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All Good Wood Products
Posted on January 30, 2017 by in WoodThe U.S. engineered hardwood and hardwood veneer industries have struggled with today’s severe economic challenges in an atmosphere made more challenging by cheaper imports, sagging economic demand in our domestic markets, companies cutting jobs, reducing production, and sadly going out of business. In the last few years, several major U.S. hardwood plywood, engineered flooring, and […]
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Cheap Doesn’t Make It Right
Posted on January 30, 2017 by in CheapA coalition of U.S. hardwood plywood manufacturers filed today a petition with the International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce requesting antidumping margins of up to 300% and countervailing duties for subsidies on Chinese manufactured hardwood plywood. Chinese import share of the U.S. market has skyrocketed from 7% in 2000 to over a […]
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Chinese Hardwood Plywood
Posted on January 30, 2017 by in HardwoodHarm to the environment begins with tree theft. A robber doesn’t go back and replant the forest or steward the land. And stealing the trees means the rightful owners (government or private) are now without the money to take care of those forests. As China’s domestic economy took off, Chinese buyers were sent scouring the […]
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