NEWS

The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Monday that it would not investigate whether Chinese companies were avoiding tariffs on hardwood plywood imports by using pine on both the faces and backs, noting that the products named were excluded in the petition although had been included in an earlier investigation. Radiata pine log imports into China have surged over 42% from New Zealand and Australia from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, radiata pine logs are 43% of softwood log imports to China.

Resources:

• DOC Anti-Circumvention Inquiry Memo
• China Radiata Pine Imports Data