The European Federation of the Plywood Industry (FEIC) has complained that Chinese plywood has flooded the market and taken a dominant share of trade. In order to bring parity with other exporters, FEIC wants to see okoumé-faced poplar plywood duties extended to similar products, including red canarium and kedondong-faced goods.
As such, the European Commission has been investigating the matter for over six months and has now revealed that it plans to allow interested parties to comment on the findings by the end of the summer.
However, the Directorate General of Trade has noted that the investigation is currently still on-going and no decisions have yet been made.
