Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary Results, Partial Rescission, and Preliminary Intent To Rescind, in Part, the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2020, 6500-6504 [2022-02322]
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with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.8
Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
using ACCESS.9
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically via
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.10 Hearing
requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If
a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for
the hearing.11 An electronically-filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the established
deadline. Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.12
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any written briefs, not
later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless
otherwise extended.13
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.14
If the weighted average dumping
margin for Dillinger is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we
will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem antidumping duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for each
importer’s examined sales to the total
entered value of those same sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).15
8 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
19 CFR 351.303.
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
12 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR
17006 (March 26, 2020) (Temporary Rule); and
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
13 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
14 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
15 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
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If the weighted-average dumping margin
for Dillinger is zero or de minimis in the
final results, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in
the final results, we will instruct CBP
not to assess antidumping duties on any
such entries in accordance with the
Final Modification for Reviews.16
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
by companies included in these final
results of review for which the reviewed
companies did not know that the
merchandise they sold to the
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading
company, or exporter) was destined for
the United States. In such instances, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the
transaction.17
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the exporter listed
above will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in
the final results of this review, except if
the rate is less than 0.50 percent and,
therefore, de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in
which case the cash deposit rate will be
zero; (2) for companies not participating
in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed segment; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the less-than-fair-value
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
16 Id. at 8102.
17 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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(LTFV) investigation, but the producer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the
cash deposit rate established for the
most recently completed segment for the
producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
be 21.04 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.18
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: January 28, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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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,
Partial Rescission, and Preliminary
Intent To Rescind, in Part, the
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
AGENCY:
18 See
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provided to producers and exporters of
certain softwood lumber products
(softwood lumber) from Canada during
the period of review, January 1, 2020,
through December 31, 2020. With
respect to one company, we are
rescinding this administrative review
because the request for review was
timely withdrawn. Additionally, with
respect to 27 companies, we intend to
rescind this administrative review.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES:
Applicable February 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hall-Eastman (Canfor), John
Hoffner (JDIL), Kristen Johnson/Samuel
Brummitt (Resolute), and Laura Griffith
(West Fraser), AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1468,
(202) 482–3315, (202) 482–4793/(202)
482–7851, and (202) 482–6430,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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On January 3, 2018, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
softwood lumber from Canada.1 Several
interested parties requested that
Commerce conduct an administrative
review of the Order and, on March 4,
2021, Commerce published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of
the third administrative review.2 On
May 5, 2021, we published in the
Federal Register an additional notice of
initiation of an administrative review
for two companies that were
inadvertently excluded from the March
4, 2021 notice.3 On April 20, 2021,
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.4 On
September 24, 2021, Commerce selected
J.D. Irving, Limited as a voluntary
1 See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order,
83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation Notice).
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
23925 (May 5, 2021).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Respondent
Selection,’’ dated April 20, 2021.
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respondent in the administrative
review.5
On September 2, 2021, Commerce
extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this
administrative review to January 28,
2022, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).6 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.7
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. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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.
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
On June 2, 2021, the petitioner 8
timely withdrew its request for an
administrative review of Roland
Boulanger & Cie Ltee (Roland). No other
party requested a review of Roland.
Accordingly, we are rescinding this
review, in part, with respect to Roland,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). For
further information, see ‘‘Partial
Recission of Administrative Review’’ in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
5 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘2020 Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Selection
of JD Irving, Ltd. as a Voluntary Respondent,’’
September 24, 2021.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Softwood Lumber
Products from Canada: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of 2020 Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated September 2, 2021.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada; 2020,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
8 The petitioner is the COALITION, an ad hoc
association whose members are: U.S. Lumber
Coalition, Inc.; Collum’s Lumber Products, L.L.C.;
Fox Lumber Sales, Inc.; Hankins, Inc.; Pleasant
River Lumber Company; PotlatchDeltic; Rex
Lumber Company; S.I. Storey Lumber Co., Inc.;
Stimson Lumber Company; Swanson Group;
Weyerhaeuser Company; Carpenters Industrial
Council; Giustina Land and Timber Company; and
Sullivan Forestry Consultants, Inc.
