Chinese Dumping Plywood?

October 2, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Legal on October 3, 2012

The U.S. International Trade Commission is examining possible dumping of hardwood plywood from China.

A group of U.S. plywood suppliers, the Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood, petitioned the ITC Sept. 27. CFTHP includes Columbia Forest Products, Greensboro, N.C.; Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd., Whitehall, N.Y.; Murphy Plywood, Eugene, Ore.; Roseburg Forest Products Co., Roseburg, Ore.; States Industries, Eugene, Ore.; and Timber Products Co., Springfield, Ore.

Without an extension, the ITC is due to make a preliminary determination of whether imported Chinese hardwood plywood is damaging the U.S. industry by Nov. 13. Should ITC find so, the case would go to the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which would conduct any actual antidumping investigation.

The complete text of ITC's Federal Register announcement is here.