Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 7273-7279 [2020-02470]
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–122–858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products
From Canada: Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
certain softwood lumber products
(softwood lumber) from Canada. The
period of review is April 28, 2017
through December 31, 2018. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Zukowski (Canfor), Nicholas
Czajkowski (JDIL), Kristen Johnson
(Resolute), and George McMahon (West
Fraser), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I
and III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0189,
(202) 482–1395, (202) 482–4793, and
(202) 482–1167, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
softwood lumber from Canada.1 Several
interested parties requested that
Commerce conduct an administrative
review of the CVD Order, and, on April
1, 2019, Commerce published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of
the first administrative review of the
CVD Order.2 On May 17, 2019,
Commerce selected the following
1 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order,
83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (CVD Order).
2 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
12209 (April 1, 2019).
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producers and exporters as the
mandatory respondents in the
administrative review: Canfor
Corporation, Resolute FP Canada Inc.,
and West Fraser Mills Ltd.3 On July 18,
2019, Commerce selected J.D. Irving,
Limited as a voluntary respondent in
the administrative review.4 On
September 6, 2019, Commerce
postponed the preliminary results of
this review extending the deadline until
January 31, 2020.5
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
certain softwood lumber products from
Canada. For a complete description of
the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this CVD
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by
an ‘‘authority’’ that confers a benefit to
the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.7
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document that 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Respondent
Selection,’’ dated May 17, 2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Selection of JD
Irving, Ltd. as a Voluntary Respondent,’’ dated July
18, 2019.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Softwood Lumber
Products from Canada: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review—2017–2018,’’ dated
September 6, 2019.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada; 2017–2018,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
7 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content. The list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice.
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party or parties that
requested a review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of
initiation of the review. On June 19,
2019, the Committee Overseeing Action
for Lumber International Trade
Investigations or Negotiations
(COALITION) withdrew its request for
several of the companies for which
Commerce initiated an administrative
review.8 On July 1, 2019, Fontaine, Inc.
and Mobilier Rustique withdrew their
respective requests for administrative
review.9 All withdrawal of review
requests were timely submitted within
90 days of the publication date of the
notice of initiation. No other parties
requested an administrative review of
the order with respect to these entities
for which the requests for review were
withdrawn.
On January 15, 2020, Commerce
issued a memorandum regarding its
intent to rescind the administrative
review for those companies for which a
withdrawal of review request was
received and invited interested parties
to comment.10 On January 21, 2020,
Brink Forest Products Ltd. and
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products
Ltd. (Brink Forest/Vanderhoof)
submitted a comment on the companies’
exclusion from the review and stated
that they should remain subject to the
review.11 On January 22, 2020, Tolko
8 See COALITION’s Letters, ‘‘Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated June 19,
2019; and ‘‘Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Clarification of Petitioner’s Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 26,
2019.
9 See Fontaine, Inc.’s Letter, ‘‘Softwood Lumber
from Canada: Withdrawal of Request for
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review (4/28/
2017–12/31/2018),’’ dated July 1, 2019; see also
Mobilier Rustique’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada—Mobilier Rustique
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’
dated July 1, 2019.
10 See Memorandum, ‘‘Intent to Rescind the 2017/
2018 Administrative Review, in Part,’’ dated
January 15, 2020 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum).
11 See Brink Forest Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof
Specialty Wood Products Ltd.’s Letter,
‘‘Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
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Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko
Industries Ltd. (Tolko) submitted a
comment requesting Commerce retain
Tolko Industries Ltd. in the
administrative review.12 Commerce
replied to the comments filed by Brink
Forest/Vanderhoof and Tolko.13 Brink
Forest/Vanderhoof are not included in
the administrative review because the
petitioner withdrew its request for
review of the companies 14 and Brink
Forest/Vanderhoof did not request a
review of themselves.15 The review of
Tolko Industries Ltd. is not being
rescinded. In the investigation,16
Commerce found Tolko Marketing and
Sales Ltd. to be cross-owned with Tolko
Industries Ltd. and Meadow Lake OSB
Limited Partnership and, therefore, all
three companies are subject to the
administrative review.17
No other party submitted comments
on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding
this administrative review of the CVD
Order with respect to the entities for
which a withdrawal of review request
was received.
Additionally, as a result of the final
results of the CVD expedited review
covering the CVD Order, subject
merchandise produced and exported by
certain companies is excluded from the
order.18 We therefore are also rescinding
the administrative review with respect
to the excluded companies for which
there was a request for review.
For more information on the
companies for which a review was
rescinded, see the Intent to Rescind
Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies
Under Review
There are 247 companies for which a
review was requested and not
rescinded, but were not selected as
mandatory respondents. The statute and
Commerce’s regulations do not directly
address the establishment of rates to be
applied to companies not selected for
individual examination where
Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However,
Commerce normally determines the
rates for non-selected companies in
reviews in a manner that is consistent
with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in an investigation.
Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act
instructs Commerce, as a general rule, to
calculate an all-others rate equal to the
weighted average of the countervailable
subsidy rates established for exporters
and/or producers individually
examined, excluding any zero, de
minimis, or rates based entirely on facts
available. In this review, none of the
rates for the respondents were zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts
available. Therefore, for 2017 and 2018,
we are assigning to the non-selected
companies an average of the subsidy
rates calculated for the companies that
were selected as respondents in the
administrative review. For further
information on the calculation of the
non-selected rate, see ‘‘Preliminary Ad
Valorem Rate for Non-Selected
Companies under Review’’ in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that, for 2017
and 2018, the following estimated
countervailable subsidy rates exist:
Subsidy rate
2017
ad valorem
(percent)
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Canfor Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates 19 ...............................................................................................