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Preliminary Intent To Rescind
Administrative Review, in Part
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) data and
comments received from interested
parties, we preliminarily determine that
the following 27 companies had no
reviewable shipments, sales, or entries
of subject merchandise during the POR:
AA Trading Ltd.
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc.
Canada Pallet Corp.
Careau Bois Inc.
Cedarcoast Lumber Products
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd.
CWP—Montreal inc.
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.
Glandell Enterprises Inc.
Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd.
Greenwell Resources Inc.
Imperial Cedar Products, Ltd.
J.H. Huscroft Ltd.
Langevin Forest Products Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lte´e (aka, D&G
Forest Products Ltd.)
Marcel Lauzon Inc.
North American Forest Products Ltd. (located
in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick)
Sapphire Lumber Company
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.
Skeena Sawmills Ltd
Sonora Logging Ltd.
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc
Suncoast Industries Inc.
Suncoh Custom Lumber Ltd.
Western Timber Products, Inc.
Weston Forest Products Inc.
WWW Timber Products Ltd.
Absent any evidence of shipments
placed on the record, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind
the administrative review of these
companies in the final results of review.
For further information, see
‘‘Preliminary Intent to Rescind
Administrative Review, in Part’’ in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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.9 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
The list of topics discussed in the
9 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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Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included at Appendix I.
Preliminary Rate for Non-Selected
Companies Under Review
There are 230 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 the POR, 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 NonSelected Companies under Review’’ in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
For a list of the non-selected companies,
see Appendix II to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
For the period January 1, 2020,
through December 31, 2020, we
preliminarily determine the following
estimated countervailable subsidy rates:
10 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Canfor Corporation: Canadian
Forest Products., Ltd. and Canfor Wood Products
Marketing, Ltd.
11 Commerce 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.
12 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Resolute FP Canada Inc.: Produits
Forestiers Maurice SEC. and Resolute Forest
Products Inc.
13 Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with West Fraser Mills Ltd.: West
Fraser Timber Co., Ltd., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc.,
Sunpine Inc., Sundre Forest Products Inc., Manning
Forest Products, Ltd., and West Fraser Alberta
Holdings, Ltd.
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Subsidy
Rate
ad valorem
(percent)
Companies
Canfor Corporation and its
cross-owned affiliates 10 ..........
J.D. Irving, Limited and its crossowned affiliates 11 ...................
Resolute FP Canada Inc. and its
cross-owned affiliates 12 ..........
West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its
cross-owned affiliates 13 ..........
Non-Selected Companies ...........
1.83
2.33
15.48
8.46
6.88
Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties to this
proceeding the calculations performed
in these preliminary results within five
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.14
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the
Act, Commerce intends to verify the
information relied upon for its final
results. Normally, Commerce verifies
information using standard procedures,
including an on-site examination of
original accounting, financial, and sales
documentation. However, due to current
travel restrictions in response to the
global COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce
is unable to conduct on-site verification
in this review. Accordingly, we intend
to verify the information relied upon for
the final results through alternative
means in lieu of an on-site verification.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.15 A timeline for the
submission of case and rebuttal briefs
and written comments will be provided
to interested parties at a later date. Note
that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
proprietary information until further
notice.16
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c) and
(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this review are
requested to submit for each argument:
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c)(2),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
14 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d).
16 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18, 2020); see
also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
15 See
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case and rebuttal briefs, must do so
within 30 days of publication of these
preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using ACCESS. Requests
should contain the party’s name,
address, and telephone number; the
number of participants; and a list of the
issues to be discussed. If a request for
a hearing is made, Commerce intends to
hold the hearing at a time and date to
be determined. Parties should confirm
the date and time of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date. Parties
are reminded that all briefs and hearing
requests must be filed electronically
using ACCESS and received
successfully in their entirety by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Final Results
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
the issues raised by parties in their
comments, within 120 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary
results.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), Commerce has
preliminarily assigned the subsidy rates
as indicated above. Pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of
the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. For the
companies for which this review is
rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP
to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
cash deposit of estimated countervailing
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January
1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(I)(i).
