Canada Softwood Lumber: Prelim Results of AD/CVD Admin Reviews
The Commerce Department on Feb. 3 released the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD duty and CV duty assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.
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Only the exporters for which an administrative review was requested are covered by these reviews. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce has ordered liquidation “as entered” for entries during the period of review from all exporters for which a review was not requested (ADCVDWeb Messages # 1106404, 1127410).
In its CV duty preliminary results, Commerce is also ending the review for Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee, for which requests for review were withdrawn. Commerce will also liquidate entries from Roland "as entered."
AD Duty Cash Deposit Requirements
New AD duty cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the AD duty final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD duty cash deposit rates:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corp./Canadian Forest Products Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd. | 4.92% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 4.63% |
| Average rate for 273 companies | 4.76% |
(See Commerce's notice for the full list of 273 companies that were preliminarily assigned new AD rates but were not under individual review.)
CV Duty Cash Deposit Requirements
New CV duty cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the CV duty final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following CV duty cash deposit rates:
| Producer/Exporter | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corp./Canadian Forest Products, Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd. | 1.83% |
| J.D. Irving, Ltd./Miramichi Timber Holdings Ltd./The New Brunswick Railway Co./Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd./St. George Pulp & Paper Ltd. | 2.33% |
| Resolute FP Canada Inc./Produits Forestiers Maurice S.E.C./Resolute Forest Products Inc. | 15.48% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Sunpine Inc./Sundre Forest Products Inc./Manning Forest Products, Ltd./West Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd | 8.46% |
| Review Average Rate (Applicable to 230 companies) | 6.88% |
(See Commerce's notice for the full list of 230 companies that were preliminarily assigned new CV rates but were not under individual review.)
No shipments. Commerce preliminarily found the other 27 companies under review did not have any exports to the U.S. during the period of review. If this finding is confirmed in the final results, these companies' cash deposit rates will not change in this review, and any entries under their case numbers between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, will be assessed CV duties at the “all others” rate. See Appendix III in Commerce's notice for a full list.
Assessment Rates for Entries in January-December 2020
If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise exported by Canfor and West Frasier and their affiliates during the period Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020, will be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates. Importers from the other companies under review will be assessed AD duties at the rates listed above. In the final results, Commerce will also set CV duty assessments for importers of subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2020.
(The period of review is 01/01/20 - 12/31/20. See the notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)