Duty Rates on Chinese Plywood Delayed by DOC

On-line industry magazine Furniture Today is reporting that the  U.S. Department of Commerce will postpone issuing final duty rates on Chinese-made hardwood and decorative plywood until September.

The federal agency made the decision following requests of producers which DOC has reports account for a significant proportion of the hardwood industry primarily in the cabinetry and shelving sectors and in recreational vehicles including boats and hardwood furniture.

 Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Inds. Co., Xuzhou Jiangheng Wood Products Co. and Linyi San Fortune Wood Co. made the request.

A 2012 International Trade Commission investigation found  that U.S. producers were being materially injured by unfair pricing tactics of Chinese hardwood and decorative plywood producers which led to the imposition of the duties.

DOC announced preliminary duties earlier this year and those duties will be finalized in early September. The duties are imposed on manufacturers, but paid by importers of record of the hardwood and decorative plywood.

If Commerce makes an affirmative final determination, and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes an affirmative final determination that imports of hardwood and decorative plywood from China materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, Commerce will issue an  antidumping duty order.

In 2012, imports of hardwood and decorative plywood from China were at an estimated 747.9 million U.S. dollars, according to the Commerce Department.

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