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 41
days after the date of publication of the
final results of this review in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19
CFR 356.8(a). If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International
Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant
entries until the time for parties to file
a request for statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the
Act, Commerce intends, upon
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publication of the final results, to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts indicated above for each of the
respective companies listed above and
in Appendix II with regard to 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.
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).
Dated: January 28, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
V. Preliminary Intent to Rescind
Administrative Review, in Part
VI. Scope of the Order
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for NonSelected Companies Under Review
X. Programs To Be Addressed After the
Preliminary Results
XI. Recommendation
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Appendix II
Non-Selected Exporters/Producers
1074712 BC Ltd.
5214875 Manitoba Ltd.
54 Reman
752615 B.C Ltd., Fraserview
Remanufacturing Inc., dba Fraserview
Cedar Products.
9224–5737 Quebec Inc. (aka A.G. Bois)
Absolute Lumber Products, Ltd.
Adwood Manufacturing Ltd.
Aler Forest Products, Ltd.
All American Forest Products Inc.
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.
Anglo-American Cedar Products, Ltd.
Antrim Cedar Corporation
Aquila Cedar Products, Ltd.
Arbec Lumber Inc. (aka Arbec Bois Doeuvre
Inc.)
Aspen Planers Ltd.
B&L Forest Products Ltd
B.B. Pallets Inc.
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Babine Forest Products Limited
Bakerview Forest Products Inc.
Bardobec Inc.
BarretteWood Inc.
Barrette-Chapais Ltee
Benoit & Dionne Produits Forestiers Ltee
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd.
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.
Bois Aise de Montreal Inc.
Bois Bonsai Inc.
Bois Daaquam inc. (aka Daaquam Lumber
Inc.)
Bois D’oeuvre Cedrico Inc. (aka Cedrico
Lumber Inc.)
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc. (aka
SPEC Wood & Marketing Solution or SPEC
Wood and Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Boisaco Inc.
Boscus Canada Inc.
Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd.
BPWood Ltd.
Bramwood Forest Inc.
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.
Burrows Lumber (CD) Ltd., Theo A. Burrows
Lumber Company Limited (aka Burrows
Lumber Inc.)
Busque & Laflamme Inc.
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co., Ltd.
Canasia Forest Industries Ltd.
Canyon Lumber Company, Ltd.
Carrier & Begin Inc.
Carrier Forest Products Ltd.
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carter Forest Products Inc.
Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd.
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd.
Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.
Cedarline Industries, Ltd.
Central Cedar Ltd.
Central Forest Products Inc.
Centurion Lumber, Ltd.
Chaleur Forest Products Inc.17
Chaleur Forest Products LP 18
Channel-ex Trading Corporation
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd.
Clermond Hamel Ltee
CNH Products Inc.
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd.
Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd./Teal
Cedar Products Ltd., dba The Teal Jones
Group 19
Comox Valley Shakes (2019) Ltd.
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc.
Cowichan Lumber Ltd.
CS Manufacturing Inc., dba Cedarshed
CWP—Industriel Inc.
D & D Pallets Ltd.
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.
17 In the Initiation Notice, we included the
company name ‘‘Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd.’’ See
Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 12608. Subsequently, we
determined that the successor-in-interest to
Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd. is Chaleur Forest Products
Inc. See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Notice of Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 86 FR 43189
(August 6, 2021) (Chaleur CCR Final).
18 In the Initiation Notice, we included the
company name ‘‘Chaleur Sawmills LP.’’ See
Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 12607. Subsequently, we
determined that the successor-in-interest to Chaleur
Sawmills LP is Chaleur Forest Products LP. See
Chaleur CCR Final.
19 In the Initiation Notice, ‘‘Teal Cedar Products
Ltd.’’ and ‘‘The Teal-Jones Group’’ were
inadvertently listed separately. See Initiation
Notice, 86 FR at 12610.
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Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.
Delco Forest Products Ltd.
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.
DH Manufacturing Inc.
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd.
Distribution Rioux Inc.
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.
Downie Timber Ltd.
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
EACOM Timber Corporation
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Edgewood Forest Products Inc.
Elrod Cartage Ltd.
