Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 60869-60871 [2024-16635]
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established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be the all-others rate of
28.48 percent.14 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2),
Commerce will issue the final results of
this administrative review, including
the results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their case briefs,
not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 ADs
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 ADs
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled ADs.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
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List of Topics Discussed 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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Order, 83 FR at 35215.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Harvard University et al.; Notice of
Decision on Application for Duty-Free
Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to section
6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of
1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by
Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR
part 301). On June 25, 2024, the
Department of Commerce published a
notice in theFederal Register requesting
public comment on whether
instruments of equivalent scientific
value, for the purposes for which the
instruments identified in the docket(s)
below are intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States. See
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments, 89 FR 53045–46,
June 25, 2024 (Notice). We received no
public comments.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instrument described below, for such
purposes as this is intended to be used,
that was being manufactured in the
United States at the time of order.
Docket Number: 24–013. Applicant:
Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street,
Jefferson 158, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Instrument: Narrow linewidth single
frequency fiber laser. Manufacturer:
Shanghai Precilaser Technology, Co.,
Ltd., China. Intended Use: According to
the applicant, the instrument is
intended to be used to study for the high
power (15 W), single frequency laser
system at 828. 5 nm will be used in a
quantum physics experiment at Harvard
for optical tweezer trapping of
rubidium-87 atoms. The available laser
power will allow many more of these
atoms (thousands) to be controlled than
previously demonstrated (hundreds).
This will allow the study of larger
quantum systems with properties and
fidelities far exceeding smaller systems.
Docket Number: 24–014. Applicant:
Drexel University, Rm.-MS 3701, Market
Street, RM 470, Central Receiving, 34th
& Ludlow Streets, Philadelphia, PA
19104. Instrument: Battery fabrication
equipment. Manufacturer: Xiamen TOB
New Energy. Intended Use: According
to the applicant, the instrument will be
used to study and understand how
battery electrodes are made, how to
improve their processing, and how to
make higher performance rechargeable
batteries. The battery materials include
oxides, and carbons and the phenomena
is battery electrode microstructure and
performance.
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Docket Number: 24–015. Applicant:
Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street,
Jefferson 158, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Instrument: Narrow Linewidth Laser.
Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser
Technology, Co., Ltd., China. Intended
Use: According to the applicant, the
instrument will be used to study the
high power (15 W), narrow-linewidth/
single frequency laser system at 852 nm
will be used in a quantum physics
experiment at Harvard for optical
tweezer trapping of rubidium-87 atoms.
Narrow-linewidth operation of the laser
is critical to the method of optical
tweezer generation we use to trap atoms,
and as much power as possible is
needed to perform experiments on the
largest possible quantum systems. The
wavelength of 852 nm is important
because it is sufficiently far detuned
from the atomic transition to provide
long qubit coherence time.
Docket Number: 24–016. Applicant:
Cornell University, 377 Pine Tree Rd.,
Ithaca, NY 14850. Instrument: Closedcycle cryostat sample manipulator for
ultra-low temperature angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy & electron
energy loss spectroscopy. Manufacturer:
Fermion Instrument, China. Intended
Use: According to the applicant, the
instrument will be used to study and
conduct two different types of
experiments: angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES)
and electron energy-loss spectroscopy
(EELS). ARPES is a technique which
allows us to measure directly the
momentum-resolved single-particle
electronic structure of materials. EELS is
a technique which allows us to measure
the energy-resolved collective
excitations in materials. We currently
have an electron detector that is, in
principle, compatible with both
techniques.
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis,
Enforcement and Compliance.
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International Trade Administration
[C–122–858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products
from Canada: Notice of Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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Based on a request from
TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. (TRAPA),
the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is initiating a changed
circumstances review (CCR) of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain softwood lumber products from
Canada to determine whether TRAPA is
the successor-in-interest (SII) to TransPacific Trading Ltd. (Trans-Pacific).
DATES: Applicable July 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson, 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) 482–4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce
published the CVD order on certain
softwood lumber products from
Canada.1 On April 11, 2024, TRAPA
requested that Commerce initiate a CCR
of the Order, pursuant to section
751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and
19 CFR 251.221(c)(3).2 We found
TRAPA’s CCR request to be deficient
and issued a letter to TRAPA on May 8,
2024.3 On June 7, 2024, TRAPA
submitted an amended CCR request
providing additional information and
documentation.4 In its CCR request,
TRAPA stated that there was a company
name change from Trans-Pacific to
TRAPA on April 8, 2024, and thus,
TRAPA is the SII to Trans-Pacific.
