DHA Amplifies Request To Add Decorative Hardwoods To Section 232 Tariffs
On October 3, DHA published a widely distributed press release highlighting the request by nine industry leaders for Section 232 tariffs to be applied to decorative hardwoods.
Jeremy Manthei, CEO of Manthei Wood Products, said, "Unfair trade practices have victims: the mill workers, loggers, and families of rural communities throughout the country, including in Michigan and Wisconsin. Dumped and subsidized hardwood plywood from overseas is wiping out our industry."
Greg Pray, President and CEO of Columbia Forest Products, added, "Columbia Forest Products has spent millions of dollars successfully pursuing trade cases against Chinese dumping and subsidies of hardwood plywood only to see them quickly transship or move parts of production to allied countries. Section 232 tariffs on hardwood plywood from these allied Asian countries would be a lifeline to struggling mills in rural communities throughout the United States."