Canada Softwood Lumber: Final Results of AD/CVD Admin Reviews
The Commerce Department on Dec. 2 published 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/CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019.
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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 CV duty rate but the manufacturer has, the AD or CV duty rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned an AD or CV duty cash deposit rate by Commerce, the AD duty all-others rate of 6.58% or the CV duty all-others rate of 14.19% applies, respectively.
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Dec. 2
For entries on or after Dec. 2, Commerce is setting new AD duty 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. | 17.12% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./ and Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 6.06% |
| Average rate for 271 companies | 11.59% |
(See Commerce's notice for the full list of 271 companies that were preliminarily assigned new AD rates but were not under individual review.)
Commerce is also setting new CV duty cash deposit requirements for subject merchandise entered on or after Dec. 2 that was produced or exported by the following companies:
| Producer/Exporter | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corp./Canadian Forest Products, Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd. | 2.42% |
| J.D. Irving, Ltd./Miramichi Timber Holdings Ltd./The New Brunswick Railway Co./Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd./St. George Pulp & Paper Ltd. | 3.41% |
| Resolute FP Canada Inc./Resolute Growth Canada Inc./Produits Forestiers Maurice S.E.C./Abitibi-Bowater Canada Inc./Bowater Canadian Ltd./Resolute Forest Products Inc. | 18.07% |
| 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. | 5.06% |
| Review Average Rate (Applicable to 260 companies) | 6.31% |
(See Commerce's notice for the full list of 260 companies that were preliminarily assigned new CV rates but were not under individual review.)
Assessment Rates for Entries in January-December 2019
Commerce will also calculate the AD and CV duties it will assess on importers for entries of subject merchandise entered between Jan. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2019. Importers of subject merchandise exported by Canfor, Resolute and West Fraser will be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates. Importers of subject merchandise exported by the 271 average rate companies will be assessed AD duties at a rate of 11.59%. Commerce will use the rates listed above to set CV duty assessments for the 264 exporters under review for entries in calendar year 2019.
(The review period is 01/01/19 - 12/31/19. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2105260034 for a summary of the preliminary results of the AD duty administrative review, and 2105260036 for a summary of the preliminary results of the CV duty administrative review.)