United States’ imports of Chinese hardwood plywood between 2013–2015 were dumped into the country below cost to gain a competitive advantage, according to a petition filed by The Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The Coalition is asking the U.S. government to place punitive tariffs on the imports, which it claims threaten thousands of American jobs, the Coalition said in a statement.
“The U.S. hardwood plywood industry and its workers have suffered for years due to dumped and subsidized imports from China,” said Timothy Brightbill, counsel to the Coalition, in a statement. “We urge the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission to thoroughly investigate these unfair trade practices and to apply the trade remedy laws to dumped and subsidized Chinese products.”
A similar petition was filed in 2012 that covered Chinese hardwood plywood imports between 2009–2012. The International Trade Commission ruled in 2013 that hardwood plywood imported from China did not injure U.S. industry and would not be subjected to anti-dumping duties.
