The US Commerce Department on Friday said it had slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to nearly 83 percent on over $100 million of wood flooring from China to offset unfair pricing practices. The decision is a victory for US manufacturers Anderson Hardwood Floors, Award Hardwood Floors and Shaw Industries Group, who make easy-to-assemble wood floor planks like those sold at US retailers Home Depot and Lowe's.
Earlier this year, the Commerce Department set preliminary countervailing duties of up to 27.01 percent on the same wood products to offet Chinese government subsidies. In both cases, the Commerce Department did not set any anti-dumping duties on Chinese wood flooring supplied by Zhejiang Yuhua Timber Co and Zhejiang Layo Wood Industry Co.
It set a 10.88 percent duty on the Samling Group and 73 other Chinese producers or exporters. All other Chinese wood flooring companies face an 82.65 percent anti-dumping duty in addition to any countervailing duty previously announced.