AD/CV: Canada Certain Softwood Lumber Products
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its second administrative reviews of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders on certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
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| Certain Softwood Lumber Products |
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| C-122-839 |
The period of review for the AD duty administrative review is May 1, 2003 - April 30, 2004, while the period of review for the CV duty administrative review is April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004.
As a result, the ITA will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect AD and/or CV cash deposits of estimated duties, as appropriate, for shipments of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after December 12, 2005, as follows:
AD Cash Deposit Rates for a Time of Entry on or after 12/12/05
| Company | AD Cash Deposit Rates |
| Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and its affiliates Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc., Produits Forestiers La Tuque Inc.,Produits Forestiers Sagenay, Inc., and Societe En Commandite Scierie Opticiwan | 2.52% |
| Buchanan Lumber Sales, Inc. (Buchanan) and its affiliates Atikokan Forest Products Ltd., Long Lake Forest Products Inc., Nakina Forest Products Limited1, Buchanan Distribution Inc., Buchanan Forest Products Ltd., Great West Timber Ltd., Dubreuil Forest Products Ltd., Northern Sawmills Inc., McKenzie Forest Products Inc., Buchanan Northern Hardwoods Inc., Northern Wood, and Solid Wood Products Inc. | 2.86% |
| Canfor Corporation (Canfor) 2and its affiliates Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd., Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Bois Daaquam Inc., Daaquam Lumber, Inc., Lakeland Mills Ltd., The Pas Lumber Company Ltd./Winton Sales, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership, Winton Global Lumber Ltd., and Skeena Cellulose | 1.36% |
| Tembec Inc. and its affiliates Marks Lumber Ltd., Excel Forest Products, Les Industries Davidson Inc., Produits Forestiers Temrex Limited Partnership,Tembec Industries Inc., Spruce Falls, Inc. | 4.02% |
| Tolko Industries Ltd. and its affiliates Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd., Compwood Products Ltd., and Pinnacle Wood Products Ltd. | 3.09% |
| Weldwood of Canada Ltd. | 0.61% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its affiliates West Frasier Forest Products Inc., and Seehta Forest Products Ltd. | 0.51% |
| Weyerhaeuser Company and its affiliate Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd. | 4.43% |
| 418 companies listed in the ITA notice that receive the \"Review-Specific\" average rate | 2.11% |
| All others | (a), (b),(c) |
| CV Cash Deposit Rates for a Time of Entry on or after 12/12/05 | CV Cash Deposit Rate |
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| Country-wide (except for 26 companies previously listed as excluded from the order if acting as producer and exporter (see ITA notice for company list), and certain Maritime Province products that are exempt from the order) | 8.70% |
(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period.
(b) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or in the AD duty investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise.
(c) The cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will be 11.54%, the "All others" rate calculated in the ITA's recent Section 129 determination.
1 Nakina Forest Products Limited is a division of Long Lake Forest Products, Inc., an affiliate of Buchanan Lumber Sales.
2 During the period of review Sinclar Enterprises Ltd. (Sinclar, one of the "review-specific" rate recipients) acted as an affiliated reseller for Lakeland, an affiliate of Canfor. In this review, the ITA reviewed the sales of Canfor and its affiliates; therefore, Canfor's weighted-average margin applies to all sales of subject merchandise produced by any member of the Canfor Group and sold by Sinclar. As Sinclar also separately requested a review, any sales of subject merchandise produced by another manufacturer and sold by Sinclar will receive the "Review- Specific'' average rate. In addition, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canfor and will receive Canfor's weighted-average margin.
In addition, Canfor's weighted-average margin is based upon a weighted-average of Canfor's and Slocan's respective cash deposit rates prior to the merger.
Assessment Instructions for Review Periods
AD assessment instructions (05/1/03-04/30/04). The ITA states that it will determine and CBP will assess AD duties on all appropriate entries for (1) those with individual rates, (2) those subject to the "Review Specific" average, and (3) certain producers/exporters of Maritime Province origin lumber, which takes into account the exclusion of products from the Maritimes from the companion CV order. The ITA states that it will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP not before the 41st day after December 12, 2005.
CV assessment instructions (04/1/03-03/31/04). The ITA states that it will instruct CBP on or after the 41st day after December 12, 2005 to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise with a time of entry from April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004 at the above indicated aggregate CV rate. It will also direct CBP to exempt from the application of the CV duty order only entries of subject merchandise from Canada which are accompanied by an original Certificate of Origin issued by the Maritime Lumber Bureau (MLB) and those of the 26 excluded companies.
(See ITA AD and CV notices for more information, including scope of orders. See ITT's Online Archives or 6/08/05 news, 05060825, for BP summary of the preliminary results of these AD and CV duty administrative reviews. See ITT's Online Archives or 12/08/05 news, 05120810 for BP summary of ITA press release on these second administrative reviews.)
ITA Contacts - Constance Handley (202) 482-0631 (AD)
Robert Copyak (202) 482-2209 (CV)
ITA Notices (FR Pub 12/12/05):
AD: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-23932.pdf;
CV: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-23921.pdf