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Certain Softwood Lumber Products
From Canada: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Expedited Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) has conducted an
expedited review of the countervailing
duty (CVD) order on certain softwood
lumber products (softwood lumber)
from Canada for the producers/exporters
that requested a review. As a result, we
are excluding certain producers/
exporters from the CVD order on lumber
from Canada. We also find that certain
producers/exporters received
countervailable subsidies at above de
minimis rates during the January 1,
2015, through December 31, 2015,
period of review.
DATES: Applicable July 5, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson or Nicholas Czajkowski,
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4793 and (202) 482–1395,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of the expedited review on
February 1, 2019.1 A summary of the
events that occurred since Commerce
published the Preliminary Results, as
well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for the final results,
may be found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2 The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
1 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products From
Canada: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Expedited Review, 84 FR 1051 (February 1, 2019)
(Preliminary Results).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of Expedited
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this
notice.
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addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version are identical in
content.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
certain softwood lumber products from
Canada. A full description of the scope
of the order is contained in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.3
Methodology
Commerce has conducted this CVD
expedited review in accordance with
section 103(a) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (URAA) and 19 CFR
351.214(k). For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. The subsidy programs
under review, and the issues raised in
the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by
the parties, are discussed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues that parties raised, and to
which we responded in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, is attached to
this notice at the Appendix.
Based on our review and analysis of
the comments received from parties, we
made changes to the subsidy rate
calculations for certain producers/
exporters since the Preliminary Results.
For a discussion of these changes, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
and the Final Calculation Memoranda.4
We determined a CVD rate for each
producer/exporter of the subject
merchandise that requested an
expedited review.
Final Results of the Expedited Review
As a result of this expedited review,
we determine the countervailable
subsidy rates to be:
3 Id.
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5 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Fontaine Inc.: Gestion Natanis
Inc., Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee, and
Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc.
6 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lte´e:
Le Groupe Gesco-Star Lte´e, Les Produits Forestiers
Portbec Lte´e, and Les Produits Forestiers Startrees
Lte´e.
7 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Marcel Lauzon Inc.: Placements
Marcel Lauzon Ltee and Investissements LRC Inc.
8 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.:
J.F.S.R. Inc., Gestion C.A. Rancourt Inc., Gestion J.F.
Rancourt Inc., Gestion Suzie Rancourt Inc., Gestion
P.H.Q. Inc., 9331–3419 Quebec Inc., 9331–3468
Quebec Inc., and SPQ Inc.
9 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with North American Forest Products
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Producer/exporter
Fontaine Inc. and its crossowned affiliates 5 (Fontaine) ...
Les Produits Forestiers D&G
Lte´e and its cross-owned affiliates 6 (D&G) ............................
Marcel Lauzon Inc. and its
cross-owned affiliates (MLI) 7 ..
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.
and its cross-owned affiliates 8
North American Forest Products
Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates 9 (NAFP) ..........................
Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs
de Beauce Inc. and their
cross-owned affiliate 10 ...........
Roland Boulanger & Cie Lte´e
and its cross-owned affiliates 11 (Roland) .......................
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils
Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates (Lemay) 12 .......................
Subsidy
rate
1.26
* 0.21
* 0.42
1.99
* 0.17
5.80
* 0.31
* 0.05
* de minimis subsidy rate.
Cash Deposit Instructions
Pursuant to section 19 CFR
351.214(k)(3)(iii), the final results of this
expedited review will not be the basis
for the assessment of countervailing
duties. Upon the issuance of these final
results, Commerce will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties for the companies
subject to this expedited review, at the
rates shown above, on shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
expedited review. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iv),
because we have determined a
countervailable subsidy rate for D&G,
MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay that is
de minimis, with these final results of
expedited review, we determine to
exclude D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and
Lemay from the CVD order. Commerce’s
practice with respect to exclusions of
Ltd.: Parent-Violette Gestion Lte´e and Le Groupe
Parent Lte´e.
10 Commerce finds Bois Ouvre de Beauceville
(1992), Inc. to be cross-owned with Produits Matra,
Inc. (Matra) and Sechoirs de Beauce Inc. (Sechoirs).
Matra and Sechoirs submitted separate requests for
the expedited review; however, based on record
evidence, we found them to be cross-owned, and
therefore calculated a single countervailing duty
rate for both. Collectively, we refer to Matra,
Sechoirs, and their cross-owned affiliate as Groupe
Matra.
11 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Roland Boulanger & Cie Lte´e:
Industries Daveluyville, Inc. and Les
Manufacturiers Warwick Lte´e.
12 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils
Inc.: Bois Lemay Inc. and Industrie Lemay Inc.
