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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.

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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. 

U.S. imports of wooden furniture fell for the fourth consecutive month in November to the lowest level since the 2020 pandemic. November imports fell by 3% from October's total to $1.4 billion, 23% below November 2024, the lowest level since June 2020. November imports from Mexico and China fell by 21% and 13%, respectively. Total U.S. imports of wooden furniture from January to November fell by 8% vs. the prior year.