TRAPA requests that Commerce assign
to TRAPA the same CVD cash deposit
rate that it has or may assign to TransPacific and to conduct the CCR on an
expedited basis.
On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.5 The
deadline for the initiation is now July
29, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
Order is softwood lumber, siding,
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 TRAPA’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Expedited
Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated April 11,
2024.
3 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Response to Changed
Circumstances Review Request,’’ dated May 8,
2024.
4 See TRAPA’s Letter, ‘‘Amended Request for
Expedited Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated
June 7, 2024 (TRAPA’s CCR Request).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024.
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flooring and certain other coniferous
wood (softwood lumber products). The
scope includes:
• Coniferous wood, sawn, or chipped
lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or
not planed, whether or not sanded, or
whether or not finger-jointed, of an
actual thickness exceeding six
millimeters.
• Coniferous wood siding, flooring,
and other coniferous wood (other than
moldings and dowel rods), including
strips and friezes for parquet flooring,
that is continuously shaped (including,
but not limited to, tongued, grooved,
rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded,
molded, rounded) along any of its edges,
ends, or faces, whether or not planed,
whether or not sanded, or whether or
not end-jointed.
• Coniferous drilled and notched
lumber and angle cut lumber.
• Coniferous lumber stacked on edge
and fastened together with nails,
whether or not with plywood sheathing.
• Components or parts of semifinished or unassembled finished
products made from subject
merchandise that would otherwise meet
the definition of the scope above.
Finished products are not covered by
the scope of this Order. For the
purposes of this scope, finished
products contain, or are comprised of,
subject merchandise and have
undergone sufficient processing such
that they can no longer be considered
intermediate products, and such
products can be readily differentiated
from merchandise subject to this Order
at the time of importation. Such
differentiation may, for example, be
shown through marks of special
adaptation as a particular product. The
following products are illustrative of the
type of merchandise that is considered
‘‘finished,’’ for the purpose of this
scope: I-joists; assembled pallets; cutting
boards; assembled picture frames;
garage doors.
The following items are excluded
from the scope of this Order:
• Softwood lumber products certified
by the Atlantic Lumber Board as being
first produced in the Provinces of
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova
Scotia, or Prince Edward Island from
logs harvested in Newfoundland and
Labrador, Nova Scotia, or Prince
Edward Island.
• U.S.-origin lumber shipped to
Canada for processing and imported
into the United States if the processing
occurring in Canada is limited to one or
more of the following: (1) kiln drying;
(2) planing to create smooth-to-size
board; or (3) sanding.
• Box-spring frame kits if they
contain the following wooden pieces—
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two side rails, two end (or top) rails and
varying numbers of slats. The side rails
and the end rails must be radius-cut at
both ends. The kits must be individually
packaged and must contain the exact
number of wooden components needed
to make a particular box-spring frame,
with no further processing required.
None of the components exceeds 1″ in
actual thickness or 83″ in length.
• Radius-cut box-spring-frame
components, not exceeding 1″ in actual
thickness or 83″ in length, ready for
assembly without further processing.
The radius cuts must be present on both
ends of the boards and must be
substantially cut so as to completely
round one corner.