J.D. Irving, Limited and its cross-owned affiliates 20 ...............................................................................................
Resolute FP Canada Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates 21 .....................................................................................
West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates 22 ..........................................................................................
1074712 BC Ltd .......................................................................................................................................................
5214875 Manitoba Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
752615 B.C Ltd, Fraserview Remanufacturing Inc, DBA Fraserview Cedar Products ..........................................
9224–5737 Que´bec inc. (aka, A.G. Bois) ...............................................................................................................
A.B. Cedar Shingle Inc ............................................................................................................................................
Absolute Lumber Products, Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
AJ Forest Products Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Alberta Spruce Industries Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
Aler Forest Products, Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc ..............................................................................................................................................
American Pacific Wood Products ............................................................................................................................
Anbrook Industries Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd .....................................................................................................................
Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada,’’ dated January 21, 2020.
12 See Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko
Industries Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Softwood Lumber
Products from Canada: Comments on Notice of
Intent to Rescind Memorandum,’’ dated January 22,
2020.
13 See Memorandum, ‘‘Reply to Comments
Regarding Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Reply to
Comments Memorandum).
14 See COALITION’s Letters, ‘‘Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated June 19,
2019; and ‘‘Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Clarification of Petitioner’s Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 26,
2019.
15 See Reply to Comments Memorandum.
16 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
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Determination, and Final Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 51814, 51815–16
(November 8, 2017); see also Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Amended Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 347, 349 (January
3, 2018).
17 See Reply to Comments Memorandum.
18 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Expedited Review, 84 FR 32121 (July 5, 2019). The
excluded companies are: Les Produits Forestiers
D&G Ltee (D&G), Marcel Lauzon Inc. (MLI), North
American Forest Products Ltd. (NAFP) (located in
Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick), Roland Boulanger
& Cie Ltee (Roland), and Scierie Alexandre Lemay
& Fils Inc. (Lemay).
19 Commerce preliminarily finds the following
companies to be cross-owned with Canfor
Corporation: Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and
Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.
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2018
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2.61
2.66
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20 Commerce preliminarily finds the following
companies to be cross-owned with J.D. Irving,
Limited: Miramichi Timber Holdings Limited, The
New Brunswick Railway Company, Rothesay Paper
Holdings Ltd., and St. George Pulp & Paper Limited.
21 Commerce preliminarily finds the following
companies to be cross-owned with Resolute:
Resolute Growth Canada Inc., Produits Forestiers
Maurice S.E.C., Abitibi-Bowater Canada Inc.,
Bowater Canadian Ltd., and Resolute Forest
Products Inc.
22 Commerce preliminarily finds the following
companies to be cross-owned with West Fraser:
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., West Fraser Alberta
Holdings, Ltd., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., Manning
Forest Products, Ltd., Sunpine Inc., and Sundre
Forest Products Inc.
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2017
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Anglo American Cedar Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................
Anglo-American Cedar Products, LTD ....................................................................................................................
Antrim Cedar Corporation ........................................................................................................................................
Aquila Cedar Products, Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Arbec Lumber Inc ....................................................................................................................................................
Aspen Planers Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
B&L Forest Products Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
B.B. Pallets Inc ........................................................................................................................................................
Babine Forest Products Limited ..............................................................................................................................
Bakerview Forest Products Inc ................................................................................................................................
Bardobec Inc ............................................................................................................................................................
BarretteWood Inc .....................................................................................................................................................
Barrette-Chapais Ltee ..............................................................................................................................................
Benoıˆt & Dionne Produits Forestiers Lte´e ...............................................................................................................
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd .............................................................................................................................
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc ......................................................................................................................................
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc ....................................................................................................................................
Bois Aise´ de Montre´al inc ........................................................................................................................................
Bois Bonsaı¨ inc ........................................................................................................................................................
Bois Daaquam inc ...................................................................................................................................................
Bois D’oeuvre Cedrico Inc. (aka, Cedrico Lumber Inc.) .........................................................................................
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc ...................................................................................................................
Boisaco ....................................................................................................................................................................
Boscus Canada Inc .................................................................................................................................................
BPWood Ltd .............................................................................................................................................................
Bramwood Forest Inc ..............................................................................................................................................
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc ..................................................................................................................................
Busque & Laflamme Inc ..........................................................................................................................................
C&C Wood Products Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Caledonia Forest Products Inc ................................................................................................................................
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................
Canadian American Forest Products Ltd ................................................................................................................
Canadian Wood Products Inc ..................................................................................................................................
Canusa cedar inc .....................................................................................................................................................
Canyon Lumber Company, Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Careau Bois inc .......................................................................................................................................................
Carrier & Begin Inc ..................................................................................................................................................
Carrier Forest Products Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Carrier Lumber Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Cedarline Industries, Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Central Cedar Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Centurion Lumber, Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd ...................................................................................................................
Chaleur Sawmills LP ...............................................................................................................................................
Channel-ex Trading Corporation .............................................................................................................................
Clermond Hamel Lte´e ..............................................................................................................................................
