The final rates match the preliminary results, while exporters without a separate rate stay at the China-wide level.
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Two producers that withdrew from verification were moved to the China-wide rate of 220.87%.
The companies proposed to optimize capacity for certain paper grades and give customers safeguards without selling any mills, and expect the Commission's decision by year-end or shortly after.
The final rate is nearly three times the preliminary level for two of the producers and below it for the third.
Petitioners withdrew requests for 14 companies, and Commerce found no reviewable entries for 20 others.
Finland's competition authority cleared the deal without conditions. Kuhmo saws about 500,000 m3 of lumber a year and employs 180 people.
Kastamonu Entegre and Yıldız Entegre received the largest fines.
The antidumping part is 6.40% after an offset for export subsidies, and the countervailing, or subsidy, part is 9.37%, up from 3.67% at the preliminary stage.
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue suspending liquidation of entries made on or after May 27, 2026, and to collect cash deposits at the final rate.
The preliminary administrative review covers one company and rescinds proceedings for four others, with final cash deposit requirements still pending.
The acquisition aims to improve local availability of edging products from plants in Turkey and Germany.
Commerce must exclude Jiangyang Wood and Dehua TB from the hardwood plywood antidumping order and cannot reopen the record to calculate new rates.
The companies plan to propose remedies other than divestments as they seek European Commission approval.
Dealers report higher supplier prices, reduced Canadian shipments and longer lead times after the duties took effect.
The new company is planned to take over UPM’s plywood business after the October demerger and is expected to begin trading in November.
The companies remain in the China-wide entity, with the rate applying to reviewed entries and future cash deposits.
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.
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.