Both Sides OK Hardwood Plywood Remand Results

The Commerce Department got its remand results right when it concluded that hardwood plywood made using two-ply panels imported into Vietnam from China and then exported to the U.S. by the Vietnam Finewood Company were outside the scope of antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood from China, plaintiffs Far East American and Liberty Woods International said in a July 19 response (Far East American v. U.S., CIT Consol. # 22-00049).

In its own response, the coalition said that it continues to believe that Commerce’s original determination was correct and that the two-ply panels imported by Finewood from China were within scope and that such panels are not substantially transformed by further processing in Vietnam. However, the coalition said that it believes the remand redetermination complied with the court’s opinion and agrees with the result under protest.

The brevity of both the remand redetermination and the response comments likely means that the court will move quickly to affirm the remand results, a lawyer familiar with the case told us.