US producers push to uphold high duties in Chinese plywood

The U.S. wood industry, represented by the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood, has asked the U.S. Court of International Trade to maintain high duties on Chinese plywood imports. The coalition argued that Chinese importers did not adequately cooperate with the Department of Commerce’s anti-dumping investigation, which examined alleged unfair pricing practices in hardwood plywood exports from China. The coalition contends that the Commerce Department's levying of antidumping and countervailing duties was warranted after Chinese plywood companies failed to meet reporting requirements. In 2020, Commerce issued questionnaires to several Chinese plywood producers, seeking ...