NEWS

DHA joined more than 600 members of a nationwide coalition to urge U.S. senators to prioritize and pass bipartisan, comprehensive permitting reform legislation. The House of Representatives led the way by passing several important permitting reform bills in 2025. Their efforts reflect bipartisan recognition that our current permitting process is broken.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has released its preliminary affirmative antidumping duty findings on hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. These duties went into effect on March 2. Commerce calculated preliminary antidumping duties of 187.27% on imports from China, 19.98% to 84.94% on imports from Indonesia, and 196.14% on imports from Vietnam.

Decorative Hardwoods Association (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XIX, Issue V: Commerce Issues Preliminary Antidumping Duties On Hardwood Plywood | DHA Pushes For Permitting Reform | AHEC Leads EUDR Compliance Efforts | Senate Bill Would Exclude Building Materials From Tariffs | Judge Orders Refunds After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs |

What are the top color trends for 2026?

Answer: Warm neutrals, rich browns, and smoky greens complement on-trend decorative hardwoods on walls, furniture, and floors. 

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The Bureau of Land Management will revise the resource management plan for nearly 2.5 million acres of forests in Oregon, which could quadruple the amount of timber open to logging on Oregon & California Railroad lands. The agency seeks to increase its sustained yield timber harvest to about 1 billion board feet each year, an amount that would match the level harvested before conservation restrictions in the 1990s.