ER Probyn Export Ltd.
Falcon Lumber Ltd.
Fontaine Inc.
Foothills Forest Products Inc.
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd.
FraserWood Industries Ltd.
Furtado Forest Products Ltd.
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.
Goldwood Industries Ltd.
Goodfellow Inc.
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
Greendale Industries Inc.
Griff Building Supplies Ltd.
Groupe Crete Chertsey Inc.
Groupe Crete Division St-Faustin Inc.
Groupe Lebel Inc.
Groupe Lignarex inc.
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.
Haida Forest Products Ltd.
Hampton Tree Farms, LLC dba Hampton
Lumber Sales Canada
Hornepayne Lumber LP
Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.
Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.
Interfor Corporation
Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd.
Intertran Holdings Ltd. dba Richmond
Terminal
Island Cedar Products Ltd
J&G Log Works Ltd.
Jan Woodlands (2001) Inc.
Jasco Forest Products Ltd.
Jazz Forest Products Ltd.
Jhajj Lumber Corporation
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kan Wood, Ltd.
Kebois Ltd (aka Kebois Ltee)
Kelfor Industries Ltd.
Kermode Forest Products Ltd.
Keystone Timber Ltd.
L’Atelier de Readaptation au Travail de
Beauce Inc.
Lafontaine Lumber Inc.
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited
Leisure Lumber Ltd.
Les Bardeaux Lajoie Inc.
Les Bois d’oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier inc.
Les Bois Martek Lumber
Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc.
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau ltd.
Les Industries P.F. Inc.
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.
Lignum Forest Products LLP
Linwood Homes Ltd.
Lonestar Lumber Inc.
Lulumco Inc.
Magnum Forest Products, Ltd.
Maibec inc.
Manitou Forest Products Ltd.
Marwood Ltd.
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd.
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.
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Mill & Timber Products Ltd.
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Mirax Lumber Products Ltd.
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.
Monterra Lumber Mills Limited
Morwood Forest Products Inc.
Multicedre ltee
Nakina Lumber Inc.
National Forest Products Ltd.
Nicholson and Cates Ltd
Norsask Forest Products Limited Partnership
North American Forest Products Ltd. (located
in Abbotsford, British Columbia)
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
Northland Forest Products Ltd.
Olympic Industries, Inc./Olympic Industries
Inc-Reman Code/Olympic Industries ULC/
Olympic Industries ULC-Reman/Olympic
Industries ULC-Reman Code
Oregon Canadian Forest Products Inc. dba
Oregon Canadian Forest Products
Pacific Coast Cedar Products, Ltd.
Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.
Pacific Pallet, Ltd.
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.
PalletSource Inc.
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
Phoenix Forest Products Inc.
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd.
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.
Portbec Forest Products Ltd (aka Les Produits
Forestiers Portbec Ltee)
Power Wood Corp.
Precision Cedar Products Corp.
Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka, Kenora
Forest Products)
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc.
Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c. (aka Temrex
Forest Products LP)
Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs de Beauce
Inc.
Promobois G.D.S. inc.
Rayonier A.M. Canada GP
Rembos Inc.
Rene Bernard Inc.
Rick Dubois
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.
River City Remanufacturing Inc.
S&R Sawmills Ltd
S&W Forest Products Ltd.
San Industries Ltd.
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.
Scierie St-Michel inc.
Scierie West Brome Inc.
Scott Lumber Sales
Shakertown Corp.
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd.
Silvaris Corporation
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
Skana Forest Products Ltd.
Source Forest Products
South Beach Trading Inc.
South Coast Reman Ltd.
South Fraser Container Terminals
Spruceland Millworks Inc.
Star Lumber Canada Ltd.
Sundher Timber Products Inc.
Surplus G Rioux
Surrey Cedar Ltd.
Taan Forest Limited Partnership
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
Tall Tree Lumber Company
Terminal Forest Products Ltd.
The Wood Source Inc.
Tolko Industries Ltd. and Tolko Marketing
and Sales Ltd.
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Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.
Triad Forest Products Ltd.
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc.
Tyee Timber Products Ltd.
Usine Sartigan Inc.
Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC
Valley Cedar 2 Inc.
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.
Western Forest Products Inc.
Western Lumber Sales Limited
Westminster Industries Ltd.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
White River Forest Products L.P.
Winton Homes Ltd.
Woodline Forest Products Ltd.
Woodstock Forest Products
Woodtone Specialties Inc.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–073]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From
the People’s Republic of China:
Amended Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 2018–2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is amending the final
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on common
alloy aluminum sheet from the People’s
Republic of China to correct ministerial
errors. The period of review (POR) is
June 22, 2018, through January 31, 2020.
DATES: Applicable February 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Schmitt or Fred Baker, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4880 or (202) 482–2924,
respectively.
AGENCY:
Background
On December 27, 2021, Commerce
disclosed its calculations for the Final
Results 1 to interested parties.2 On
1 See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final
Successor-In-Interest Determination, and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2018–2020, 86 FR
74066 (December 29, 2021) (Final Results).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum
Sheet from the People’s Republic of China, 2018–
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January 3, 2022, the domestic industry 3
submitted an allegation of ministerial
errors in the Final Results.4 No other
party made an allegation of ministerial
errors or submitted a reply to the
domestic industry’s ministerial error
allegation.
Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), defines a
‘‘ministerial error’’ as including ‘‘errors
in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the
administering authority considers
ministerial.’’ With respect to final
results of administrative reviews, 19
CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce
‘‘will analyze any comments received
and, if appropriate, correct any
ministerial error by amending . . . the
final results of review . . .’’
Ministerial Error
Commerce agrees with the domestic
industry that Commerce made
inadvertent, unintentional errors in the
Final Results within the meaning of
section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f) with respect to its calculation
of financial ratios from the financial
statement of Alcomet A.B. used in the
calculation of normal value for
respondent, Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum
Co., Ltd., Baotou Alcha Aluminum Co.,
Ltd., and Alcha International Holdings
Limited (collectively, Alcha).
Accordingly, Commerce determines
that, in accordance with section 751(h)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it
made ministerial errors in the Final
Results.
For a complete discussion of the
ministerial error allegation, as well as
Commerce’s analysis, see the
accompanying Ministerial Error
Memorandum.5 The Ministerial Error
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
2020: Final Results Disclosure,’’ dated December
27, 2021.
3 The domestic industry is the Aluminum
Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade
Enforcement Working Group and its individual
members.
4 See Domestic Industry’s Letter, ‘‘1st
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Order
on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the
People’s Republic of China—Domestic Industry’s
Comments Identifying a Ministerial Error in Final
Results,’’ dated January 3, 2022.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Common Alloy
Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic of
China: Ministerial Error Allegation in the Final
Results,’’ dated concurrently with this notice
(Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary
Results, Partial Rescission, and Preliminary Intent To Rescind, in
Part, the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
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provided to producers and exporters of certain softwood lumber products
(softwood lumber) from Canada during the period of review, January 1,
2020, through December 31, 2020. With respect to one company, we are
rescinding this administrative review because the request for review
was timely withdrawn. Additionally, with respect to 27 companies, we
intend to rescind this administrative review. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hall-Eastman (Canfor), John
Hoffner (JDIL), Kristen Johnson/Samuel Brummitt (Resolute), and Laura
Griffith (West Fraser), AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-1468, (202) 482-3315, (202) 482-4793/(202) 482-7851, and
(202) 482-6430, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on softwood lumber from Canada.\1\
Several interested parties requested that Commerce conduct an
administrative review of the Order and, on March 4, 2021, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the third
administrative review.\2\ On May 5, 2021, we published in the Federal
Register an additional notice of initiation of an administrative review
for two companies that were inadvertently excluded from the March 4,
2021 notice.\3\ On April 20, 2021, 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.\4\ On September 24, 2021, Commerce selected J.D.
Irving, Limited as a voluntary respondent in the administrative
review.\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) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 23925 (May 5, 2021).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Respondent Selection,'' dated April 20, 2021.
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``2020 Administrative Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Selection of JD Irving, Ltd. as a Voluntary Respondent,''
September 24, 2021.
