The Canada Border Services Agency has announced its preliminary dumping and subsidy determination on decorative and other non‑structural plywood imports from China. CBSA determined combined margins of dumping and subsidizing of up to 203% for the vast majority of Chinese exporters.

These provisional duties apply to decorative and other non‑structural plywood imported from China into Canada as of October 23, 2020.

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The Canada Border Services Agency has announced that it will initiate an antidumping and countervailing duty investigation into decorative and other non-structural plywood imported from China. For years, China has sold large volumes of decorative plywood in Canada at low prices.

If the CBSA issues a positive final determination, provisional duties may be imposed. In exceptional circumstances, antidumping duties may be imposed retroactively to June 11.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has officially begun an investigation into whether imports of hardwood plywood finished in Vietnam, but with components supplied by China, circumvent current antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood imported from China. If Commerce determines that these imports fall within the scope of current duties or circumvent current duties, the U.S. will begin collecting cash deposits on future imports.

In response to an allegation filed by Apec International, U.S. Customs has issued a notice of final determination with respect to evasion. Customs concluded that substantial evidence demonstrates that U.S. importer Concannon brought in Chinese-origin plywood that was transshipped through Vietnam without the lawful payment of duties.

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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced its affirmative final antidumping and countervailing duty circumvention rulings involving exports of hardwood plywood from China, finding that hardwood and decorative plywood with face or back veneers of radiata or agathis pine circumvent existing orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect the antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese hardwood plywood.

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