China Multilayered Wood Flooring: Amended Final Results of 2017 CVD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971) for entries during calendar year 2017, originally published Nov. 27, 2020, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged rates in those results.
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The calculations to arrive at the CVD rates were first challenged after the final results were published, and Commerce made some changes to its methods after several remands by the court in the legal process, with the Court of International Trade on Sept. 11 issuing its final judgment.
The CVD rates for Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Riverside Plywood Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd.; and the non-selected companies under review are affected.
The following amended rates, with previously applicable rates in parentheses, are applicable Sept. 21, 2025:
| Producer/Exporter | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Riverside Plywood Corp. and cross-owned affiliates Baroque Timber Industries/Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd. | 13.18% (from 14.09%) |
| Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. * | 2.45% (from 20.75%) |
| Jiangsu Guyu International Trading Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Shengyu Flooring Co., Ltd./Siyang County Shunyang Wood Co., Ltd./Shanghai Woyuan Industrial Co., Ltd. | 122.92% (unaffected by amended results) |
| Review Average Rate for Non-Selected Companies (see Appendix II) | 10.02% (from 20.75%) |
* Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd. was not originally one of the mandatory respondents but included in the review average for non-individually examined companies.
However, there are superseding cash deposit rates for Riverside and Baroque, Jiangsu Senmao and Jiangsu Guyu group of companies, as well as others listed in Appendix I of the final amended results notice, so the current cash deposit rate for those exporters/producers will not be affected by the results in this notice.
Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP for non-selected companies Houzhou Chenchang Wood Co., Ltd.; Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Biyork Wood Co., Ltd. (listed in Appendix II of the amended results notice), which don't have a superseding cash deposit rate.
Commerce said that, at this time, it remains enjoined by the CIT order from "liquidating entries that: were produced and/or exported by Riverside Plywood Corporation, including its cross-owned affiliates; Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; and the companies listed in Appendix II of this notice, and were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. These entries will remain enjoined pursuant to the terms of the injunction during the pendency of any appeals process."
(The review period is 01/01/17 - 12/31/17. See Commerce's notice for more information. See 2011250012 for a summary of the original final results of this review.)