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India took 73% of shipments.

Funding will support low-carbon wood technologies, mass timber housing, Indigenous participation and export diversification while ministers review Task Force recommendations

Preliminary duties of up to nearly 200% already apply to imports as investigation enters final phase.

Investment supports the company's market entry with high-speed machines designed for napkin and facial grades.

Commerce issues a preliminary critical-circumstances finding; CBP to collect cash deposits on covered entries starting Monday.

Import volume falls from the 2024 high to 3.91 million tons, while the average import price rises to $145 per ton.

Vietnam remains dominant supplier as hardwood accounts for 97% of total volume.

Shipments to China account for 98% of total export volume.

Vietnam supplies two-thirds of total imports as U.S. share declines sharply.

Export volume totals 12.99 million m3 as value decreases 2% and average price falls 8%.

Commerce plans to finalize countervailing duty determinations by May 2026, with preliminary duties taking effect after publication in the Federal Register expected by late January.

Exports to Portugal reach 69% of total volume.

Exports to Switzerland, Italy, and Spain rise as tariff conflicts weigh on U.S. business and boost imports from Asia.

Brazil becomes the largest supplier with 38% share as imports from China drop 15%.

Facility near Hanoi will improve delivery agility and support growth in high-demand end-use segments.