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On September 2, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this administrative review to January 28, 2022,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).\6\ For a complete description
of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\ 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. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2020
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 2,
2021.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada; 2020,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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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.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
On June 2, 2021, the petitioner \8\ timely withdrew its request for
an administrative review of Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee (Roland). No
other party requested a review of Roland. Accordingly, we are
rescinding this review, in part, with respect to Roland, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1). For further information, see ``Partial Recission of
Administrative Review'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ The petitioner is the COALITION, an ad hoc association whose
members are: U.S. Lumber Coalition, Inc.; Collum's Lumber Products,
L.L.C.; Fox Lumber Sales, Inc.; Hankins, Inc.; Pleasant River Lumber
Company; PotlatchDeltic; Rex Lumber Company; S.I. Storey Lumber Co.,
Inc.; Stimson Lumber Company; Swanson Group; Weyerhaeuser Company;
Carpenters Industrial Council; Giustina Land and Timber Company; and
Sullivan Forestry Consultants, Inc.
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Preliminary Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data and comments received from interested parties, we preliminarily
determine that the following 27 companies had no reviewable shipments,
sales, or entries of subject merchandise during the POR:
AA Trading Ltd.
Blanchette & Blanchette Inc.
Canada Pallet Corp.
Careau Bois Inc.
Cedarcoast Lumber Products
Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd.
CWP--Montreal inc.
Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.
Glandell Enterprises Inc.
Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd.
Greenwell Resources Inc.
Imperial Cedar Products, Ltd.
J.H. Huscroft Ltd.
Langevin Forest Products Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lt[eacute]e (aka, D&G Forest Products
Ltd.)
Marcel Lauzon Inc.
North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in Saint-Quentin, New
Brunswick)
Sapphire Lumber Company
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.
Skeena Sawmills Ltd
Sonora Logging Ltd.
Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc
Suncoast Industries Inc.
Suncoh Custom Lumber Ltd.
Western Timber Products, Inc.
Weston Forest Products Inc.
WWW Timber Products Ltd.
Absent any evidence of shipments placed on the record, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind the administrative review of
these companies in the final results of review. For further
information, see ``Preliminary Intent to Rescind Administrative Review,
in Part'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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.\9\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The list of topics discussed in the
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\9\ 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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Preliminary Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review
There are 230 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 the POR, 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. For a list of
the non-selected companies, see Appendix II to this notice.
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\10\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Canfor Corporation: Canadian Forest Products., Ltd. and Canfor
Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.
\11\ Commerce 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.
\12\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with Resolute FP Canada Inc.: Produits Forestiers Maurice SEC. and
Resolute Forest Products Inc.
\13\ Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned
with West Fraser Mills Ltd.: West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd., Blue
Ridge Lumber Inc., Sunpine Inc., Sundre Forest Products Inc.,
Manning Forest Products, Ltd., and West Fraser Alberta Holdings,
Ltd.
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Preliminary Results of Review
For the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, we
preliminarily determine the following estimated countervailable subsidy
rates:
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Subsidy
Rate ad
Companies valorem
(percent)
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Canfor Corporation and its cross-owned affiliates \10\...... 1.83
J.D. Irving, Limited and its cross-owned affiliates \11\.... 2.33
Resolute FP Canada Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates \12\. 15.48
West Fraser Mills Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates \13\.. 8.46
Non-Selected Companies...................................... 6.88
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties to this proceeding the
calculations performed in these preliminary results within five days of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\14\
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon for its final results. Normally,
Commerce verifies information using standard procedures, including an
on-site examination of original accounting, financial, and sales
documentation. However, due to current travel restrictions in response
to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Commerce is unable to conduct on-site
verification in this review. Accordingly, we intend to verify the
information relied upon for the final results through alternative means
in lieu of an on-site verification.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\15\ A timeline for
the submission of case and rebuttal briefs and written comments will be
provided to interested parties at a later date. Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information until further notice.\16\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d).
\16\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18,
2020); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d)(2), parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested to submit for
each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c)(2), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must do so within 30 days of publication of these preliminary
results by submitting a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS. Requests should contain the
party's name, address, and telephone number; the number of
participants; and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm the date and time of
the hearing two days before the scheduled date. Parties are reminded
that all briefs and hearing requests must be filed electronically using
ACCESS and received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date.