Coast Clear Wood Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Comox Valley Shakes Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc ....................................................................................................................................
Cowichan Lumber Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
CS Manufacturing Inc., dba Cedarshed ..................................................................................................................
CWP—Industriel inc .................................................................................................................................................
CWP—Montre´al inc .................................................................................................................................................
D & D Pallets, Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Dakeryn Industries Ltd .............................................................................................................................................
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Delco Forest Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
DH Manufacturing Inc ..............................................................................................................................................
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd ..............................................................................................................................
Downie Timber Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Dunkley Lumber Ltd ................................................................................................................................................
EACOM Timber Corporation ...................................................................................................................................
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Edgewood Forest Products Inc ...............................................................................................................................
ER Probyn Export Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
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2018
ad valorem
(percent)
6.55
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2017
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Companies
Eric Goguen & Sons Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Falcon Lumber Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Foothills Forest Products Inc ...................................................................................................................................
Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Fraserview Cedar Products .....................................................................................................................................
Furtado Forest Products Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
G & R Cedar Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Galloway Lumber Company Ltd ..............................................................................................................................
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd ...........................................................................................................................
Glandell Enterprises Inc ..........................................................................................................................................
Goat Lake Forest Products Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
Golden Ears Shingle Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Goldwood Industries Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Goodfellow Inc .........................................................................................................................................................
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Groupe Creˆte Chertsey ...........................................................................................................................................
Groupe Creˆte division St-Faustin ............................................................................................................................
Groupe Lebel inc .....................................................................................................................................................
Groupe Lignarex inc ................................................................................................................................................
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
Haida Forest Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Harry Freeman & Son Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Hornepayne Lumber LP ..........................................................................................................................................
Imperial Cedar Products, Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Imperial Shake Co. Ltd ............................................................................................................................................
Independent Building Materials Dist ........................................................................................................................
Interfor Corporation ..................................................................................................................................................
Island Cedar Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Ivor Forest Products Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................
J&G Log Works Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
J.H. Huscroft Ltd ......................................................................................................................................................
Jan Woodland (2001) inc ........................................................................................................................................
Jhajj Lumber Corporation ........................................................................................................................................
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Kan Wood, Ltd .........................................................................................................................................................
Kebois Lte´e/Ltd ........................................................................................................................................................
Keystone Timber Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Kootenay Innovative Wood Ltd ...............................................................................................................................
L’Atelier de Re´adaptation au travil de Beauce Inc ..................................................................................................
Lafontaine Lumber Inc .............................................................................................................................................
Langevin Forest Products Inc ..................................................................................................................................
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited ...................................................................................................................................
Ledwidge Lumber Co. Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Leisure Lumber Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................
Les Bois d’oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier inc ...............................................................................................................
Les Bois Martek Lumber .........................................................................................................................................
Les Bois Traite´s M.G. Inc ........................................................................................................................................
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau ltd .........................................................................................................................
Leslie Forest Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Lignum Forest Products LLP ...................................................................................................................................
Linwood Homes Ltd .................................................................................................................................................
Longlac Lumber Inc .................................................................................................................................................
Lulumco inc ..............................................................................................................................................................
Magnum Forest Products, Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Maibec inc ................................................................................................................................................................
Manitou Forest Products Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Marwood Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................
Materiaux Blanchet Inc ............................................................................................................................................
Matsqui Management and Consulting Services Ltd., dba Canadian Cedar Roofing Depot ..................................
Metrie Canada Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd .........................................................................................................................
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Mill & Timber Products Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd .........................................................................................................................
MP Atlantic Wood Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Multicedre Itee .........................................................................................................................................................
Nakina Lumber Inc ..................................................................................................................................................
National Forest Products Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
New Future Lumber Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
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Nicholson and Cates Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Norsask Forest Products Limited Partnership .........................................................................................................
North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in Abbotsford, British Columbia) ...................................................
North Enderby Timber Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Olympic Industries, Inc ............................................................................................................................................
Olympic Industries Inc-Reman Code .......................................................................................................................
Olympic Industries ULC ...........................................................................................................................................
Olympic Industries ULC-Reman ..............................................................................................................................
Olympic Industries ULC-Reman Code ....................................................................................................................
Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd ...........................................................................................................................
Pacific Pallet, Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd ............................................................................................................................
Parallel Wood Products Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation .................................................................................................................
Phoenix Forest Products Inc ...................................................................................................................................
Pine Ideas Ltd ..........................................................................................................................................................
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd ...................................................................................................................................
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Power Wood Corp ...................................................................................................................................................
Precision Cedar Products Corp ...............................................................................................................................
Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka, Kenora Forest Products) ......................................................................................
Produits Forestiers Mauricie ....................................................................................................................................
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris .................................................................................................................................
Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c .............................................................................................................................
Produits Matra Inc ...................................................................................................................................................
Promobois G.D.S. inc ..............................................................................................................................................
Rayonier A.M. Canada GP ......................................................................................................................................
Rembos Inc ..............................................................................................................................................................
Rene Bernard Inc ....................................................................................................................................................
Richard Lutes Cedar Inc ..........................................................................................................................................
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc .....................................................................................................................................
S & K Cedar Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
S&R Sawmills Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
S&W Forest Products Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
San Industries Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Scierie St-Michel inc ................................................................................................................................................
Scierie West Brome Inc ...........................................................................................................................................
Scotsburn Lumber Co. Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Sechoirs de Beauce Inc ..........................................................................................................................................
