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Tropical plywood from China remains a high risk according to the UK's Timber Trade Federation. While China's revised Forest Law may help, sourcing tropical timber requires robust due diligence and better control on the factory floor and in the sourcing practices of Chinese manufacturers importing from high-risk regions.

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The new Sustainable American Hardwoods: A Guide To Species, published by the American Hardwood Export Council, is fully illustrated and provides comprehensive information on commercially available hardwood species.

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On November 10, the European Union is expected to enact tariffs on up to $4 billion of U.S. goods in response to U.S. subsidies to Boeing. Bloomberg's sources say that the draft list of targeted products will be finalized this week.

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A bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators and representatives sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce and Customs and Border Protection expressing concern over alleged fraud involving kitchen cabinets imported from China. Representative Abigail Spanberger said, "There is evidence that Chinese cabinet manufacturers have sought to undercut the U.S. industry by circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties."

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The Canada Border Services Agency has announced its preliminary dumping and subsidy determination on decorative and other non‑structural plywood imports from China. CBSA determined combined margins of dumping and subsidizing of up to 203% for the vast majority of Chinese exporters.

These provisional duties apply to decorative and other non‑structural plywood imported from China into Canada as of October 23, 2020.

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