DHA eNews - South Korea Issues Antidumping Ruling Against Vietnam
South Korea's trade commission has established antidumping duties of up to 10.65% for five years against Vietnamese plywood producers for causing damage to South Korean manufacturers. The ruling states that Vietnamese plywood was imported at lower than normal prices, resulting in a decline in market share, employment, and operating profit of South Korean companies.
Vietnam exported more than $7.3 billion of wood and wood-based products through August, up 9.6% compared to the first eight months of 2019. The government plans to reap $12.5 billion from exporting wood and wood products this year.
HMTX Industries is suing the U.S. government over the imposition of Section 301 tariffs on imports from China under List 3. The company claims that the U.S. Trade Representative's actions violated the Trade Act of 1974. The tariffs in question went into effect in September 2018. Approximately 2,500 companies have filed similar lawsuits.
A World Trade Organization panel stated that U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese goods violate international trade rules. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling.
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Columbia Forest Products has named the winners of this year's PureBond Quality Awards competition. Among the winners are seven fabricators in five states: California, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Washington.
The AHEC red oak, cherry, and maple project launched in early September as part of the London Design Festival. "Connected by Design" has drawn more than 8,000 views less than one week after its launch.
Armstrong Flooring will add two adjacent buildings totaling 60,000 square feet to its new corporate headquarters in Lancaster, PA. The two buildings will house approximately 200 employees. The company will also add a 30,000-square-foot technical center for about 60 employees from its new product development, innovation, and engineering teams.
Hardwood plywood volumes are up nearly 4% so far in 2020. In the first six months, China's hardwood plywood output declined 53.4%, while the rest of the world increased output by 9%.
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An Oregon forest, originally expected to store carbon for 100 years, is now on fire. Read on for how experts believe this will play out - and for how Native Americans used fire as a tool to protect and cultivate land.
Source: History
By winter, more than five million acres of forestland will have burned in California, Oregon, and Washington. With today's technology, two operators equipped with drones can plant trees 150 times faster and up to 10 times cheaper than an experienced and energetic tree planter.
A Rhode Island entomologist and her students are participating in a national program to combat the emerald ash borer using three species of small parasitic wasps reared in a national lab in Michigan.