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Two Chinese manufacturers and a U.S. importer are challenging the Commerce Department decision that expanded the scope of products subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on plywood imported from China. The contested products are plywood with face and back veneers of radiata or agathis pine.

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Decorative Hardwoods Association (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XII, Issue XXIV: South Korea Launches Antidumping Probe Into Vietnamese Plywood | Hearing Set For U.S. Kitchen Cabinet Trade Case | USTR Confirms: Hardwoods Are Part Of China's $50B Import Commitment | China's Forestry Exports Grow To 22% Of Global Market
 

The U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, confirmed that hardwoods are part of China's commitment to increasing agricultural imports from the U.S. by $50 billion.

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Fox Business: Lighthizer: Phase one will be good for farmers 'across the board'

The U.S. International Trade Commission set February 20 as the date for its final hearing in the antidumping and countervailing duties case against kitchen cabinets and vanities imported from China. The proposed vote date is scheduled for March 24.

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The South Korea antidumping investigation was prompted by claims that cheap imports of plywood are seriously damaging the domestic industry. Vietnamese products accounted for approximately 40% of South Korea's estimated $677 market for plywood in 2018. The preliminary result of the antidumping investigation is expected before April 2020.

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