Softwood lumber product imports are
generally entered under Chapter 44 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). This chapter of
the HTSUS covers ‘‘Wood and articles
of wood.’’ Softwood lumber products
that are subject to this Order are
currently classifiable under the
following ten-digit HTSUS subheadings
in Chapter 44: 4406.11.00.00;
4406.91.00.00; 4407.10.01.01;
4407.10.01.02; 4407.10.01.15;
4407.10.01.16; 4407.10.01.17;
4407.10.01.18; 4407.10.01.19;
4407.10.01.20; 4407.10.01.42;
4407.10.01.43; 4407.10.01.44;
4407.10.01.45; 4407.10.01.46;
4407.10.01.47; 4407.10.01.48;
4407.10.01.49; 4407.10.01.52;
4407.10.01.53; 4407.10.01.54;
4407.10.01.55; 4407.10.01.56;
4407.10.01.57; 4407.10.01.58;
4407.10.01.59; 4407.10.01.64;
4407.10.01.65; 4407.10.01.66;
4407.10.01.67; 4407.10.01.68;
4407.10.01.69; 4407.10.01.74;
4407.10.01.75; 4407.10.01.76;
4407.10.01.77; 4407.10.01.82;
4407.10.01.83; 4407.10.01.92;
4407.10.01.93; 4407.11.00.01;
4407.11.00.02; 4407.11.00.42;
4407.11.00.43; 4407.11.00.44;
4407.11.00.45; 4407.11.00.46;
4407.11.00.47; 4407.11.00.48;
4407.11.00.49; 4407.11.00.52;
4407.11.00.53; 4407.12.00.01;
4407.12.00.02; 4407.12.00.17;
4407.12.00.18; 4407.12.00.19;
4407.12.00.20; 4407.12.00.58;
4407.12.00.59; 4407.13.00.00;
4407.14.00.00; 4407.19.00.01;
4407.19.00.02; 4407.19.00.54;
4407.19.00.55; 4407.19.00.56;
4407.19.00.57; 4407.19.00.64;
4407.19.00.65; 4407.19.00.66;
4407.19.00.67; 4407.19.00.68;
4407.19.00.69; 4407.19.00.74;
4407.19.00.75; 4407.19.00.76;
4407.19.00.77; 4407.19.00.82;
4407.19.00.83; 4407.19.00.92;
4407.19.00.93; 4407.19.05.00;
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4407.19.06.00; 4407.19.10.01;
4407.19.10.02; 4407.19.10.54;
4407.19.10.55; 4407.19.10.56;
4407.19.10.57; 4407.19.10.64;
4407.19.10.65; 4407.19.10.66;
4407.19.10.67; 4407.19.10.68;
4407.19.10.69; 4407.19.10.74;
4407.19.10.75; 4407.19.10.76;
4407.19.10.77; 4407.19.10.82;
4407.19.10.83; 4407.19.10.92;
4407.19.10.93; 4409.10.05.00;
4409.10.10.20; 4409.10.10.40;
4409.10.10.60; 4409.10.10.80;
4409.10.20.00; 4409.10.90.20;
4409.10.90.40; 4418.30.01.00;
4418.50.00.10; 4418.50.00.30;
4418.50.0050; and 4418.99.10.00;
4418.99.91.05; 4418.99.91.20;
4418.99.91.40; 4418.99.91.95;
4421.99.98.80.6
Subject merchandise as described
above might be identified on entry
documentation as stringers, square cut
box-spring-frame components, fence
pickets, truss components, pallet
components, flooring, and door and
window frame parts. Items so identified
might be entered under the following
ten-digit HTSUS subheadings in
Chapter 44: 4415.20.40.00;
4415.20.80.00; 4418.99.90.05;
4418.99.90.20; 4418.99.90.40;
4418.99.90.95; 4421.99.70.40; and
4421.99.97.80.
Although these HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this Order is
dispositive.7
Initiation of Changed Circumstances
Review
Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act,
Commerce will conduct a CCR upon
receipt of a request from an interested
party that shows changed circumstances
sufficient to warrant a review of an
order. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.216(d), Commerce determines that
the information submitted by TRAPA in
its request for a CCR constitutes a
sufficient basis to conduct a CCR of the
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6 The
following HTSUS numbers have been
deleted, deactivated, replaced, or are invalid:
4407.10.0101, 4407.10.0102, 4407.10.0115,
4407.10.0116, 4407.10.0117, 4407.10.0118,
4407.10.0119, 4407.10.0120, 4407.10.0142,
4407.10.0143, 4407.10.0144, 4407.10.0145,
4407.10.0146, 4407.10.0147, 4407.10.0148,
4407.10.0149, 4407.10.0152, 4407.10.0153,
4407.10.0154, 4407.10.0155, 4407.10.0156,
4407.10.0157, 4407.10.0158, 4407.10.0159,
4407.10.0164, 4407.10.0165, 4407.10.0166,
4407.10.0167, 4407.10.0168, 4407.10.0169,
4407.10.0174, 4407.10.0175, 4407.10.0176,
4407.10.0177, 4407.10.0182, 4407.10.0183,
4407.10.0192, 4407.10.0193; and 4418.90.2500.
These HTSUS numbers however have not been
deactivated in CBP’s ACE secure data portal, as they
could be associated with entries of unliquidated
subject merchandise.
