AD/CVD News: Petition on Hardwood and Decorative Plywood from Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | Customs & International Trade Law Blog

On Might 22, 2025, Colombia Forest Merchandise, Commonwealth Plywood Co., Ltd., Manthei Wooden Merchandise, States Industries LLC, and Timber Merchandise Firm (collectively, “Coalition for Honest Commerce in Hardwood Plywood” or “Petitioners”) filed antidumping and countervailing duties petitions on hardwood and ornamental plywood from Indonesia, the Folks’s Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  

Antidumping responsibility investigations are administered by the U.S. Division of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. Worldwide Commerce Fee (“ITC”). Dumping happens when a overseas firm sells a product to america beneath its regular worth or price of manufacturing. Subsidy is outlined by a overseas authorities offering monetary help to a overseas firm for manufacturing or exportation.  

The scope of the petition (topic to alter in the course of the investigation) covers: 

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Hardwood and ornamental plywood, and sure veneered panels as described beneath. For functions of this continuing, hardwood and ornamental plywood is outlined as a usually flat, multilayered plywood or different veneered panel, consisting of two or extra layers or plies of wooden veneers together with a core or and not using a core. The veneers, together with the core, could also be glued or in any other case bonded collectively. A hardwood and ornamental plywood panel will need to have no less than both the face or again veneer composed of a number of species of hardwood, softwood, or bamboo. Hardwood and ornamental plywood could embody merchandise that meet the American Nationwide Customary for Hardwood and Ornamental Plywood, ANSI/HPVA HP- 1-2024 (together with any revisions to that customary).  

For functions of the investigations a “veneer” is a slice of wooden no matter thickness which is minimize, sliced or sawed from a log, bolt, or flitch. The face and again veneers are the outermost veneer of wooden on both aspect of the core no matter extra floor coatings or covers as described beneath. The core of hardwood and ornamental plywood consists of the layer or layers of a number of materials(s) which might be located between the face and again veneers. The core could also be composed of a variety of supplies, together with however not restricted to hardwood, softwood, particleboard, or medium density fiberboard (MDF). 

All hardwood and ornamental plywood is included inside the scope of the investigations no matter whether or not or not the face and/or again veneers are floor coated or lined and whether or not or not such floor coating(s) or covers obscures the grain, textures, or markings of the wooden. Examples of floor coatings and covers embody, however usually are not restricted to: extremely violet mild cured polyurethanes; oil or oil-modified or water-based polyurethanes; wax; epoxy- ester finishes; moisture- cured urethanes; paints; stains; paper; aluminum; excessive strain laminate; MDF; medium density overlay (MDO); and phenolic movie. Moreover, the face veneer of hardwood and ornamental plywood could also be sanded; smoothed or given a “distressed” look by way of such strategies as hand- scraping or wire brushing. 

All hardwood and ornamental plywood is included inside the scope even whether it is trimmed; cut-to- dimension; notched; punched; drilled; or has undergone different types of minor processing. All hardwood and ornamental plywood is included inside the scope of the investigation, with out regard to dimension (general thickness, thickness of face veneer, thickness of again veneer, thickness of core, thickness of internal veneers, width, or size). Nonetheless, the commonest panel sizes of hardwood and ornamental plywood are 1219 x 1829 mm (48 x 72 inches), 1219 x 2438 mm (48 x 96 inches), and 1219 x 3048 mm (48 x 120 inches). Topic merchandise additionally consists of hardwood and ornamental plywood that has been additional processed in a 3rd nation, together with however not restricted to trimming, reducing, notching, punching, drilling, or another processing that will not in any other case take away the merchandise from the scope of the investigations if carried out within the nation of manufacture of the in- scope product. 

