AD and CV: Canada Certain Softwood Lumber Products
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its second antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews for certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
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| Preliminary Results of AD & CV Duty Administrative Reviews |
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Preliminary Results Not in Effect and May be Amended
These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD and CV duty administrative reviews which are currently due no later than 120 days from June 7, 2005 (AD) and on or before October 5, 2005 (CV).
| Company | Preliminary AD/CV Margin or Note |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Certain Softwood Lumber Products | |
| A-122-838 | |
| Review Period: 05/01/03 - 04/30/04 | |
| Abitibi Consolidated Inc. (Abitibi) and its affiliates Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada, Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc., Societe en Commandite Scierie Opitciwan, Produits Forestiers La Tuque Inc. | 2.53% |
| Buchanan Lumber Sales Inc. (Buchanan) and its affiliates Atikokan Forest Products Ltd., Long Lake Forest Products Inc., Nakina Forest Products Limited, Buchanan Distribution Inc., Buchanan Forest Products Ltd., Great West Timber Ltd., Dubreuil Forest Products Ltd., Northern Sawmills Inc., McKenzie Forest Products Inc., Buchanan Northern Hardwoods Inc., Northern Wood, and Solid Wood Products Inc. | 2.49% |
| Canfor Corporation(Canfor) and its affiliates Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Daaquam Lumber Inc., Lakeland Mills Ltd., The Pas Lumber Company Ltd., and Skeena Cellulose | 1.42% |
| Tembec Inc. (Tembec) and its affiliates Marks Lumber Ltd., 791615 Ontario Limited (Excel Forest Products), Produits Forestiers Temrex Limited Partnership | 3.16% |
| Tolko Industries Ltd. (Tolko) and its affiliate Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. | 3.22% |
| Weldwood of Canada Limited (Weldwood) | 5.62% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. (West Fraser) and its affiliates West Fraser Forest Products Inc., and Seehta Forest Products Ltd. | 0.51% |
| Weyerhaeuser Company (Weyerhaeuser) and its affiliate Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd. | 4.74% |
| Approximately 438 companies listed individually in the ITA notice that have received a "review-specific" rate | 2.44% |
| Canada | |
| Certain Softwood Lumber Products | |
| C-122-839 | |
| Review Period: 04/01/03 - 03/31/04 | |
| Country-wide | 8.18% |
See ITA's AD notice for footnotes pertaining to these companies
The ITA states that it determined to conduct this CV duty administrative review on an aggregate basis and also determined that it was not practicable to conduct any form of company-specific review. The ITA also states that it has calculated a single country-wide subsidy rate to be applied to all producers and exporters of the subject merchandise from Canada, other than those producers that have been excluded from this CV duty order.
See AD & CV ITA notices for more information, including the scope of the reviews, rescission of 13 AD respondents, hearing request and comment submission requirements, informative footnotes on certain companies, etc.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 05/03/05 news, 05050315, for BP summary of its May 2005 section 129 determination, which resulted in an "all others" AD duty rate of 11.54%, which an ITA fact sheet states applies to those Canadian companies that have never participated in an AD duty administrative review)
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/02/04 news, 04070245, for BP summary of the initiation of the AD and CV duty administrative reviews for certain softwood lumber products from Canada. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/05/04 and 09/08/04 news, 04080545 and 04090845, for BP summaries of additional ITA notices concerning the initiation of the AD duty administrative review.
See ITT's Online Archives or 12/22/04 news, 04122230, for BP summary of the final results of the first AD and CV duty administrative reviews of subject merchandise from Canada. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/26/05 news, 05012635, for BP summary of the amended final results of the first AD duty administrative review. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/25/05 news, 05022530, for BP summary of the amended final results of the first CV duty administrative review.)
ITA Contacts - Daniel O'Brien (AD) (202) 482-1376
Stephanie Moore (CV) (202) 482-3692
ITA AD Notice (FR Pub 06/07/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-2885.pdf
ITA CV Notice (FR Pub 06/07/05) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-2884.pdf
ITA Fact Sheet on these Preliminary Results (dated 06/06/05) available at http://ita.doc.gov/media/FactSheet/0605/lumber_060105.html