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companies from a CVD duty order is to
exclude the subject merchandise both
produced and exported by those
companies.13 As a result, we will
instruct CBP to discontinue the
suspension of liquidation and the
collection of cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties on all shipments
of softwood lumber produced and
exported by D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland,
and Lemay, entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication of these final
results. In addition, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate, without regard to
countervailing duties, all suspended
entries of shipments of softwood lumber
produced and exported by D&G, MLI,
NAFP, Roland, and Lemay, and to
refund all cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties collected on all
such shipments. Merchandise which
D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay
exports but does not produce, as well as
merchandise D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland,
and Lemay produces but is exported by
another company, remains subject to the
CVD order.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to section 103(a) of
the URAA and in accordance with
sections 19 CFR 351.214(k) and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 28, 2019.
Alex Villanueva,
Senior Director, Office I, Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Article 19.3 of the
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
13 See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India, Italy, Republic of Korea and
the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016).
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(SCM) Agreement Requires ‘‘Expedited
CVD Reviews’’
Comment 2: Whether Reviews Conducted
Under Section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act Are
Limited to New Exporters and Producers
Comment 3: Whether Reviews Conducted
Under Section 751(a) of the Act Cannot
Begin Until at Least the Anniversary of
the CVD Order and Must Act as the Basis
for the Assessment of CVD Duties
Comment 4: Whether Section 736(c) of the
Act Can Serve as the Basis for
Conducting CVD Expedited Reviews
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should
Account for Respondents’ Purchases of
Subject Merchandise/Rough-Hewn
Lumber and Whether Commerce Should
Assign the ‘‘All-Others’’ Rate from the
CVD Order to the Respondents in the
Current Proceeding
Comment 6: Whether the Accelerated Capital
Cost Allowance (ACCA) for Class 29
Assets Program Is De Jure Specific
Comment 7: Whether the Provincial and
Federal Logging Tax Credits (PLTC and
FLTC) Are Countervailable
Comment 8: Whether Business Development
Bank of Canada (BDC) Loans Are
Specific and Countervailable
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Correctly
Determined Specificity for Various Tax
and Employment Programs
Comment 10: Whether the Workforce Skills
Development and Recognition Fund
(aka, FDRCMO) Is De Facto Specific
Comment 11: Whether the Immigrant
Investor Program Is De Facto Specific
Comment 12: Whether the Tax Credit for Onthe-Job Training Period Is De Facto
Specific
Comment 13: Whether the Tax Credit for
Investments Relating to Manufacturing
and Processing Equipment Is De Jure
Specific
Comment 14: Whether the Scientific
Research and Experimental Development
(SR&ED) Tax Measure Is De Facto
Specific
Comment 15: Whether Matra and Sechoirs
Should Be Treated Separately
Comment 16: Whether Commerce Should
Find Groupe Matra To Be Creditworthy
Comment 17: Whether Commerce Erred in Its
Analysis of Investissement Que´bec (IQ)
Guaranteed Loans
Comment 18: Whether Commerce Should
Continue to Apply Partial Adverse Facts
Available (AFA) to the Immigrant
Investor Program
Comment 19: Whether it Was Proper for
Commerce to Consider New Subsidy
Allegations in an Expedited Review
Comment 20: Whether New Brunswick’s
Property Tax Incentives for Private
Forest Producers Is Countervailable
Comment 21: Whether the Benefit Analysis
for New Brunswick’s Property
Assessment System Should Be Adjusted
Comment 22: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Fontaine’s Total Sales Amount
Comment 23: Whether Commerce Should
Use Fontaine’s Taxes Paid in 2015 to
Calculate Receipt of Alleged Benefits
During the Period of Review (POR)
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Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From
the Republic of Korea: Amended Final
Results of the First Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is amending the final
results of the countervailing duty
administrative review of certain coldrolled steel flat products from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) to correct a
ministerial error. The period of review
(POR) is July 29, 2016 through
December 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable July 5, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1121.
AGENCY:
Memorandum accompanying the Final
Results.3
Ministerial Errors
Section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f) define a ‘‘ministerial error’’ as
an error in addition, subtraction, or
other arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers
ministerial. As discussed in the
Amended Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum, Commerce finds that the
error alleged by POSCO constitutes a
ministerial error within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.224(f).4 Specifically,
Commerce made an error in the
calculation of the benefit to POSCO
from the POSCO’s KORES loans.
In accordance with section 751(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are
amending the Final Results to correct
the ministerial error. Specifically, we
are amending the net subsidy rates for
POSCO and the non-selected companies
under review.5 The revised net subsidy
rates are provided below.
Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting the
ministerial error, we determine that the
countervailable subsidy rates for the
producers/exporters under review are as
follows:
Background
Company
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), on
May 24, 2019, Commerce published its
final results of the countervailing duty
administrative review of certain coldrolled steel flat products from Korea.1
On June 3, 2019, POSCO alleged a
calculation error in these Final Results
regarding POSCO’s policy loans from
the Korea Resources Corporation
(KORES).2 We did not receive any other
ministerial error comments or rebuttal
comments.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is certain cold-rolled steel flat products.
For a complete description of the scope
of the order, see the Issues and Decision
1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2016,
84 FR 24087 (May 24, 2019) (Final Results), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
(IDM).
2 See POSCO’s letter ‘‘Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the Republic of Korea, 7/29/
2016–12/31/2016 Administrative Review, Case No.
C–580–882: POSCO’s Ministerial Error Allegation,’’
dated June 3, 2019.
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POSCO .................................
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd ..........
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd ..
Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd
Hyuk San Profile Co., Ltd .....
Taihan Electric Wire Co., Ltd
Union Steel Co., Ltd .............
Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
0.54
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
Assessment Rates
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs
3 See
Final Results IDM.
Memorandum, ‘‘Allegation of Ministerial
Errors in the Final Results of the First Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Certain Cold-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Amended Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum) at 5.
5 Id. at 5–6. Because we relied on POSCO’s
subsidy rates to calculate the rate for non-selected
companies under review, we are revising the rate
for non-selected companies under review in these
amended final results. See Memorandum,
‘‘Countervailing Duty Administrative Review:
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea; Amended Final Results Rate
Calculation for the Non-Selected Companies,’’
dated concurrently with the amended final results.
4 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Expedited Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has conducted an
expedited review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada for the
producers/exporters that requested a review. As a result, we are
excluding certain producers/exporters from the CVD order on lumber from
Canada. We also find that certain producers/exporters received
countervailable subsidies at above de minimis rates during the January
1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, period of review.
DATES: Applicable July 5, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Nicholas
Czajkowski, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793
and (202) 482-1395, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the expedited review
on February 1, 2019.\1\ A summary of the events that occurred since
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties for the final results, may
be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department
of Commerce building. In
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addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version are identical
in content.
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\1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Expedited Review, 84 FR
1051 (February 1, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Expedited Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is certain softwood lumber
products from Canada. A full description of the scope of the order is
contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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Methodology
Commerce has conducted this CVD expedited review in accordance with
section 103(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) and 19 CFR
351.214(k). For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The subsidy
programs under review, and the issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs submitted by the parties, are discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties raised, and to
which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached
to this notice at the Appendix.
Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from
parties, we made changes to the subsidy rate calculations for certain
producers/exporters since the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum and the Final
Calculation Memoranda.\4\
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We determined a CVD rate for each producer/exporter of the subject
merchandise that requested an expedited review.
Final Results of the Expedited Review
As a result of this expedited review, we determine the
countervailable subsidy rates to be:
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\5\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Fontaine Inc.: Gestion Natanis Inc., Les Placements Jean-Paul
Fontaine Ltee, and Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc.
\6\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lt[eacute]e: Le Groupe Gesco-Star
Lt[eacute]e, Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Lt[eacute]e, and Les
Produits Forestiers Startrees Lt[eacute]e.
\7\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Marcel Lauzon Inc.: Placements Marcel Lauzon Ltee and
Investissements LRC Inc.
\8\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.: J.F.S.R. Inc., Gestion C.A.
Rancourt Inc., Gestion J.F. Rancourt Inc., Gestion Suzie Rancourt
Inc., Gestion P.H.Q. Inc., 9331-3419 Quebec Inc., 9331-3468 Quebec
Inc., and SPQ Inc.
\9\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with North American Forest Products Ltd.: Parent-Violette Gestion
Lt[eacute]e and Le Groupe Parent Lt[eacute]e.
\10\ Commerce finds Bois Ouvre de Beauceville (1992), Inc. to be
cross-owned with Produits Matra, Inc. (Matra) and Sechoirs de Beauce
Inc. (Sechoirs). Matra and Sechoirs submitted separate requests for
the expedited review; however, based on record evidence, we found
them to be cross-owned, and therefore calculated a single
countervailing duty rate for both. Collectively, we refer to Matra,
Sechoirs, and their cross-owned affiliate as Groupe Matra.
\11\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Roland Boulanger & Cie Lt[eacute]e: Industries Daveluyville,
Inc. and Les Manufacturiers Warwick Lt[eacute]e.
\12\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.: Bois Lemay Inc. and
Industrie Lemay Inc.