7 See Order, 83 FR at 349.
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Order. Therefore, in accordance with
section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(d), we are initiating a CCR
based upon the information contained
in TRAPA’s CCR Request.
Neither the Act, the Statement of
Administrative Action Accompanying
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, or
Commerce’s regulations offer a
definition of the term ‘‘changed
circumstances,’’ nor do they explain
what aspects of a determination may be
reconsidered in light of such changed
circumstances. Commerce has in the
past conducted CCRs regarding a variety
of issues.8 Here, TRAPA requests that
Commerce initiate a CCR to determine
that it is the SII to Trans-Pacific based
on a name change.9
In the event that Commerce
determines an expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii)
permits Commerce to combine the
notice of initiation of the review and the
preliminary results of review into a
single notice. However, we are not
combining this notice of initiation with
the preliminary results, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), because
Commerce determines that it requires
additional time to analyze the CCR
request.
Preliminary and Final Results of the
CCR
Commerce intends to publish in the
Federal Register a notice of the
preliminary results of this CCR in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)
and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its
preliminary factual and legal
conclusions in that notice regarding
TRAPA’s CCR Request. Unless
extended, Commerce will issue the final
results of this CCR in accordance with
the time limits set forth in 19 CFR
351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
initiation notice in accordance with
8 See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation and
Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 34548 (July 20, 2018)
(finding sufficient information to initiate a CCR to
recalculate certain cash deposit rates); see also
Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final Results of
the Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 34476
(July 25, 2017) (finding sufficient information and
‘‘good cause’’ to initiate a CCR to evaluate whether
a company was properly utilizing the correct cash
deposit rate).
9 In CVD CCRs involving SII determinations,
Commerce follows the practice described in Certain
Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 74 FR 47225 (September 15, 2009),
unchanged in Certain Pasta from Turkey: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 74 FR 54022 (October 21,
2009).
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sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
19 CFR 351.216(b), and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(1).
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) has received
requests to conduct administrative
reviews of various antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders with June anniversary dates. In
accordance with Commerce’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Applicable July 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various AD and CVD orders with June
anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
Commerce discussed below refer to the
number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Respondent Selection
In the event that Commerce limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews
initiated pursuant to requests made for
the orders identified below, Commerce
intends to select respondents based on
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) data for U.S. imports during the
period of review (POR). We intend to
place the CBP data on the record within
five days of publication of the initiation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: Based on a request from TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. (TRAPA),
the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed
circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain softwood lumber products from Canada to determine whether TRAPA
is the successor-in-interest (SII) to Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.
(Trans-Pacific).
DATES: Applicable July 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, 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) 482-4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce published the CVD order on certain
softwood lumber products from Canada.\1\ On April 11, 2024, TRAPA
requested that Commerce initiate a CCR of the Order, pursuant to
section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19
CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 251.221(c)(3).\2\ We found TRAPA's CCR request
to be deficient and issued a letter to TRAPA on May 8, 2024.\3\ On June
7, 2024, TRAPA submitted an amended CCR request providing additional
information and documentation.\4\ In its CCR request, TRAPA stated that
there was a company name change from Trans-Pacific to TRAPA on April 8,
2024, and thus, TRAPA is the SII to Trans-Pacific. TRAPA requests that
Commerce assign to TRAPA the same CVD cash deposit rate that it has or
may assign to Trans-Pacific and to conduct the CCR on an expedited
basis.
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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 TRAPA's Letter, ``Request for Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review,'' dated April 11, 2024.
\3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Response to Changed Circumstances
Review Request,'' dated May 8, 2024.
\4\ See TRAPA's Letter, ``Amended Request for Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review,'' dated June 7, 2024 (TRAPA's CCR Request).
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On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The deadline for the
initiation is now July 29, 2024.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is softwood lumber, siding,
flooring and certain other coniferous wood (softwood lumber products).
The scope includes:
Coniferous wood, sawn, or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, whether or not planed, whether or not sanded, or whether or not
finger-jointed, of an actual thickness exceeding six millimeters.
Coniferous wood siding, flooring, and other coniferous
wood (other than moldings and dowel rods), including strips and friezes
for parquet flooring, that is continuously shaped (including, but not
limited to, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded,
molded, rounded) along any of its edges, ends, or faces, whether or not
planed, whether or not sanded, or whether or not end-jointed.