Final Results
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 the
issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary results.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), Commerce has
preliminarily assigned the subsidy rates as indicated above. Pursuant
to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance of the final results,
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For the companies
for which this review is rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal
to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the
time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during
the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(I)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a). If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends, upon
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publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts indicated
above for each of the respective companies listed above and in Appendix
II with regard to 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.
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).
Dated: January 28, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Preliminary Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, in Part
VI. Scope of the Order
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under
Review
X. Programs To Be Addressed After the Preliminary Results
XI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Non-Selected Exporters/Producers
1074712 BC Ltd.
5214875 Manitoba Ltd.
54 Reman
752615 B.C Ltd., Fraserview Remanufacturing Inc., dba Fraserview
Cedar Products.
9224-5737 Quebec Inc. (aka A.G. Bois)
Absolute Lumber Products, Ltd.
Adwood Manufacturing Ltd.
Aler Forest Products, Ltd.
All American Forest Products Inc.
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.
Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.
Anglo-American Cedar Products, Ltd.
Antrim Cedar Corporation
Aquila Cedar Products, Ltd.
Arbec Lumber Inc. (aka Arbec Bois Doeuvre 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
Benoit & Dionne Produits Forestiers Ltee
Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd.
Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.
Bois Aise de Montreal Inc.
Bois Bonsai Inc.
Bois Daaquam inc. (aka Daaquam Lumber Inc.)
Bois D'oeuvre Cedrico Inc. (aka Cedrico Lumber Inc.)
Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc. (aka SPEC Wood & Marketing
Solution or SPEC Wood and Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Boisaco Inc.
Boscus Canada Inc.
Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd.
BPWood Ltd.
Bramwood Forest Inc.
Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.
Burrows Lumber (CD) Ltd., Theo A. Burrows Lumber Company Limited
(aka Burrows Lumber Inc.)
Busque & Laflamme Inc.
Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co., Ltd.
Canasia Forest Industries Ltd.
Canyon Lumber Company, Ltd.
Carrier & Begin Inc.
Carrier Forest Products Ltd.
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carter Forest Products Inc.
Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd.
Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd.
Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.
Cedarline Industries, Ltd.
Central Cedar Ltd.
Central Forest Products Inc.
Centurion Lumber, Ltd.
Chaleur Forest Products Inc.\17\
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\17\ In the Initiation Notice, we included the company name
``Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd.'' See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 12608.
Subsequently, we determined that the successor-in-interest to
Fornebu Lumber Co. Ltd. is Chaleur Forest Products Inc. See Certain
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 86 FR 43189
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Chaleur Forest Products LP \18\
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\18\ In the Initiation Notice, we included the company name
``Chaleur Sawmills LP.'' See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 12607.
Subsequently, we determined that the successor-in-interest to
Chaleur Sawmills LP is Chaleur Forest Products LP. See Chaleur CCR
Final.
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Channel-ex Trading Corporation
Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd.
Clermond Hamel Ltee
CNH Products Inc.
Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd.
Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd./Teal Cedar Products Ltd., dba
The Teal Jones Group \19\
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\19\ In the Initiation Notice, ``Teal Cedar Products Ltd.'' and
``The Teal-Jones Group'' were inadvertently listed separately. See
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Comox Valley Shakes (2019) Ltd.
Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc.
Cowichan Lumber Ltd.
CS Manufacturing Inc., dba Cedarshed
CWP--Industriel Inc.
D & D Pallets Ltd.
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.
Delco Forest Products Ltd.
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.
DH Manufacturing Inc.
Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd.
Distribution Rioux Inc.
Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.
Downie Timber Ltd.
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
EACOM Timber Corporation
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Edgewood Forest Products Inc.
Elrod Cartage Ltd.
ER Probyn Export Ltd.
Falcon Lumber Ltd.
Fontaine Inc.
Foothills Forest Products Inc.
Fraser Specialty Products Ltd.
FraserWood Industries Ltd.
Furtado Forest Products Ltd.
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.
Goldwood Industries Ltd.
