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European Commission imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood exports
sector had been injured by the Chinese imports. “The current level of profitability of the Union industry is unsustainable,” the EU concluded.
Above: The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood PHOTO BY GUILLAUME PÉRIGOIS ON UNSPLASH
European hardwood plywood producers are celebrating the imposition of up to 62.4% provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood imports by the European Commission. EU plywood producers had originally made a complaint - via the Greenwood Consortium
on August 27, 2024 – that they were suffering due to cheaper Chinese hardwood plywood products being exported to the EU. A European Commission investigation started on October 11, 2024. The Commission’s report agreed that the EU hardwood plywood manufacturing
Maier more closely aligns with Dieffenbacher with company name change
B Maier Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH, based in Bielefeld, Germany, is now operating under the name Dieffenbacher Bielefeld GmbH. B Maier
Zerkleinerungstechnik has been part of the Dieffenbacher Group since 2009. With the name change the company is now even more closely aligned with the group, both internally and externally. “Our company name is changing, but the Maier brand with its 90-year reputation for efficiency, reliability and quality will remain the product brand for our wood yard and size-reduction solutions,” said Alexander Hoffmann, managing director of Dieffenbacher Bielefeld.
Within the Dieffenbacher Group, Dieffenbacher Bielefeld is responsible for designing and supplying Maier machines and complete Maier lines for wood yards, wood size-reduction and material preparation.
Maier solutions are used
worldwide in particleboard, MDF and OSB plants, for processing industrial waste wood and reclaimed timber, and in pellet and biomass plants and WPC/WFC industries.
“The renaming of B Maier
Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH symbolises the successful integration of the individual companies within our group,” said Dieffenbacher CEO Christian Dieffenbacher.
“The imposition of measures is expected to allow the Union industry to raise sales prices and regain its profitability.” A provisional anti-dumping duty rate of 62.4% is being imposed on PRC hardwood plywood imports, except for the manufacturer Pizhou Jiangshan Wood Co Ltd, which will have a 25.1% rate. “The individual company anti-dumping duty rate specified in this regulation was established on the basis of the findings of this investigation.” Poland-based Paged
Plywood welcomed the decision.
“This move is a clear stance in defence of fair competition and against long-standing practices of price dumping and customs circumvention by Chinese exporters,” it said. The Greenwood Consortium released a statement following publication of the EC decision. “We welcome the
Commission’s decision to impose provisional anti- dumping duties, but to level the playing field genuinely, we call for definitive duties to be even higher than these provisional levels in the final decision later this year,” it said. “We also deeply appreciate
the Commission’s proactive approach to addressing circumvention attempts by Chinese exporters.” For a comprehensive report on the duties see pp46-47.
Sonae Arauco increases recycled wood content in panel products
Wood-based panels giant Sonae Arauco has increased its incorporation of recycled wood to 33%, reaching 809,000t in 2024. On the day before World
Recycling Day, Sonae Arauco announced a 12% increase in the volume of wood collected at its recycling centres and an increase to 809,000t of recycled wood incorporated into its finished products globally. The 33% global level reached in 2024 compares to 31% recorded in 2023. Sonae says the 33% level
compares with an average of 25% in the European wood- based panel industry. Sonae Arauco, a major global player in wood solutions for furniture and construction, has wood
recycling as the basis of its circular bioeconomy business model.
In some product ranges, Sonae Arauco ensures an integration of recycled wood of over 70% and is developing projects to achieve a level of integration of over 75% in some geographies by the end of 2025. The company is currently
investing around €13m to ensure its objectives of integrating more recycled wood.
It is developing innovative
technologies to enable, for the first time on an industrial scale, the incorporation of recycled wood fibres into MDF solutions, highlighting its commitment to sustainability and innovation in the sector.
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