United States imposed anti-dumping Qingdao furniture industry meet the challenge in 2010(2009/12/6)

Qingdao furniture export industry is relatively developed, but always "ill-fated." December 2, the reporter interviewed learned that Qingdao furniture industry in anti-dumping in 2004, after April 2010 is again facing a "Lacey Act" challenge. According to industry insiders, Castle small and medium sized furniture export enterprises will be affected by this bill.

"Lacey Act" requires that all wood products exports to the U.S. should provide a legitimate source of timber, including the use of the Latin name of plant species, logging country, the number and size, value. This originally designed to prohibit the illegal hunting for profit head the bill, after years of revision, field of use has been extended to plants and animals and their products. The implementation of the program, but also from the initial rough logs cut into lumber and then to the field of ../advanced process timber a gradual manner. The United States in 2008 to develop the "Lacey Act" amendment to the original deal only applies to timber areas; October 1 this year, has been extended to wood pulp, particleboard, fiberboard and other industries; in April next year, is applicable to the entire furniture industry.

It is understood that, Qingdao furniture industry is relatively developed, the city's total of more than 800 furniture enterprises, of which a quarter of export-oriented furniture industry. "In 2008, Qingdao, the city's furniture industry exports of 578 million yuan, accounting for half of Shandong Province, the United States and Japan is the most important foreign market." Qingdao Furniture Association, Executive Vice President and Secretary General Shan Qing Chuan said, "Lacey Act" Once you start implemented, Qingdao most of the furniture industry more or less will be affected. "Good Wood Group, petrels and other large-scale wood furniture industry in recent years, industrial upgrading and training in anti-dumping case out of the experience of that time, perhaps the effect would be relatively small, but some small and medium enterprises will be faced with origin of the products are not qualified risk. "
(by China Leiyuan, 2009/12/6)