate safety solution.  

Other safety liabilties that you incur include: pallets are too small or improperly placed or installed to fit the rack system. Pallet supports allow smaller items to fall through to the floor. When using pallet supports pallet loads should be shrink wrapped and you should be very concerned with pallet load containment and confinement.

Wire decking provides the solution for safer support of pallets in a selective rack system. Wire decking is the ultimate safety solution.

Wire decking can reduce insurance rates and meet many fire codes including: National Fire Protection Association: Code 13 (2007), 3.9.38, A.3.0.3.6, A.3.0.3.7, FM Global & Factory Mutual 2.2.

Considerations for the Purchase of Pallet Racks

The Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) has specific testing requirements for pallet rack and wire decking. Most of the larger pallet rack & wire decking manufacturer's are members of RMI. If you are buying a product and it has the "R-Mark" it tells you that the product has been quality tested. The pallet rack and wire decking that my company sells have been manufactured to RMI specifications.

There are some things to consider when you select, install, use and maintain your pallet rack system:

Before buying rack you should analyze the volume of activity and number of SKU's in your warehouse to determine the appropriate amount of rack.

Choose a rack layout that best suits your building and requirements. Try to design the rack layout to reduce steps and increase efficiency.   

Develop a rack elevation which shows number of beam levels and spacing of beam levels.

Develop a bill of material (B.O.M) with quantity and sizes of upright frames and beams.