Canada Softwood Lumber: Prelim Results of AD/CVD Admin Reviews
The Commerce Department on Feb. 5 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 and CVD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
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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 #s 3128401, 3116411).
In its CV duty preliminary results, Commerce is also ending the review for 70 companies for which the review was withdrawn or that had no reviewable entries during the review period. See the notice for the lists of these companies. The agency also recently reinstated CVD exclusions for four companies -- D&G, Marcel Lauzon, North American Forest Products and Lemay -- and as a result those companies are no longer subject to the agency's CVD review.
AD Duty Cash Deposit Requirements
New AD duty cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the AD final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD duty cash deposit rates:
| Exporter | AD Rate (Prelim) |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corporation/Canadian Forest Products Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd./ Canfor Fox Creek Ltd./Canfor Whitecourt Ltd. | 9.65% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 5.33% |
| Average rate for 309 companies | 7.15% |
(See Commerce's notice, Appendix II, for the full list of 309 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 | CVD Rate (Prelim) |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates: Canadian Forest Products., Ltd. and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd. | 6.14% |
| J.D. Irving, Limited and its cross-owned affiliates: Miramichi Timber Holdings Limited, The New Brunswick Railway Company, Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd., and St. George Pulp & Paper Limited | 3.88% |
| Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko Industries Ltd. and their cross-owned affiliates Meadow Lake OSB Mill Corp. and several holding companies that are confidential | 9.61% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates: Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., Manning Forest Products, Ltd., Sundre Forest Products Inc., Sunpine Inc., West Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd., and West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd. | 6.74% |
| Review Average Rate (Applicable to 232 companies) | 6.71% |
(See Commerce's notice, Appendix II, for the full list of 232 companies that were preliminarily assigned new CVD rates but were not under individual review.)
Assessment Rates for Entries in January-December 2022
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, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Importers from the other companies under review will be assessed AD at the rates listed above. In the final results, Commerce also will set CVD assessments for importers of subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2023.
(The period of review is 01/01/22 - 12/31/22. See the notices for additional information, including the scope of the orders, potential cash deposits and assessment instructions, etc.)