Canada Softwood Lumber: Final Results of AD Admin Reviews
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
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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 rate but the manufacturer has, the AD rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned an AD cash deposit rate by Commerce, the all-others rate of 6.04% applies.
Commerce rescinded the review for 53 companies that had no suspended entries during the review period. See the notice's Appendix III for a complete list of those companies. The review was rescinded for Smartlam LLC, as well, because all the requests for review were withdrawn.
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect July 29
For entries on or after July 29, the scheduled date of publication of the final results of the 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 Corporation / Canadian Forest Products Ltd. / Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd. / Canfor Fox Creek Ltd. / Canfor Whitecourt Ltd. | 35.53% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. / Blue Ridge Lumber Inc. / Manning Forest Products Ltd. / Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 9.65% |
| Average rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies* | 20.56% |
(See Commerce's notice, Appendix II, for the full list of 259 companies that were assigned new AD rates but were not under individual review.)
Assessment Rates for Entries in January-December 2023
Commerce also will calculate the AD it will assess on importers for entries of subject merchandise entered between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023. 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 259 average rate companies will be assessed AD duties at a rate listed above.
(The review period is 01/01/23 - 12/31/23. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2503050036 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)