Canada Softwood Lumber: Final Results of AD/CVD Admin Reviews
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
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For exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all except the companies listed below), cash deposit rates remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. If the exporter has never been assigned its own AD or CVD rate but the manufacturer has, the AD or CVD rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned an AD or CVD cash deposit rate by Commerce, the AD all-others rate of 6.58% or the CVD all-others rate of 14.19% applies, respectively.
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Aug. 1
For entries on or after Aug. 1, the date of publication of the final results of each review in the Federal Register, Commerce is setting new AD cash deposit rates for subject merchandise produced or exported by the following companies:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corp./Canadian Forest Products Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd. | 5.25% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./ and Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 6.96% |
| Review Average Rate (applicable to 289 companies not individually examined) | 6.2% |
(See Commerce's notice, Appendix II, for the full list of 289 companies that were assigned new AD rates but were not under individual review.)
Commerce also is setting new CVD cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise entered on or after Aug. 1 that was produced or exported by the following companies:
| Producer/Exporter | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corp./Canadian Forest Products, Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd. | 1.36% |
| J.D. Irving, Ltd./Miramichi Timber Holdings Ltd./The New Brunswick Railway Co./Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd./St. George Pulp & Paper Ltd. | 1.72% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd./West Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products, Ltd./Sunpine Inc./Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 2.19% |
| Review Average Rate (Applicable to 219 companies not individually examined) | 1.79% |
No shipments. Commerce made a final determination that North American Forest Products Ltd. had no reviewable shipments of subject merchandise during the review period, and rescinded the review with respect to this company. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess CVD on all appropriate entries from North American at a rate equal to the cash deposit of the estimated CVD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during calendar year 2021.
(See Commerce's notice, Appendix II, for the full list of 219 companies that were assigned new CVD rates but were not under individual review.)
Assessment Rates for Entries in January-December 2021
Commerce will also calculate the AD and CVD it will assess on importers for entries of subject merchandise entered between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021. Importers of subject merchandise exported by Canfor and West Fraser will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Importers of subject merchandise exported by the 289 average rate companies will be assessed AD duties at a rate of 6.2%. Commerce will use the rates listed above to set CVD assessments for the 234 exporters under review for entries in calendar year 2021.
(The review period is 01/01/21 - 12/31/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2301260038 for a summary of the preliminary results of the AD and CVD administrative reviews.)