Serpentine Cedar Ltd ..............................................................................................................................................
Serpentine Cedar Roofing Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Sexton Lumber Co. Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd ................................................................................................................................
Silvaris Corporation .................................................................................................................................................
Silver Creek Premium Products Ltd ........................................................................................................................
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd ..........................................................................................................................
Skana Forest Products Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
Skeena Sawmills Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
Sound Spars Enterprise Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
South Beach Trading Inc .........................................................................................................................................
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc .....................................................................................................................
Spruceland Millworks Inc .........................................................................................................................................
Surrey Cedar Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
T.G. Wood Products, Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Taan Forest Products ..............................................................................................................................................
Taiga Building Products Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Tall Tree Lumber Company .....................................................................................................................................
Teal Cedar Products Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
Tembec Inc ..............................................................................................................................................................
Terminal Forest Products Ltd ..................................................................................................................................
The Teal-Jones Group .............................................................................................................................................
The Wood Source Inc ..............................................................................................................................................
Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd., Tolko Industries Ltd., and Meadow Lake OSB Limited Partnership ..................
Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Triad Forest Products Ltd ........................................................................................................................................
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc ......................................................................................................................................
Tyee Timber Products Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Universal Lumber Sales Ltd ....................................................................................................................................
Usine Sartigan Inc ...................................................................................................................................................
Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC ....................................................................................................................................
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Valley Cedar 2 ULC .................................................................................................................................................
Vancouver Island Shingle, Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd ...............................................................................................................
Visscher Lumber Inc ................................................................................................................................................
W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc ..................................................................................................................................
Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd ...........................................................................................................................
Watkins Sawmills Ltd ...............................................................................................................................................
West Bay Forest Products Ltd ................................................................................................................................
West Wind Hardwood Inc ........................................................................................................................................
Western Forest Products Inc ...................................................................................................................................
Western Lumber Sales Limited ...............................................................................................................................
Western Wood Preservers Ltd ................................................................................................................................
Weston Forest Products Inc ....................................................................................................................................
Westrend Exteriors Inc ............................................................................................................................................
Weyerhaeuser Co ....................................................................................................................................................
White River Forest Products L.P .............................................................................................................................
Winton Homes Ltd ...................................................................................................................................................
Woodline Forest Products Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Woodstock Forest Products ....................................................................................................................................
Woodtone Specialties Inc ........................................................................................................................................
Yarrow Wood Ltd .....................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose to the
parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching
these preliminary results within five
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.23 Commerce also
intends to issue post-preliminary
decision memoranda subsequent to the
publication of this notice. Commerce
will notify the parties to this proceeding
of the deadlines for the submission of
case and rebuttal briefs after the
issuance of the last post-preliminary
decision memorandum via a
memorandum to the file of the
proceeding.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to the issues raised in
the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit
a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, within 30 days after the date
of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain the party’s name,
address, and telephone number; the
number of participants and whether any
participant is a foreign national; and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by
telephone the date and time of the
hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
23 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any written briefs,
within 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), Commerce has
preliminarily assigned subsidy rates as
indicated above. Upon issuance of the
final results, Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amount calculated for the year 2018
from the companies identified 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
review. For all non-reviewed
companies, we will instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Rescinded Reviews
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
countervailing duties on all entries of
subject merchandise during the period
April 28, 2017 through December 31,
2018, at the rate equal to the cash
deposit of estimated countervailing
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication of this notice.
With regard to D&G, MLI, NAFP
(located in Saint-Quentin, New
Brunswick), Roland, and Lemay, only
subject merchandise that is produced
and exported by D&G, MLI, NAFP,
Roland, and Lemay are excluded from
the CVD Order. Subject merchandise
from either a producer or exporter
identified in the producer/exporter
combinations above, where the other
entity in the transaction does not match
the excluded producer/exporter
combinations, remains subject to the
CVD Order.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued
and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: January 31, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Rescission of Review
IV. Period of Review
V. Scope of the Order
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for NonSelected Companies Under Review
IX. Programs To Be Addressed After the
Preliminary Results
X. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2020–02470 Filed 2–6–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–520–807]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the United Arab Emirates:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of circular welded carbonquality steel pipe (CWP) from the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been
made below normal value. We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Manuel Rey or Whitley Herndon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–5518 or (202) 482–6274,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on CWP from
the UAE. The notice of initiation of this
administrative review was published on
March 14, 2019.1 This review covers 20
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
9297 (March 14, 2019), as amended in Initiation of
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producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. The period of review is
December 1, 2017 through November
30, 2018. On September 9, 2019,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this
administrative review until January 31,
2020.2
Commerce selected two mandatory
respondents for individual examination:
Conares Metal Supply Ltd. (Conares)
and Universal Tube and Plastic
Industries, Ltd./THL Tube and Pipe
Industries LLC/KHK Scaffolding and
Framework LLC (collectively,
Universal).3
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is welded carbon-quality steel pipes and
tube, of circular cross-section, with an
outside diameter not more than nominal
16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless of wall
thickness, surface finish, end finish, or
industry specification, and generally
known as standard pipe, fence pipe and
tube, sprinkler pipe, or structural pipe
(although subject product may also be
referred to as mechanical tubing). The
products subject to this order are
currently classifiable in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers
7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, 7306.19.5150,
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5015,
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 12200, 12201 (April
1, 2019).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘December Order Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal
Government,’’ dated August 7, 2019; see also
‘‘Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
the United Arab Emirates: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated September 9, 2019.
