Woodworking Industry News

Woodworking Industry News

New CEO takes helm at National Association of Home Builders

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the housing industry, has named James W. Tobin III as the association’s new president and chief executive officer. Tobin, executive vice president and chief lobbyist at NAHB, will succeed CEO Jerry Howard, who is retiring from NAHB after more than 30 years. Tobin will assume the new post effective June 1, 2023. 

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Commerce Department rules to raise tariffs on certain Chinese companies

In the second preliminary annual administrative review of the 2021-2022 AD review and the 2021 CVD review of Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from China, the Commerce Department will raise tariffs on companies that were previously classified as non-selected companies. These companies were previously faced with tariffs as low as zero percent.