The scope of the investigation excludes the next gadgets: ( 1) structural plywood (also referred to as “industrial plywood” or “industrial panels”) that ( a) is licensed, manufactured, and stamped to satisfy U.S. Merchandise Customary PS 1-09, PS 2-09, PS-122, or PS 2-10 for Structural Plywood (together with any revisions to that customary or any considerably equal worldwide customary supposed for structural plywood), together with, however not restricted to, the “bond efficiency” necessities set forth at paragraph 5.8.6.4 of that Customary and the efficiency standards detailed at Tables 4 by way of 10 of that Customary, and (b) has a core made solely of a number of of the next wooden species: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir), Larix occidentalis (Western Larch), Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock), Abies spp. (True Firs like Grand Fir, Pacific Silver Fir), Picea spp. (White Spruce, Engelmann Spruce), Pinus spp. (Lodgepole Pine, Jack Pine), Picea glauca (White Spruce), Pinus banksiana (Jack Pine), and Abies balsamea (Balsam Fir); (2) merchandise which have a face and again veneer of cork; (3) hardwood plywood topic to the antidumping and countervailing responsibility orders on hardwood plywood from China. See Hardwood Plywood Merchandise from the Folks’s Republic of China, 83 Fed. Reg. 504 (Dep’t Commerce Jan. 4, 2018) (amended closing willpower of gross sales at lower than honest worth (LTFV) and AD order); and Hardwood Plywood Merchandise from the Folks’s Republic of China, 83 FR 513 (Jan. 4, 2018) (CVD order); (4) multilayered wooden flooring, as described within the antidumping responsibility and countervailing responsibility orders on multilayered wooden flooring from China. See Multilayered Wooden Flooring from the Folks’s Republic of China, 76 Fed. Reg. 76,690 (December 8, 2011) (amended closing willpower of gross sales at lower than honest worth (LTFV) and AD order); and Multilayered Wooden Flooring from the Folks’s Republic of China, 76 Fed. Reg. 76,693 (Dep’t Commerce December 8, 2011) (countervailing responsibility order), as amended by Multilayered Wooden Flooring from the Folks’s Republic of China: Amended Antidumping and Countervailing Responsibility Orders, 77 Fed. Reg. 5,484 (Dep’t Commerce February 3, 2012); (5) multilayered wooden flooring with a face veneer of bamboo or composed solely of bamboo; (6) plywood which has a form or design apart from a flat panel, aside from any minor processing described above; (7) merchandise made solely from bamboo and adhesives (also referred to as “stable bamboo”); and ( 8) Phenolic Movie Confronted Plyform (PFF), also referred to as Phenolic Floor Movie Plywood (PSF), outlined as a panel with an “Exterior” or “Publicity 1” bond classification as is outlined by The Engineered Wooden Affiliation, having an opaque phenolic movie layer with a weight equal to or higher than 90g/m3 completely bonded on each the face and again veneers and an opaque, moisture resistant coating utilized to the perimeters. 

Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigations are wood furnishings items that, on the time of importation, are absolutely assembled and are prepared for his or her supposed makes use of. Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigations is “able to assemble” (RTA) furnishings. RTA furnishings is outlined as (A) furnishings packaged on the market for final buy by an end-user that, on the time of importation, consists of ( 1) all wood elements (in completed kind) required to assemble a completed unit of furnishings, (2) all accent components (e.g., screws, washers, dowels, nails, handles, knobs, adhesive glues) required to assemble a completed unit of furnishings, and (3) directions offering steering on the meeting of a completed unit of furnishings; (B) unassembled rest room self-importance cupboards, having an area for a number of sinks, which might be imported with all unassembled hardwood and hardwood plywood elements which were cut-to- closing dimensional element form/dimension, painted or stained previous to importation, and stacked inside a singled transport bundle, apart from furnishings toes which can be packed and shipped individually; or ( C) unassembled rest room self-importance linen closets which might be imported with all unassembled hardwood and hardwood plywood elements which were cut-to- closing dimensional form/dimension, painted or stained previous to importation, and stacked inside a single transport bundle, apart from furnishings toes which can be packed and shipped individually. 

Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigations are kitchen cupboards that, on the time of importation, are absolutely assembled and are prepared for his or her supposed makes use of. Additionally excluded from the scope of the investigations are RTA kitchen cupboards. RTA kitchen cupboards are outlined as kitchen cupboards packaged on the market for final buy by an end-user that, on the time of importation, consists of: ( 1) all wood elements (in completed kind) required to assemble a completed unit of cabinetry; (2) all accent components (e.g., screws, washers, dowels, nails, handles, knobs, hooks, adhesive glues) required to assemble a completed unit of cabinetry; and (3) directions offering steering on the meeting of a completed unit of cabinetry. Excluded from the scope of the investigations are completed desk tops, that are desk tops imported in completed kind with pre-cut or drilled openings to connect the underframe or legs. The desk tops are prepared to be used on the time of import and require no additional ending or processing. Excluded from the scope of the investigations are completed counter tops which might be imported in completed kind and require no additional ending or manufacturing. 

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