Almost a year after the last significant change in the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) case of Columbia Aluminum Products (Columbia) vs. U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Judge Timothy C. Stanceu issued an opinion and order in response to the Commerce Department’s Remand Redetermination, filed in December of 2020, and the subsequent responses and comments […]

For 15 years now, it seems, I’ve had a file on my desk labeled “Softwood Lumber.” Well, maybe not a crinkled up, over-stuffed, physical folder, but at least a collection of digital files and research. I say, “it seems,” because I’m speaking somewhat figuratively. Point being this topic has been part of my life and […]

With a slight decrease in confidence registering among builders in March, officials for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) point to material costs and interest rates as culprits. After attempting to persuade the U.S. Department of Commerce to take action on escalating costs for lumber and other materials, officials for NAHB now say those […]

A cohort of construction-related organizations sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce secretary Gina Raimondo last week, urging Commerce to examine the supply chain for lumber. With lumber prices increasing by more than 180% since last spring, and prices for oriented strand board (OSB) nearly tripling, “We respectfully request that your office examine the […]

Homebuilders and U.S.-based lumber producers find themselves at odds these days, after the U.S. Department of Commerce slashed duties on softwood lumber imported from Canada from 20% to 9%. The move follows a decades-long dispute in which U.S. lumber producers claim to be held at a disadvantage by Canadian producers, based on Canada’s policies for […]

Note: The following article was updated on September 8, 2020, after [DWM] received additional info pertaining to the court’s decision, including a separate memo regarding Columbia Aluminum Products LLC. The U.S. Court of International Trade sided with Columbia Aluminum Products LLC (Columbia) and Worldwide Door Components Inc. (Worldwide) recently in two separate decisions, demanding that the […]

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it is looking into whether imports of hardwood plywood completed in Vietnam, using components from China, are circumventing the existing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on hardwood plywood from China, according to a press release by the International Trade Administration. Commerce is also initiating […]

The United States is investigating wood moulding and millwork products from Brazil and China for anti-dumping action and duties, after determining these were being undersold against competing U.S. products, the Department of Commerce said in a press release. “The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry […]

The Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) International Trade Administration (ITA) announced yesterday that it would initiate antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on wood mouldings and millwork imports from Brazil and China. This announcement is in response to a petition that was filed on January 8 by the Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) […]

The Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) yesterday to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on China and Brazil for wood mouldings and millwork products. CAMP, an alliance of large and small American-millwork producers, filed antidumping charges against both countries […]