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"We commend Customs and Border Protection for initiating this important investigation," said Tim Brightbill, partner at Wiley Rein LLP and trade counsel for the Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood. "With 200 percent duties on hardwood plywood imports from China, evasion and circumvention of these duties has been rampant. We welcome this strong enforcement step and hope this is the first of several such actions that CBP takes publicly to address this cheating and duty evasion."

U.S. Customs & Border Protection have initiated a major hardwood plywood circumvention action: CBP will investigate whether a group of importers has been evading anti-dumping and countervailing duties on select hardwood plywood from China by transshipping Chinese white birch plywood though Vietnam. Evidence reviewed to date establishes a "reasonable suspicion."

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Decorative Hardwoods Association® (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XI, Issue XXI: U.S. Furniture Imports From China, Vietnam Rise Again | Wood Flooring Association Defines "Real Wood" | 335 Corporations Correct False Eco-Claims | 2019 Will Be The Year Of The Kitchen

U.S. Furniture Imports From China, Vietnam Rise Again - http://eepurl.com/dNI49M

Market Report - October 2018 (PDF)

Two Sides will continue to work to stop organizations from making misleading environmental claims. The anti-greenwash campaign found that more than two-thirds of the 921 organizations investigated worldwide were using unsubstantiated claims. 335 corporations have since removed or changed their messaging.

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