The US Department of Commerce imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties after an investigation into hardwood plywood imports from China was launched at the end of September 2012. Preliminary countervailing duties (CVD) were also authorised back on 27 February. The US Department of Commerce will make a final ruling about whether to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties as soon as 15 July after all, according to a statement released by the International Trade Administration on 30 April. In late February, there was speculation that this decision might be delayed. If the Department of Commerce does decide to impose duties, the International Trade Commission will make its final verdict on the duties on 27 August.
The dumping brackets determined by the Department of Commerce and the resulting anti-dumping duties range from 22.14 to 63.96 %. Minimal dumping ranges of 0.62 % and 1.83 % were put forward for two companies. These companies were exempted from the anti-dumping duties under de minimis rules.