Coniferous drilled and notched lumber and angle cut
lumber.
Coniferous lumber stacked on edge and fastened together
with nails, whether or not with plywood sheathing.
Components or parts of semi-finished or unassembled
finished products made from subject merchandise that would otherwise
meet the definition of the scope above.
Finished products are not covered by the scope of this Order. For
the purposes of this scope, finished products contain, or are comprised
of, subject merchandise and have undergone sufficient processing such
that they can no longer be considered intermediate products, and such
products can be readily differentiated from merchandise subject to this
Order at the time of importation. Such differentiation may, for
example, be shown through marks of special adaptation as a particular
product. The following products are illustrative of the type of
merchandise that is considered ``finished,'' for the purpose of this
scope: I-joists; assembled pallets; cutting boards; assembled picture
frames; garage doors.
The following items are excluded from the scope of this Order:
Softwood lumber products certified by the Atlantic Lumber
Board as being first produced in the Provinces of Newfoundland and
Labrador, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island from logs harvested in
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island.
U.S.-origin lumber shipped to Canada for processing and
imported into the United States if the processing occurring in Canada
is limited to one or more of the following: (1) kiln drying; (2)
planing to create smooth-to-size board; or (3) sanding.
Box-spring frame kits if they contain the following wooden
pieces--two side rails, two end (or top) rails and varying numbers of
slats. The side rails and the end rails must be radius-cut at both
ends. The kits must be individually packaged and must contain the exact
number of wooden components needed to make a particular box-spring
frame, with no further processing required. None of the components
exceeds 1'' in actual thickness or 83'' in length.
Radius-cut box-spring-frame components, not exceeding 1''
in actual thickness or 83'' in length, ready for assembly without
further processing. The radius cuts must be present on both ends of the
boards and must be substantially cut so as to completely round one
corner.
Softwood lumber product imports are generally entered under Chapter
44 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). This
chapter of the HTSUS covers ``Wood and articles of wood.'' Softwood
lumber products that are subject to this Order are currently
classifiable under the following ten-digit HTSUS subheadings in Chapter
44: 4406.11.00.00; 4406.91.00.00; 4407.10.01.01; 4407.10.01.02;
4407.10.01.15; 4407.10.01.16; 4407.10.01.17; 4407.10.01.18;
4407.10.01.19; 4407.10.01.20; 4407.10.01.42; 4407.10.01.43;
4407.10.01.44; 4407.10.01.45; 4407.10.01.46; 4407.10.01.47;
4407.10.01.48; 4407.10.01.49; 4407.10.01.52; 4407.10.01.53;
4407.10.01.54; 4407.10.01.55; 4407.10.01.56; 4407.10.01.57;
4407.10.01.58; 4407.10.01.59; 4407.10.01.64; 4407.10.01.65;
4407.10.01.66; 4407.10.01.67; 4407.10.01.68; 4407.10.01.69;
4407.10.01.74; 4407.10.01.75; 4407.10.01.76; 4407.10.01.77;
4407.10.01.82; 4407.10.01.83; 4407.10.01.92; 4407.10.01.93;
4407.11.00.01; 4407.11.00.02; 4407.11.00.42; 4407.11.00.43;
4407.11.00.44; 4407.11.00.45; 4407.11.00.46; 4407.11.00.47;
4407.11.00.48; 4407.11.00.49; 4407.11.00.52; 4407.11.00.53;
4407.12.00.01; 4407.12.00.02; 4407.12.00.17; 4407.12.00.18;
4407.12.00.19; 4407.12.00.20; 4407.12.00.58; 4407.12.00.59;
4407.13.00.00; 4407.14.00.00; 4407.19.00.01; 4407.19.00.02;
4407.19.00.54; 4407.19.00.55; 4407.19.00.56; 4407.19.00.57;
4407.19.00.64; 4407.19.00.65; 4407.19.00.66; 4407.19.00.67;
4407.19.00.68; 4407.19.00.69; 4407.19.00.74; 4407.19.00.75;
4407.19.00.76; 4407.19.00.77; 4407.19.00.82; 4407.19.00.83;
4407.19.00.92; 4407.19.00.93; 4407.19.05.00;
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4407.19.06.00; 4407.19.10.01; 4407.19.10.02; 4407.19.10.54;
4407.19.10.55; 4407.19.10.56; 4407.19.10.57; 4407.19.10.64;
4407.19.10.65; 4407.19.10.66; 4407.19.10.67; 4407.19.10.68;
4407.19.10.69; 4407.19.10.74; 4407.19.10.75; 4407.19.10.76;
4407.19.10.77; 4407.19.10.82; 4407.19.10.83; 4407.19.10.92;
4407.19.10.93; 4409.10.05.00; 4409.10.10.20; 4409.10.10.40;
4409.10.10.60; 4409.10.10.80; 4409.10.20.00; 4409.10.90.20;
4409.10.90.40; 4418.30.01.00; 4418.50.00.10; 4418.50.00.30;
4418.50.0050; and 4418.99.10.00; 4418.99.91.05; 4418.99.91.20;
4418.99.91.40; 4418.99.91.95; 4421.99.98.80.\6\
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\6\ The following HTSUS numbers have been deleted, deactivated,
