USA – The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that wood mouldings and millwork products from Brazil are not being, or are not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value .

The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

The Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) had petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) back in January to restore the conditions of fair trade in wood mouldings and other millwork products imported from China and Brazil.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)  published the notice of initiation of this investigation on February 5, 2020. On May 26, 2020, The U.S. Department of Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation and the revised deadline is now August 5, 2020.

On Aug. 12, the DOC issued its preliminary determination that China was selling wood mouldings and millwork at less than fair value during the period of investigation, July 1 through Dec. 31, 2019.

However, the department’s preliminary findings show no evidence that products from Brazil were being sold at less than fair value for the period in question, Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019.