Court Decision Changes Antidumping Duties for Chinese Wood Flooring Company
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On September 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) made a final decision about duties on multilayered wood flooring from China. The case is called Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co. et al. v. United States, Court No. 22-00190. This case is about how much extra tax, or “antidumping duty,” should be added to certain wood flooring from China. The review covered products imported between December 1, 2019, and November 30, 2020.
The Department of Commerce had first set a dumping margin of 39.27 percent for Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. Commerce used Malaysian data for certain types of logs and Brazilian data for other materials. For plywood, Commerce used adjusted Brazilian import data.
Jiangsu Senmao and others challenged this decision in court. The CIT told Commerce to review and better explain the data choices three separate times. The court’s main concerns were:
- Commerce did not clearly explain why Brazilian data was not good enough.
- Commerce did not follow usual rules by using data from two countries.
- Commerce did not put all used documents on the record.
- Commerce needed to check and use the most accurate data for plywood.
During three remand rounds, Commerce had to adjust and explain its calculations:
- First Remand: Commerce gave more documents and reasons for using different data sources.
- Second Remand: Commerce provided more explanation about using data from more than one country.
- Third Remand: Commerce changed its method and used Malaysian data for plywood, replacing the Brazilian data.
After these changes, Commerce revised Jiangsu Senmao’s dumping margin to 14.35 percent.
On September 15, 2025, the CIT agreed with Commerce’s new margin. This final court judgement is not in harmony with Commerce’s original decision. As a result, the Department of Commerce is now officially changing its earlier decision. The new weighted-average dumping margin for Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. is 14.35 percent.
Cash Deposit and Liquidation Details
Jiangsu Senmao already has a new cash deposit rate from a review after this case, so Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will not get new deposit instructions. The current cash deposit rate will not change.
The Department of Commerce is still ordered by the court not to liquidate (finalize) certain wood flooring entries for Jiangsu Senmao imported between December 1, 2019, and November 30, 2020. This hold will remain while any further court appeals happen.
If there are no more appeals, or if an appeal is unsuccessful, Commerce will tell CBP to use the new antidumping rate to calculate duties on the affected flooring imports. If the final rate for certain imports is zero or too small to count, CBP will not collect any duties for those.
Official Information
This change is announced under sections 516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.
Dated: September 25, 2025.
Christopher Abbott, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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