3 Commerce previously determined that Universal
is a collapsed entity consisting of the following
three producers/exporters of subject merchandise:
Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd., KHK
Scaffolding and Framework LLC, and Universal
Tube and Pipe Industries LLC (UTP). See Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the United
Arab Emirates: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR 36882
(June 8, 2016), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Circular
Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the United
Arab Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 81 FR 75030 (October 28, 2016),
and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum. Because there is no information on
the record of this administrative review that would
lead us to revisit this determination, we are
continuing to treat these companies as part of a
single entity for purposes of this administrative
review. Additionally, we previously determined
that THL Tube and Pipe Industries LLC is the
successor-in-interest to Universal Tube and Pipe
Industries LLC. See Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe from the United Arab Emirates:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016–2017, 84 FR 44845 (August 27, 2019)
(CWP from UAE 2016–2017 Final Results).
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7306.30.5020, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085,
7306.30.5090, 7306.50.1000,
7306.50.5030, 7306.50.5050, and
7306.50.5070. Although the HTSUS
numbers are provided for convenience
and for customs purposes, the written
product description remains
dispositive.4
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price and
constructed export price are calculated
in accordance with section 772 of the
Act. Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that, for
the period December 1, 2017 through
November 30, 2018, the following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist:
Exporter/producer
Conares Metal Supply Ltd ..........
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
2.49
4 For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum
for the Preliminary Results of the 2017–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe from the United Arab Emirates,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7273-7279]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary Results
and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and
exporters of certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from
Canada. The period of review is April 28, 2017 through December 31,
2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Zukowski (Canfor), Nicholas
Czajkowski (JDIL), Kristen Johnson (Resolute), and George McMahon (West
Fraser), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I and III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-0189, (202) 482-1395, (202) 482-4793, and (202) 482-1167,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on softwood lumber from Canada.\1\
Several interested parties requested that Commerce conduct an
administrative review of the CVD Order, and, on April 1, 2019, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the first
administrative review of the CVD Order.\2\ On May 17, 2019, Commerce
selected the following producers and exporters as the mandatory
respondents in the administrative review: Canfor Corporation, Resolute
FP Canada Inc., and West Fraser Mills Ltd.\3\ On July 18, 2019,
Commerce selected J.D. Irving, Limited as a voluntary respondent in the
administrative review.\4\ On September 6, 2019, Commerce postponed the
preliminary results of this review extending the deadline until January
31, 2020.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Amended
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (CVD Order).
\2\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Initiation
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
12209 (April 1, 2019).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Respondent Selection,'' dated May 17, 2019.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Selection of JD Irving, Ltd. as a Voluntary Respondent,''
dated July 18, 2019.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--2017-2018,'' dated
September 6, 2019.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is certain softwood lumber
products from Canada. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada; 2017-2018,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this CVD administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\
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\7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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For a full description of the methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document that 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 to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. The list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation of the review. On June 19,
2019, the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade
Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION) withdrew its request for
several of the companies for which Commerce initiated an administrative
review.\8\ On July 1, 2019, Fontaine, Inc. and Mobilier Rustique
withdrew their respective requests for administrative review.\9\ All
withdrawal of review requests were timely submitted within 90 days of
the publication date of the notice of initiation. No other parties
requested an administrative review of the order with respect to these
entities for which the requests for review were withdrawn.
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\8\ See COALITION's Letters, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products
from Canada: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,''
dated June 19, 2019; and ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Clarification of Petitioner's Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated July 26, 2019.
\9\ See Fontaine, Inc.'s Letter, ``Softwood Lumber from Canada:
Withdrawal of Request for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
(4/28/2017-12/31/2018),'' dated July 1, 2019; see also Mobilier
Rustique's Letter, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada--
Mobilier Rustique Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,''
dated July 1, 2019.
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On January 15, 2020, Commerce issued a memorandum regarding its
intent to rescind the administrative review for those companies for
which a withdrawal of review request was received and invited
interested parties to comment.\10\ On January 21, 2020, Brink Forest
Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. (Brink
Forest/Vanderhoof) submitted a comment on the companies' exclusion from
the review and stated that they should remain subject to the
review.\11\ On January 22, 2020, Tolko
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Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko Industries Ltd. (Tolko) submitted a
comment requesting Commerce retain Tolko Industries Ltd. in the
administrative review.\12\ Commerce replied to the comments filed by
Brink Forest/Vanderhoof and Tolko.\13\ Brink Forest/Vanderhoof are not
included in the administrative review because the petitioner withdrew
its request for review of the companies \14\ and Brink Forest/
Vanderhoof did not request a review of themselves.\15\ The review of
Tolko Industries Ltd. is not being rescinded. In the investigation,\16\
Commerce found Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. to be cross-owned with
Tolko Industries Ltd. and Meadow Lake OSB Limited Partnership and,
therefore, all three companies are subject to the administrative
review.\17\
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind the 2017/2018
Administrative Review, in Part,'' dated January 15, 2020 (Intent to
Rescind Memorandum).
\11\ See Brink Forest Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty
Wood Products Ltd.'s Letter, ``Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada,'' dated January 21, 2020.
\12\ See Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko Industries
Ltd.'s Letter, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada:
Comments on Notice of Intent to Rescind Memorandum,'' dated January
22, 2020.