replaced, or are invalid: 4407.10.0101, 4407.10.0102, 4407.10.0115,
4407.10.0116, 4407.10.0117, 4407.10.0118, 4407.10.0119,
4407.10.0120, 4407.10.0142, 4407.10.0143, 4407.10.0144,
4407.10.0145, 4407.10.0146, 4407.10.0147, 4407.10.0148,
4407.10.0149, 4407.10.0152, 4407.10.0153, 4407.10.0154,
4407.10.0155, 4407.10.0156, 4407.10.0157, 4407.10.0158,
4407.10.0159, 4407.10.0164, 4407.10.0165, 4407.10.0166,
4407.10.0167, 4407.10.0168, 4407.10.0169, 4407.10.0174,
4407.10.0175, 4407.10.0176, 4407.10.0177, 4407.10.0182,
4407.10.0183, 4407.10.0192, 4407.10.0193; and 4418.90.2500. These
HTSUS numbers however have not been deactivated in CBP's ACE secure
data portal, as they could be associated with entries of
unliquidated subject merchandise.
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Subject merchandise as described above might be identified on entry
documentation as stringers, square cut box-spring-frame components,
fence pickets, truss components, pallet components, flooring, and door
and window frame parts. Items so identified might be entered under the
following ten-digit HTSUS subheadings in Chapter 44: 4415.20.40.00;
4415.20.80.00; 4418.99.90.05; 4418.99.90.20; 4418.99.90.40;
4418.99.90.95; 4421.99.70.40; and 4421.99.97.80.
Although these HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this Order is
dispositive.\7\
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\7\ See Order, 83 FR at 349.
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Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, Commerce will conduct a CCR
upon receipt of a request from an interested party that shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of an order. In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce determines that the information
submitted by TRAPA in its request for a CCR constitutes a sufficient
basis to conduct a CCR of the Order. Therefore, in accordance with
section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), we are
initiating a CCR based upon the information contained in TRAPA's CCR
Request.
Neither the Act, the Statement of Administrative Action
Accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, or Commerce's
regulations offer a definition of the term ``changed circumstances,''
nor do they explain what aspects of a determination may be reconsidered
in light of such changed circumstances. Commerce has in the past
conducted CCRs regarding a variety of issues.\8\ Here, TRAPA requests
that Commerce initiate a CCR to determine that it is the SII to Trans-
Pacific based on a name change.\9\
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\8\ See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic
of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 34548 (July 20, 2018) (finding
sufficient information to initiate a CCR to recalculate certain cash
deposit rates); see also Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final
Results of the Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 34476 (July 25,
2017) (finding sufficient information and ``good cause'' to initiate
a CCR to evaluate whether a company was properly utilizing the
correct cash deposit rate).
\9\ In CVD CCRs involving SII determinations, Commerce follows
the practice described in Certain Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 74 FR
47225 (September 15, 2009), unchanged in Certain Pasta from Turkey:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
74 FR 54022 (October 21, 2009).
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In the event that Commerce determines an expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits Commerce to combine the
notice of initiation of the review and the preliminary results of
review into a single notice. However, we are not combining this notice
of initiation with the preliminary results, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), because Commerce determines that it requires
additional time to analyze the CCR request.
Preliminary and Final Results of the CCR
Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the
preliminary results of this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)
and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its preliminary factual and
legal conclusions in that notice regarding TRAPA's CCR Request. Unless
extended, Commerce will issue the final results of this CCR in
accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this initiation notice in accordance
with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b), and
19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-16635 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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