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Producer/exporter rate
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Fontaine Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates \5\ (Fontaine). 1.26
Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lt[eacute]e and its cross-owned * 0.21
affiliates \6\ (D&G).......................................
Marcel Lauzon Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates (MLI) \7\. * 0.42
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc. and its cross-owned 1.99
affiliates \8\.............................................
North American Forest Products Ltd. and its cross-owned * 0.17
affiliates \9\ (NAFP)......................................
Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs de Beauce Inc. and their 5.80
cross-owned affiliate \10\.................................
Roland Boulanger & Cie Lt[eacute]e and its cross-owned * 0.31
affiliates \11\ (Roland)...................................
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. and its cross-owned * 0.05
affiliates (Lemay) \12\....................................
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* de minimis subsidy rate.
Cash Deposit Instructions
Pursuant to section 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iii), the final results of
this expedited review will not be the basis for the assessment of
countervailing duties. Upon the issuance of these final results,
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the
companies subject to this expedited review, at the rates shown above,
on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
final results of this expedited review. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iv), because we have determined a
countervailable subsidy rate for D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay that
is de minimis, with these final results of expedited review, we
determine to exclude D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay from the CVD
order. Commerce's practice with respect to exclusions of companies from
a CVD duty order is to exclude the subject merchandise both produced
and exported by those companies.\13\ As a result, we will instruct CBP
to discontinue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties on all shipments of
softwood lumber produced and exported by D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and
Lemay, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of these final results. In addition, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate, without regard to countervailing
duties, all suspended entries of shipments of softwood lumber produced
and exported by D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay, and to refund all
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties collected on all such
shipments. Merchandise which D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay exports
but does not produce, as well as merchandise D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland,
and Lemay produces but is exported by another company, remains subject
to the CVD order.
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\13\ See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016).
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Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published pursuant to section
103(a) of the URAA and in accordance with sections 19 CFR 351.214(k)
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 28, 2019.
Alex Villanueva,
Senior Director, Office I, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Article 19.3 of the Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures
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(SCM) Agreement Requires ``Expedited CVD Reviews''
Comment 2: Whether Reviews Conducted Under Section 751(a)(2)(B) of
the Act Are Limited to New Exporters and Producers
Comment 3: Whether Reviews Conducted Under Section 751(a) of the Act
Cannot Begin Until at Least the Anniversary of the CVD Order and
Must Act as the Basis for the Assessment of CVD Duties
Comment 4: Whether Section 736(c) of the Act Can Serve as the Basis
for Conducting CVD Expedited Reviews
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Account for Respondents'
Purchases of Subject Merchandise/Rough-Hewn Lumber and Whether
Commerce Should Assign the ``All-Others'' Rate from the CVD Order to
the Respondents in the Current Proceeding
Comment 6: Whether the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance (ACCA) for
Class 29 Assets Program Is De Jure Specific
Comment 7: Whether the Provincial and Federal Logging Tax Credits
(PLTC and FLTC) Are Countervailable
Comment 8: Whether Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Loans
Are Specific and Countervailable
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Correctly Determined Specificity for
Various Tax and Employment Programs
Comment 10: Whether the Workforce Skills Development and Recognition
Fund (aka, FDRCMO) Is De Facto Specific
Comment 11: Whether the Immigrant Investor Program Is De Facto
Specific
Comment 12: Whether the Tax Credit for On-the-Job Training Period Is
De Facto Specific
Comment 13: Whether the Tax Credit for Investments Relating to
Manufacturing and Processing Equipment Is De Jure Specific
Comment 14: Whether the Scientific Research and Experimental
Development (SR&ED) Tax Measure Is De Facto Specific
Comment 15: Whether Matra and Sechoirs Should Be Treated Separately
Comment 16: Whether Commerce Should Find Groupe Matra To Be
Creditworthy
Comment 17: Whether Commerce Erred in Its Analysis of Investissement
Qu[eacute]bec (IQ) Guaranteed Loans
Comment 18: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Apply Partial
Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to the Immigrant Investor Program
Comment 19: Whether it Was Proper for Commerce to Consider New
Subsidy Allegations in an Expedited Review
Comment 20: Whether New Brunswick's Property Tax Incentives for
Private Forest Producers Is Countervailable
Comment 21: Whether the Benefit Analysis for New Brunswick's
Property Assessment System Should Be Adjusted
Comment 22: Whether Commerce Should Correct Fontaine's Total Sales
Amount
Comment 23: Whether Commerce Should Use Fontaine's Taxes Paid in
2015 to Calculate Receipt of Alleged Benefits During the Period of
Review (POR)
VII. Recommendation
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