U.S. Amends Countervailing Duty Results for Multilayered Wood Flooring from China

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Background

Commerce’s 2017 CVD review included important Chinese companies. The companies affected include Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao), Riverside Plywood Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates like Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (Baroque Timber), and non-selected companies under review. The case does not change the result for Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Guyu).

Commerce first published its 2017 review on November 27, 2020. It chose Baroque Timber and Jiangsu Guyu as mandatory respondents. Commerce did not select Jiangsu Senmao for individual review.

Court Remands and Commerce Actions

Jiangsu Senmao and other companies appealed Commerce’s results. On August 11, 2022, the CIT told Commerce to reconsider how it picked which companies to review and to recalculate the rate for companies not chosen for individual examination.

After more court orders and remands, Commerce changed its methodology. The CIT then told Commerce to review Jiangsu Senmao as a main respondent and adjust its subsidy rate calculations for companies not chosen as main respondents.

On August 8, 2025, Commerce issued new results. Commerce now based the rate for non-selected companies on both Baroque Timber and Jiangsu Senmao’s rates. The CIT accepted Commerce’s new final results on September 11, 2025.

Subsidy Rates Assigned

The amended rates for the 2017 period of review are:

Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce will send new import duty collection (cash deposit) instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for some companies. If a company already has a newer deposit rate from a later review, Commerce will not issue new instructions. For Houzhou Chenchang Wood Co., Ltd., Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd., Commerce will issue new cash deposit instructions because they do not have newer rates.

Liquidation of Entries

At present, entries by Riverside Plywood Corporation, its affiliates, Jiangsu Senmao, and companies listed in Appendix II remain under court injunction and cannot be finalized. This applies to goods entered between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017. These entries will remain on hold until the appeals process is complete.

If the CIT’s decision is not appealed, or after final court decisions, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess duties as per the amended rates, unless the rate is zero or de minimis.

Companies Affected

The companies impacted by these amended results are detailed in Appendices I and II of the official notice.

Notice

This action is required under U.S. law based on sections 516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: September 17, 2025

Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations

For questions, contact:
Jonathan Schueler (202-482-9175) or Laurel Smalley (202-482-3456),
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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