\13\ See Memorandum, ``Reply to Comments Regarding Notice of
Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,'' dated concurrently with this
notice (Reply to Comments Memorandum).
\14\ See COALITION's Letters, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products
from Canada: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,''
dated June 19, 2019; and ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Clarification of Petitioner's Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated July 26, 2019.
\15\ See Reply to Comments Memorandum.
\16\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and Final Negative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 51814, 51815-16
(November 8, 2017); see also Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
and Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 347, 349 (January 3, 2018).
\17\ See Reply to Comments Memorandum.
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No other party submitted comments on the Intent to Rescind
Memorandum. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is
rescinding this administrative review of the CVD Order with respect to
the entities for which a withdrawal of review request was received.
Additionally, as a result of the final results of the CVD expedited
review covering the CVD Order, subject merchandise produced and
exported by certain companies is excluded from the order.\18\ We
therefore are also rescinding the administrative review with respect to
the excluded companies for which there was a request for review.
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\18\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Expedited Review, 84 FR 32121 (July
5, 2019). The excluded companies are: Les Produits Forestiers D&G
Ltee (D&G), Marcel Lauzon Inc. (MLI), North American Forest Products
Ltd. (NAFP) (located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick), Roland
Boulanger & Cie Ltee (Roland), and Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils
Inc. (Lemay).
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For more information on the companies for which a review was
rescinded, see the Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
There are 247 companies for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, but were not selected as mandatory respondents. The statute
and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the establishment of
rates to be applied to companies not selected for individual
examination where Commerce limits its examination in an administrative
review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce
normally determines the rates for non-selected companies in reviews in
a manner that is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation.
Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act instructs Commerce, as a general
rule, to calculate an all-others rate equal to the weighted average of
the countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and/or
producers individually examined, excluding any zero, de minimis, or
rates based entirely on facts available. In this review, none of the
rates for the respondents were zero, de minimis, or based entirely on
facts available. Therefore, for 2017 and 2018, we are assigning to the
non-selected companies an average of the subsidy rates calculated for
the companies that were selected as respondents in the administrative
review. For further information on the calculation of the non-selected
rate, see ``Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies
under Review'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that, for
2017 and 2018, the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates
exist:
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\19\ Commerce preliminarily finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Canfor Corporation: Canadian Forest Products, Ltd.,
and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.
\20\ Commerce preliminarily finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with J.D. Irving, Limited: Miramichi Timber Holdings
Limited, The New Brunswick Railway Company, Rothesay Paper Holdings
Ltd., and St. George Pulp & Paper Limited.
\21\ Commerce preliminarily finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Resolute: Resolute Growth Canada Inc., Produits
Forestiers Maurice S.E.C., Abitibi-Bowater Canada Inc., Bowater
Canadian Ltd., and Resolute Forest Products Inc.
\22\ Commerce preliminarily finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with West Fraser: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., West
Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., Manning
Forest Products, Ltd., Sunpine Inc., and Sundre Forest Products Inc.
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Subsidy rate Subsidy rate
2017 ad 2018 ad
Companies valorem valorem
(percent) (percent)
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Canfor Corporation and its cross-owned 2.93 2.61
affiliates \19\........................
J.D. Irving, Limited and its cross-owned 3.47 2.66
affiliates \20\........................
Resolute FP Canada Inc. and its cross- 15.16 14.66
owned affiliates \21\..................
West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its cross- 7.07 7.51
owned affiliates \22\..................
1074712 BC Ltd.......................... 6.71 6.55
5214875 Manitoba Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
752615 B.C Ltd, Fraserview 6.71 6.55
Remanufacturing Inc, DBA Fraserview
Cedar Products.........................
9224-5737 Qu[eacute]bec inc. (aka, A.G. 6.71 6.55
Bois)..................................
A.B. Cedar Shingle Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Absolute Lumber Products, Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
AJ Forest Products Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Alberta Spruce Industries Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
Aler Forest Products, Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc................... 6.71 6.55
American Pacific Wood Products.......... 6.71 6.55
Anbrook Industries Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.... 6.71 6.55
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Anglo American Cedar Products Ltd....... 6.71 6.55
Anglo-American Cedar Products, LTD...... 6.71 6.55
Antrim Cedar Corporation................ 6.71 6.55
Aquila Cedar Products, Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Arbec Lumber Inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Aspen Planers Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
B&L Forest Products Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
B.B. Pallets Inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Babine Forest Products Limited.......... 6.71 6.55
Bakerview Forest Products Inc........... 6.71 6.55
Bardobec Inc............................ 6.71 6.55
BarretteWood Inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Barrette-Chapais Ltee................... 6.71 6.55
Beno[icirc]t & Dionne Produits 6.71 6.55
Forestiers Lt[eacute]e.................
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd......... 6.71 6.55
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.............. 6.71 6.55
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc............. 6.71 6.55
Bois Ais[eacute] de Montr[eacute]al inc. 6.71 6.55
Bois Bonsa[iuml] inc.................... 6.71 6.55
Bois Daaquam inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Bois D'oeuvre Cedrico Inc. (aka, Cedrico 6.71 6.55
Lumber Inc.)...........................
