USITC Finds in Favor of Domestic Flooring Coalition

In response to a petition filed in October by the Coalition for Coalition for American Hardwood Parity, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) unanimously determined that there is a reasonable indication that U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of multilayered wood flooring from China. The petition alleged that the wood flooring is subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value. As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on imports of this product from China.

The Commission's public report Multilayered Wood Flooring from China (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-476 and 731-TA-1179 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 4206, December 2010) contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations. Copies of the report are available. You can fax your requests to 202-205-2104 or send email to pubrequest@usitc.gov.

Interesting that at the same time of this ruling the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial stating "Antidumping duties typically raise prices on the many to benefit the few, costing more jobs than they protect."  Something to consider...