Goodfellow Inc.
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
Greendale Industries Inc.
Griff Building Supplies Ltd.
Groupe Crete Chertsey Inc.
Groupe Crete Division St-Faustin Inc.
Groupe Lebel Inc.
Groupe Lignarex inc.
H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.
Haida Forest Products Ltd.
Hampton Tree Farms, LLC dba Hampton Lumber Sales Canada
Hornepayne Lumber LP
Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.
Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.
Interfor Corporation
Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd.
Intertran Holdings Ltd. dba Richmond Terminal
Island Cedar Products Ltd
J&G Log Works Ltd.
Jan Woodlands (2001) Inc.
Jasco Forest Products Ltd.
Jazz Forest Products Ltd.
Jhajj Lumber Corporation
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kan Wood, Ltd.
Kebois Ltd (aka Kebois Ltee)
Kelfor Industries Ltd.
Kermode Forest Products Ltd.
Keystone Timber Ltd.
L'Atelier de Readaptation au Travail de Beauce Inc.
Lafontaine Lumber Inc.
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited
Leisure Lumber Ltd.
Les Bardeaux Lajoie Inc.
Les Bois d'oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier inc.
Les Bois Martek Lumber
Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc.
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau ltd.
Les Industries P.F. Inc.
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.
Lignum Forest Products LLP
Linwood Homes Ltd.
Lonestar Lumber Inc.
Lulumco Inc.
Magnum Forest Products, Ltd.
Maibec inc.
Manitou Forest Products Ltd.
Marwood Ltd.
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd.
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.
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Mill & Timber Products Ltd.
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Mirax Lumber Products Ltd.
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.
Monterra Lumber Mills Limited
Morwood Forest Products Inc.
Multicedre ltee
Nakina Lumber Inc.
National Forest Products Ltd.
Nicholson and Cates Ltd
Norsask Forest Products Limited Partnership
North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in Abbotsford, British
Columbia)
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
Northland Forest Products Ltd.
Olympic Industries, Inc./Olympic Industries Inc-Reman Code/Olympic
Industries ULC/Olympic Industries ULC-Reman/Olympic Industries ULC-
Reman Code
Oregon Canadian Forest Products Inc. dba Oregon Canadian Forest
Products
Pacific Coast Cedar Products, Ltd.
Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.
Pacific Pallet, Ltd.
Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.
PalletSource Inc.
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
Phoenix Forest Products Inc.
Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd.
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.
Portbec Forest Products Ltd (aka Les Produits Forestiers Portbec
Ltee)
Power Wood Corp.
Precision Cedar Products Corp.
Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka, Kenora Forest Products)
Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc.
Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c. (aka Temrex Forest Products LP)
Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs de Beauce Inc.
Promobois G.D.S. inc.
Rayonier A.M. Canada GP
Rembos Inc.
Rene Bernard Inc.
Rick Dubois
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.
River City Remanufacturing Inc.
S&R Sawmills Ltd
S&W Forest Products Ltd.
San Industries Ltd.
Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.
Scierie St-Michel inc.
Scierie West Brome Inc.
Scott Lumber Sales
Shakertown Corp.
Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd.
Silvaris Corporation
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
Skana Forest Products Ltd.
Source Forest Products
South Beach Trading Inc.
South Coast Reman Ltd.
South Fraser Container Terminals
Spruceland Millworks Inc.
Star Lumber Canada Ltd.
Sundher Timber Products Inc.
Surplus G Rioux
Surrey Cedar Ltd.
Taan Forest Limited Partnership
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
Tall Tree Lumber Company
Terminal Forest Products Ltd.
The Wood Source Inc.
Tolko Industries Ltd. and Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd.
Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.
Triad Forest Products Ltd.
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc.
Tyee Timber Products Ltd.
Usine Sartigan Inc.
Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC
Valley Cedar 2 Inc.
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.
Western Forest Products Inc.
Western Lumber Sales Limited
Westminster Industries Ltd.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
White River Forest Products L.P.
Winton Homes Ltd.
Woodline Forest Products Ltd.
Woodstock Forest Products
Woodtone Specialties Inc.
[FR Doc. 2022-02322 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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