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc... 6.71 6.55
Boisaco................................. 6.71 6.55
Boscus Canada Inc....................... 6.71 6.55
BPWood Ltd.............................. 6.71 6.55
Bramwood Forest Inc..................... 6.71 6.55
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc............. 6.71 6.55
Busque & Laflamme Inc................... 6.71 6.55
C&C Wood Products Ltd................... 6.71 6.55
Caledonia Forest Products Inc........... 6.71 6.55
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co., Ltd. 6.71 6.55
Canadian American Forest Products Ltd... 6.71 6.55
Canadian Wood Products Inc.............. 6.71 6.55
Canusa cedar inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Canyon Lumber Company, Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Careau Bois inc......................... 6.71 6.55
Carrier & Begin Inc..................... 6.71 6.55
Carrier Forest Products Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Carrier Lumber Ltd...................... 6.71 6.55
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Cedarline Industries, Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Central Cedar Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Centurion Lumber, Ltd................... 6.71 6.55
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd.. 6.71 6.55
Chaleur Sawmills LP..................... 6.71 6.55
Channel-ex Trading Corporation.......... 6.71 6.55
Clermond Hamel Lt[eacute]e.............. 6.71 6.55
Coast Clear Wood Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd....... 6.71 6.55
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
Comox Valley Shakes Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc............. 6.71 6.55
Cowichan Lumber Ltd..................... 6.71 6.55
CS Manufacturing Inc., dba Cedarshed.... 6.71 6.55
CWP--Industriel inc..................... 6.71 6.55
CWP--Montr[eacute]al inc................ 6.71 6.55
D & D Pallets, Ltd...................... 6.71 6.55
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd......... 6.71 6.55
Delco Forest Products Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
DH Manufacturing Inc.................... 6.71 6.55
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.......... 6.71 6.55
Downie Timber Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Dunkley Lumber Ltd...................... 6.71 6.55
EACOM Timber Corporation................ 6.71 6.55
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Edgewood Forest Products Inc............ 6.71 6.55
ER Probyn Export Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
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Eric Goguen & Sons Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Falcon Lumber Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Foothills Forest Products Inc........... 6.71 6.55
Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
Fraserview Cedar Products............... 6.71 6.55
Furtado Forest Products Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
G & R Cedar Ltd......................... 6.71 6.55
Galloway Lumber Company Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd....... 6.71 6.55
Glandell Enterprises Inc................ 6.71 6.55
Goat Lake Forest Products Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
Golden Ears Shingle Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Goldwood Industries Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Goodfellow Inc.......................... 6.71 6.55
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Groupe Cr[ecirc]te Chertsey............. 6.71 6.55
Groupe Cr[ecirc]te division St-Faustin.. 6.71 6.55
Groupe Lebel inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Groupe Lignarex inc..................... 6.71 6.55
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Haida Forest Products Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Harry Freeman & Son Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Hornepayne Lumber LP.................... 6.71 6.55
Imperial Cedar Products, Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
Imperial Shake Co. Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Independent Building Materials Dist..... 6.71 6.55
Interfor Corporation.................... 6.71 6.55
Island Cedar Products Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Ivor Forest Products Ltd................ 6.71 6.55
J&G Log Works Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
J.H. Huscroft Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Jan Woodland (2001) inc................. 6.71 6.55
Jhajj Lumber Corporation................ 6.71 6.55
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Kan Wood, Ltd........................... 6.71 6.55
Kebois Lt[eacute]e/Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Keystone Timber Ltd..................... 6.71 6.55
Kootenay Innovative Wood Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
L'Atelier de R[eacute]adaptation au 6.71 6.55
travil de Beauce Inc...................
Lafontaine Lumber Inc................... 6.71 6.55
Langevin Forest Products Inc............ 6.71 6.55
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited.............. 6.71 6.55
Ledwidge Lumber Co. Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Leisure Lumber Ltd...................... 6.71 6.55
Les Bois d'oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier inc. 6.71 6.55
Les Bois Martek Lumber.................. 6.71 6.55
Les Bois Trait[eacute]s M.G. Inc........ 6.71 6.55
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau ltd........ 6.71 6.55
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Lignum Forest Products LLP.............. 6.71 6.55
Linwood Homes Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Longlac Lumber Inc...................... 6.71 6.55
Lulumco inc............................. 6.71 6.55
Magnum Forest Products, Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Maibec inc.............................. 6.71 6.55
Manitou Forest Products Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Marwood Ltd............................. 6.71 6.55
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Matsqui Management and Consulting 6.71 6.55
Services Ltd., dba Canadian Cedar
Roofing Depot..........................
Metrie Canada Ltd....................... 6.71 6.55
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd...... 6.71 6.55
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Mill & Timber Products Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd...... 6.71 6.55
MP Atlantic Wood Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
Multicedre Itee......................... 6.71 6.55
Nakina Lumber Inc....................... 6.71 6.55
National Forest Products Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
New Future Lumber Ltd................... 6.71 6.55
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Nicholson and Cates Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Norsask Forest Products Limited 6.71 6.55
Partnership............................
North American Forest Products Ltd. 6.71 6.55
(located in Abbotsford, British
Columbia)..............................
