The US Department of Commerce announced affirmative final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) circumvention rulings involving exports of hardwood plywood products from China, finding that hardwood and decorative plywood with veneers made of certain types of softwood (radiata and/or agathis pine) circumvent existing orders. Source: Timberbiz
Commerce will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to continue to collect AD and CVD cash deposits on certain imports of hardwood plywood products produced with face and back veneers of radiata and/or agathis pine. These duties will be imposed on future imports, and on any unliquidated entries since 18 September 2018, the date on which Commerce initiated this circumvention inquiry.
The applicable cash deposits range from 171.55% to 183.36% for the AD orders, and 22.98% to 194.90% for the CVD orders.
In 2018, the value of imports of hardwood plywood from China were valued at an estimated US $96 million.This circumvention inquiry was conducted pursuant to a request from the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood, which includes Columbia Forest Products (Greensboro, NC), Commonwealth Plywood (Whitehall, NY), States Industries (Eugene, OR), and Timber Products Company (Springfield, OR).
