Notice 16 Jun 2025 compliance, countervailing duties, international trade, u.s. department of commerce, economic impact, hardwood plywood

📦Countervailing Duty Investigations on Hardwood Plywood Imports

The Department of Commerce has initiated countervailing duty investigations for hardwood and decorative plywood imports from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The investigations aim to determine if these products benefit from foreign subsidies, potentially impacting U.S. businesses. The scope includes compliance stipulations and deadlines for parties involved in the trade of these wood products.

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Notice 16 Jun 2025 countervailing duties, international trade, china, trade regulation, commerce department, antidumping duties, vietnam, indonesia, hardwood plywood

🌳Initiation of Antidumping Investigations on Hardwood Plywood Imports

The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated investigations into allegations that hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam are being sold at less than fair value in the U.S. market. The investigations aim to assess the potential material injury to the domestic industry and determine appropriate trade remedies, including possible tariffs.

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Notice 19 May 2025 countervailing duties, antidumping duties, u.s. department of commerce, china, trade regulations, hardwood plywood

🌲Final Results of Administrative Reviews on Hardwood Plywood Products

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the People's Republic of China (China) were sold in the United States at below normal value (NV), and that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and/or exporters of hardwood plywood during the period of review (POR) September 26, 2021, through December 31, 2022. Commerce also determines that 16 exporters of hardwood plywood subject to the AD review, and 15 companies subject to the CVD review, had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review POR and have demonstrated that they should be eligible to certify that future shipments are not subject merchandise; four companies subject to the AD review are part of the China-wide entity because they did not demonstrate eligibility for separate rates; and the application of facts available with an adverse inference (AFA) is warranted for five companies subject to the AD review and eight companies subject to the CVD review, because the conditions of sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act) are satisfied.

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Notice 13 May 2025 trade compliance, china, antidumping, u.s. department of commerce, hardwood plywood

📦Preliminary Results of Antidumping Review on Hardwood Plywood

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that there were no shipments of certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, for certain companies under review. We are also rescinding these reviews with respect to 64 companies in the antidumping duty (AD) review, and five companies in the countervailing duty (CVD) review. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

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