North Enderby Timber Ltd................ 6.71 6.55
Olympic Industries, Inc................. 6.71 6.55
Olympic Industries Inc-Reman Code....... 6.71 6.55
Olympic Industries ULC.................. 6.71 6.55
Olympic Industries ULC-Reman............ 6.71 6.55
Olympic Industries ULC-Reman Code....... 6.71 6.55
Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd........ 6.71 6.55
Pacific Pallet, Ltd..................... 6.71 6.55
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.......... 6.71 6.55
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation... 6.71 6.55
Phoenix Forest Products Inc............. 6.71 6.55
Pine Ideas Ltd.......................... 6.71 6.55
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Power Wood Corp......................... 6.71 6.55
Precision Cedar Products Corp........... 6.71 6.55
Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka, Kenora 6.71 6.55
Forest Products).......................
Produits Forestiers Mauricie............ 6.71 6.55
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris......... 6.71 6.55
Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c....... 6.71 6.55
Produits Matra Inc...................... 6.71 6.55
Promobois G.D.S. inc.................... 6.71 6.55
Rayonier A.M. Canada GP................. 6.71 6.55
Rembos Inc.............................. 6.71 6.55
Rene Bernard Inc........................ 6.71 6.55
Richard Lutes Cedar Inc................. 6.71 6.55
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc............ 6.71 6.55
S & K Cedar Products Ltd................ 6.71 6.55
S&R Sawmills Ltd........................ 6.71 6.55
S&W Forest Products Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
San Industries Ltd...................... 6.71 6.55
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.................. 6.71 6.55
Scierie St[hyphen]Michel inc............ 6.71 6.55
Scierie West Brome Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Scotsburn Lumber Co. Ltd................ 6.71 6.55
Sechoirs de Beauce Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Serpentine Cedar Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
Serpentine Cedar Roofing Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
Sexton Lumber Co. Ltd................... 6.71 6.55
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
Silvaris Corporation.................... 6.71 6.55
Silver Creek Premium Products Ltd....... 6.71 6.55
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd....... 6.71 6.55
Skana Forest Products Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Skeena Sawmills Ltd..................... 6.71 6.55
Sound Spars Enterprise Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
South Beach Trading Inc................. 6.71 6.55
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc..... 6.71 6.55
Spruceland Millworks Inc................ 6.71 6.55
Surrey Cedar Ltd........................ 6.71 6.55
T.G. Wood Products, Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Taan Forest Products.................... 6.71 6.55
Taiga Building Products Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Tall Tree Lumber Company................ 6.71 6.55
Teal Cedar Products Ltd................. 6.71 6.55
Tembec Inc.............................. 6.71 6.55
Terminal Forest Products Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
The Teal-Jones Group.................... 6.71 6.55
The Wood Source Inc..................... 6.71 6.55
Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd., Tolko 6.71 6.55
Industries Ltd., and Meadow Lake OSB
Limited Partnership....................
Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Triad Forest Products Ltd............... 6.71 6.55
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc............... 6.71 6.55
Tyee Timber Products Ltd................ 6.71 6.55
Universal Lumber Sales Ltd.............. 6.71 6.55
Usine Sartigan Inc...................... 6.71 6.55
Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC................ 6.71 6.55
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Valley Cedar 2 ULC...................... 6.71 6.55
Vancouver Island Shingle, Ltd........... 6.71 6.55
Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd.. 6.71 6.55
Visscher Lumber Inc..................... 6.71 6.55
W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc............ 6.71 6.55
Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd......... 6.71 6.55
Watkins Sawmills Ltd.................... 6.71 6.55
West Bay Forest Products Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
West Wind Hardwood Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Western Forest Products Inc............. 6.71 6.55
Western Lumber Sales Limited............ 6.71 6.55
Western Wood Preservers Ltd............. 6.71 6.55
Weston Forest Products Inc.............. 6.71 6.55
Westrend Exteriors Inc.................. 6.71 6.55
Weyerhaeuser Co......................... 6.71 6.55
White River Forest Products L.P......... 6.71 6.55
Winton Homes Ltd........................ 6.71 6.55
Woodline Forest Products Ltd............ 6.71 6.55
Woodstock Forest Products............... 6.71 6.55
Woodtone Specialties Inc................ 6.71 6.55
Yarrow Wood Ltd......................... 6.71 6.55
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose to the parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in reaching these preliminary results within
five days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\23\
Commerce also intends to issue post-preliminary decision memoranda
subsequent to the publication of this notice. Commerce will notify the
parties to this proceeding of the deadlines for the submission of case
and rebuttal briefs after the issuance of the last post-preliminary
decision memorandum via a memorandum to the file of the proceeding.
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to the issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number; the
number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a
hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date and time of
the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues
raised in any written briefs, within 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice.
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), Commerce has
preliminarily assigned subsidy rates as indicated above. Upon issuance
of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount calculated for the year 2018 from the companies
identified 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 review. For all non-reviewed
companies, we will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others
rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Assessment for Companies With Rescinded Reviews
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all
entries of subject merchandise during the period April 28, 2017 through
December 31, 2018, at the rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication of this notice.
With regard to D&G, MLI, NAFP (located in Saint-Quentin, New
Brunswick), Roland, and Lemay, only subject merchandise that is
produced and exported by D&G, MLI, NAFP, Roland, and Lemay are excluded
from the CVD Order. Subject merchandise from either a producer or
exporter identified in the producer/exporter combinations above, where
the other entity in the transaction does not match the excluded
producer/exporter combinations, remains subject to the CVD Order.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: January 31, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Rescission of Review
IV. Period of Review
V. Scope of the Order
VI. Subsidies Valuation
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under
Review
IX. Programs To Be Addressed After the Preliminary Results
X. Recommendation
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