Canada terminates anti-dumping & anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese plywood enterprises
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, pursuant to the provisions of section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), has conducted an inquiry to determine whether the dumping and subsidizing of decorative and other non-structural plywood, whether or not surface coated or covered, and veneer core platforms for the production of decorative and other non-structural plywood, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, have caused injury or are threatening to cause injury, as these words are defined in SIMA. Decorative and other non-structural plywood is defined as a flat, multilayered plywood or other veneered panel, consisting of two or more layers or plies of wood veneers and a core, with the face and/or back veneer made of wood. The veneers, along with the core are glued or otherwise bonded together. Decorative and other non-structural plywood include products that meet the American National Standard for Hardwood and Decorative Plywood, ANSI/HPVA HP-1-2016 (including any revisions to that standard), but exclude:
a) Structural plywood that is manufactured to meet U.S. Products Standard PS 1-09, PS 2-09, or PS 2-10 for Structural Plywood (including any revisions to that standard or any substantially equivalent international standard intended for structural plywood), and which has both a face and a back veneer of coniferous wood;
b) Finished plywood products for use as flooring;
c) Plywood which has a shape or design other than a flat panel;
d) Phenolic Film Faced Plyform (PFF), also known as Phenolic Surface Film Plywood (PSF), defined as a panel with an “Exterior” or “Exposure 1” bond classification as is defined by The Engineered Wood Association, having an opaque phenolic film layer with a weight equal to or greater than 90g/m3 permanently bonded on both the face and back veneers and an opaque, moisture resistant coating applied to the edges; and
e) Laminated veneer lumber door and window components with (1) a maximum width of 44 millimeters, a thickness from 30 millimeters to 72 millimeters, and a length of less than 2413 millimeters, (2) water boiling point exterior adhesive, (3) a modulus of elasticity of 1,500,000 pounds per square inch or higher, (4) finger-jointed or lap-jointed core veneer with all layers oriented so that the grain is running parallel or with no more than 3 dispersed layers of veneer oriented with the grain running perpendicular to the other layers, and (5) top layer machined with a curved edge and one or more profile channels throughout.
On January 21, 2021, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of SIMA, terminated the dumping investigation in respect of the above-mentioned goods exported by Celtic Co., Ltd., Linyi Evergreen Wood Co., Ltd., Linyi Huasheng Yongbin Wood Co., Ltd., Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd., Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co., Ltd., Shandong Good Wood Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd., and Xuzhou Shengping Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd., and terminated the subsidizing investigation in respect of the above-mentioned goods exported by the aforementioned exporters and Linyi Jiahe Wood Industry Co., Ltd. On the same day, the President of the CBSA, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(b) of SIMA, made final determinations of dumping and subsidizing in respect of the above-mentioned goods for which the investigations were not terminated.
Further to its inquiry, the Tribunal hereby finds, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of SIMA, that the dumping of the above-mentioned goods (excluding those goods exported by Celtic Co., Ltd., Linyi Evergreen Wood Co., Ltd., Linyi Huasheng Yongbin Wood Co., Ltd., Pingyi Jinniu Wood Co., Ltd., Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co., Ltd., Shandong Good Wood Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd., and Xuzhou Shengping Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.) and the subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods (excluding those goods exported by the aforementioned exporters and Linyi Jiahe Wood Industry Co., Ltd.) have not caused injury and are not threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
