3 Flooring Exporters Won't Take Part in CVD Review Appeal Despite CIT Presence
Exporters Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry, Jiangsu Keri Wood and Sino-Maple won't participate in the appeal on the 2017 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China despite having participated in the case at the Court of International Trade (Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 26-1050).
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Importer Galleher told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to remove the three companies from the appeal, since the parties don't intend to file a brief or join in the brief of any other companies in the case.
Thus far, two appeals of the review have been filed -- one by Galleher and another by importer Riverside Plywood and exporter Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) (see 2510290017). The cases concern the Commerce Department's selection of a second respondent in the review and its use of data under Harmonized System subheading 4412.99 in the benchmark calculation for the subsidized plywood program.