A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Commerce stated that the Ministry of Commerce will announce on November 11 whether it will accept the anti-dumping lawsuit of the American Hardwood Flooring Alliance. Industry insiders expect that the U.S. Department of Commerce will accept this appeal, which will pave the way for the investigation of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs levied on the above-mentioned Chinese products.
A complaint document received by the U.S. Department of Commerce last week showed that the U.S. hardwood floor merchants union requires the federal government to impose a floor anti-dumping tariff of 242% on wood floors imported from China. The Alliance believes that in the United States when the real estate crisis, the hardwood flooring industry has also encountered unprecedented difficulties, China's wooden flooring at a very low price impact on the United States hardwood market, making the United States hardwood manufacturing companies face bankruptcy crisis, therefore, the government should be from China The wooden floor launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations and imposed a tariff of 242%. At the same time, the coalition also called for a counter-exchange rate subsidy tariff on Chinese-made wooden flooring, saying that the exchange rate was undervalued by 25%-50%, allowing Chinese exporters gain price advantage. The message specifically pointed out that China's three-tier solid wood flooring.
Previously on October 21, the American Flooring Enterprise Association submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission requesting the initiation of anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Chinese flooring companies. It is reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission have already initiated the case on that day and have issued a notice to China.
According to statistics, the number of wooden flooring exports from China to the United States has decreased year-on-year. The US anti-dumping investigation again may cause Chinese floor exporters to face more difficulties, especially for those companies with higher export ratios. If China’s flooring companies “failed†in the referendum process in the United States, they would either abandon the US market or be forced to pay a punitive tax of 242%. In this regard, industry experts said that the relevant national competent authorities, relevant industry associations, and various floor exporting companies should attach great importance to it. In particular, Chinese flooring companies should actively respond to the complaints. Once the US Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission support the demands of the American Flooring Association, it will It has a huge impact on China's flooring industry.
The U.S. hardwood parity coalition recently filed an application on behalf of U.S. internal industries with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission requesting a countervailing and anti-dumping investigation of all types of multi-storey wood flooring originating in China.
The products involved in this case involved 14 customs codes in the United States. According to the US statistics provided by the applicant, the total exports of products involved in the case in 2008 and 2009 were approximately US$148 million and US$120 million, respectively.
The reporter learned that the listed companies involved in floor exports are: Koji Wood. In 2009, the main revenue of its products exported to the United States accounted for 53.489%. Shengda Forestry's main products are sold to China. In 2009, the sales revenue of foreign sales accounted for only 5.55%.