Commerce Finds No Shipments of Chinese Hardwood Plywood from Certain Exporters in 2023 Review
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has released its final results for the 2023 administrative reviews of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on hardwood plywood from the People’s Republic of China.
The review period covered January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
Commerce found that four exporters did not ship hardwood plywood covered by the AD and CVD orders during the review period.
The four exporters are:
- Eagle Industries Company Limited
- Golden Bridge Industries Pte Ltd.
- Greatwood Hung Yen Joint Stock Company
- Lechenwood Viet Nam Company Limited
Three of these exporters were already eligible or became eligible under prior reviews to certify their shipments as non-subject merchandise.
Commerce is allowing these three companies—Eagle, Golden Bridge, and Lechenwood—to continue certifying their plywood exports as non-subject merchandise.
Commerce received case briefs from U.S. Importers and Hardwoods Specialty Products. These briefs raised issues reviewed in detail in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
After reviewing the arguments, Commerce made no changes to the preliminary results.
Details on each issue raised and Commerce’s response are in Appendix II of the decision.
In May 2025, Commerce issued the preliminary results and found no shipments from the four companies.
That conclusion is now confirmed as final.
No party requested a review of the China-wide entity in this AD administrative review. Thus, the China-wide rate of 114.72 percent remains unchanged.
Commerce did not address separate rate status for the four companies in this review because they had no subject entries during the period.
For assessment, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate entries from the four companies without regard to duties.
These instructions will be issued after 35 days from the date of publication, unless there is litigation.
Cash deposit rates for these companies remain unchanged from the most recent segment where each was assigned a rate.
For other Chinese exporters not receiving separate rates, the China-wide rate (114.72 percent) applies.
For non-Chinese exporters without their own rate, the rate assigned to their Chinese supplier or the China-wide rate applies.
For CVD, cash deposits for non-reviewed firms and no-shipment companies remain at the all-others rate or their most recently assigned specific rate.
This notice also reminds importers of their duty to file certifications regarding reimbursement of AD/CVD duties.
Failure to comply could lead to double AD duties or increased AD liability in the amount of the CVD.
Finally, parties with access to proprietary information under administrative protective order (APO) must destroy or return those materials timely to avoid sanctions.
The final results are published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(5).
For questions, contact Kabir Archuletta at (202) 482-2593.
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