Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. Earth Science News .




WOOD PILE
US slaps high dumping tariffs on Chinese wood products
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2013


The United States on Tuesday slapped high anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese hardwood and decorative plywood products, hitting nearly $750 million worth of imports from China.

The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration said an investigation had determined that the wood products from China were both "dumped" -- underpriced in the US -- and enjoyed significant subsidies from the Chinese government.

The ITA said the anti-dumping duties would range from about 56 percent to 122 percent, and that anti-subsidy duties would run up to 27 percent, depending on the exporter and product.

The tariffs were set after an investigation requested by a group of US wood product companies under the umbrella of the Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood.

Hardwood and decorative plywood is used in home and office interiors as wall panels, cabinets, and in some flooring.

.


Related Links
Forestry News - Global and Local News, Science and Application






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








WOOD PILE
Amazon deforestation due in part to soybean growing
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 17, 2013
Fighting deforestation of the Amazon for cattle raising and farming is one of the great rallying cries of the world's conservationists. And, while soybean growing's impact on the vast jungle has eased since a moratorium imposed in 2006, Brazil's huge soybean industry is still indirectly responsible for the felling of trees. The mechanism goes like this: soybean growers take over land tha ... read more


WOOD PILE
Senate Democrats eye new gun laws, action unlikely

Japan to boost surveys off Fukushima: report

Iranian telegraph operator, first to propose earthquake early warning system

Workshop report explores use of mass collaboration in disaster management

WOOD PILE
Butterfly wings inspire new technologies: from fabrics and cosmetics to sensors

Calculating the carbon footprint of California's products

First laser-like X-ray light from a solid

Space's 'Ferrari' set to fall to Earth

WOOD PILE
Alstom opens new hydropower industrial site in China

Mythical sea creature joins bid to ban bottom trawling

Rainfall in South Pacific Was More Variable Before 20th Century

Libya's beleaguered government faces water threat

WOOD PILE
Gas flaring and household stoves speed Arctic thaw

Russia to restore Soviet-era naval base in Arctic: Putin

Canada builds up arctic maritime surveillance

Arctic ice shrinking in volume, too: ESA

WOOD PILE
Carbon farming schemes should consider multiple cobenefits

China's hunger for soya more animal than vegetable

MSU lands first drone

Plants in space: A novel method for fixing plant tissue samples maximizes time, resources, and data

WOOD PILE
Airlift launched for tourists in flooded Acapulco

Death toll from Colorado floods rises to eight

Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water into sea

Death toll from Colorado floods rises to seven

WOOD PILE
160 UN peacekeepers desert Mali posts: military

Three Ivorian police killed in attacks

Uganda suspends 24 officers over Somalia corruption

Mali ministers met by hail of stones in Tuareg stronghold

WOOD PILE
Findings in Middle East suggest early human routes into Europe

Paleorivers across Sahara may have supported ancient human migration routes

Orangutans plan their future route and communicate it to others

New evidence that orangutans and gorillas can match images based on biological categories




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement