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Download the American Hardwood Export Council's May 2018 European report from the Decorative Hardwoods Association® website for updates on exports of U.S. hardwood lumber, the European economic recovery, and more.

AHEC European market report - May 2018

Resources:

Decorative Hardwoods Association® (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XI, Issue XI: Trade War? Canada Proposes Retaliatory Tariff On U.S. Hardwood Plywood | RVIA, Indonesia Seek U.S. Import Duty Rescission | Decorative Hardwoods Files USTR Comments On Unfair Chinese Trade Restrictions On U.S.

As of June 1, all regulated composite wood products must be TSCA Title VI compliant and meet all EPA regulatory requirements. Members of the Decorative Hardwoods Association®, representing over 95% of North American hardwood plywood producers, are TSCA Title VI compliant and offer certified compliant products. Decorative Hardwoods Association® will testify at an upcoming EPA meeting on technical issues specific to certification and testing.

The U.S. Trade Representative has requested that the U.S. International Trade Commission provide an assessment on tropical hardwood plywood from Indonesia for HTS codes 4412.31.41, 4412.31.4150, and 4412.31.4160. U.S. imports of tropical hardwoods from Indonesia, the Southwest Pacific, Brazil, and Africa fall into this category of thin plywood.