The U.S. Department of Commerce initiated 2026 administrative reviews of antidumping and countervailing duties on 2025 imports of Canadian softwood lumber, Chinese hardwood plywood, and Chinese wooden bedroom furniture, with final results expected by January 31, 2027.

U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a bill to exclude homebuilding materials from Donald Trump’s tariffs that the senators say will help lower home construction costs.

On February 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of hardwood and decorative plywood from the People’s Republic of China (China), Indonesia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

MOCKSVILLE,  N.C. — While SBA Home has been producing furniture at its Mocksville, North Carolina, factory since November of 2025, it recently held its official grand opening Feb. 26.SBA Group, one of the largest business groups in Lithuania, has officially opened its SBA Home furniture manufacturing facility in Mocksville. With a total investment of more than $70 million, the SBA Home North Carolina factory is the largest Lithuanian business investment in the United States to date.

WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 companies have filed lawsuits in the Court of International Trade seeking repayment in billions of dollars in tariff monies paid to the government. Among the companies that filed are furniture makers Ashley Furniture, industry supplier Milwaukee Tool, and key retailers including Costco, Kohls and Staples.

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the legal authority to impose sweeping global tariffs without congressional approval, upending one of his key policies and issuing a rare constraint on his attempts to expand presidential powers.

More than a year before LIGNA 2027, show organizers report that more than 80 percent of the exhibition space has already been allocated, and all leading companies in the sector have registered their participation across all exhibition areas of LIGNA.

Each month in FDMC Magazine, we feature the 'Notable Nine Online,' nine stories that were the most viewed and engaged with from WoodworkingNetwork.com over the past month. The following stories were chosen by our readers by what they were most interested in from January 14 to December 13.

Dovetail Partner’s assessment concluded that illegal logging is both extremely rare and contributes less than 1 percent of the wood supply to U.S. hardwood mills.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the U.S. Treasury will stop issuing refunds via paper checks for the overpayment of customs duties, taxes, and fees effective February 6.