The U.S. Department of Commerce retained the 187.27% dumping margin, while permanent antidumping and countervailing duty orders will depend on a final U.S. injury ruling.
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The industry estimate puts chemical inputs at up to 40% of particleboard costs.
Guangdong Guanhao High-Tech faces a proposed 28.8% rate, while all other Chinese companies face 70.5%.
The proposal keeps an exemption process and sets July deadlines, while the determination cites illegal logging and timber laundering as factors that distort wood-product pricing.
Institutional investment, fast-growing Southern Yellow Pine and advanced sawmill technology are positioning the Southeast as a steady supplier for engineered structural products.
The U.S. posts the steepest decline among the largest softwood lumber import markets, followed by Germany and China, while supplier volumes fall most for Canada, Russia, and Austria.
Japan became the largest destination after U.S. duties hit Indonesia’s shipments.
The Lancaster-based distributor has served the greater Charlotte market since 1908 and will continue operating under President Greg Gregory.
Expedited first five-year review finds dumping would likely continue if the order was revoked, with weighted-average dumping margins up to 231.60% for imports from China.
The reviews cover Canadian softwood lumber and uncoated paper from Brazil and Portugal, and list the companies subject to review.
Model results show higher EU and UK production, lower U.S. Southeast prices, and larger trade changes than production changes after the rules take effect.
The measure covers CN code 4412 39 00, takes effect Thursday, and excludes one Brazilian exporter found not dumping.
Commerce preliminarily sets combined duties at 25%, but the current 35% rate stays in effect until a final determination.
Preliminary results cover 2024 and include partial rescissions for withdrawn requests and no-shipment firms.
Preliminary duties of up to nearly 200% already apply to imports as investigation enters final phase.
The reviews will begin March 9, 2026, and will cover 2025 shipments of Canadian softwood lumber and Chinese hardwood plywood and wooden bedroom furniture.
Commerce issues a preliminary critical-circumstances finding; CBP to collect cash deposits on covered entries starting Monday.
The initiation is part of a broader notice covering multiple December-anniversary AD and CVD orders.
The European Commission ordered the registration under its anti-subsidy investigation launched on 7 November 2025, so that any countervailing duties can be collected retroactively on registered imports if legal conditions are met.
The order directs Federal agencies to block Wall Street purchases of single-family homes, defines investor categories within 30 days, and requires $200 billion in mortgage-backed security purchases to lower rates.