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Just how fast was the de Havilland Mosquito combat airplane, known as the "Wooden Wonder," and how many of these planes were built?

Answer: Some versions exceeded 425 mph and 7,781 were built.

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Canada's hardwood plywood and veneer industry is shrinking. This is not due to a lack of demand for kitchen cabinets, decorative wood panels, and furniture. Instead, Canadian manufacturers are losing market share to plywood products imported from China at artificially low prices that Canadian manufacturers cannot match. The Canadian government still has not imposed antidumping duties on Chinese exporters as requested by the Canadian Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association.

In what KCMA calls a "huge improvement from the last reviews," the U.S. Department of Commerce will raise tariffs on imports from Chinese wood cabinet, vanity, and component manufacturers. One company's antidumping rate was increased from 0% to 43%; another's from 4.37% to 7.71%. Click below to see a chart with more detail.

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The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association will continue to fight against the alleged dumping of cabinets by Chinese companies into the U.S. market. KCMA's board said that the fight "is not with cabinets and components coming from Vietnam and other countries through legal channels. We're fighting stuff that's going from China to Vietnam to here."

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Earlier this month, EPA proposed strict new rules for plywood, veneer, and composite wood products manufacturers, including new limits for emissions from wood-fired dryers. EPA estimates that the change will cost $47 million per year.

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