AD/CV: Canada Certain Softwood Lumber Products
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its third antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews for certain softwood lumber products from Canada, as follows:
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| Company | Preliminary AD/CV Margin or Note |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Certain Softwood Lumber Products | |
| A-122-838 | |
| (Review Period: 05/01/04 - 04/30/05) | |
| Blanchette & Blanchette Inc. (Blanchette) and its affiliate Barrette-Chapais Ltee. | 1.25% |
| International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) | 6.46% |
| Rene Bernard Inc. (Rene Bernard) and its affiliates Irenee Grondin & Fils Ltee., Les Sechoirs a Bois Rene Bernard Ltee., Bois Bohemia Inc., and Bermorg LLC | 8.62% |
| Tembec Inc. (Tembec) and its affiliates Tembec Industries Inc., Marks Lumber Ltd., 791615 Ontario Limited (Excel Forest Products), Produits Forestiers Temrex Limited Partnership | 1.85% |
| Tolko Industries Ltd. (Tolko) and its affiliates Tolko Marketing & Sales Ltd. and Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. | 0.90% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. (West Fraser) and its affiliates West Fraser Forest Products Inc., and Seehta Forest Products Ltd. | 1.47% |
| Western Forest Products Inc. (WFP) and its affiliate WFP Lumber Sales Limited | 7.33% |
| Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (Weyerhaeuser) and its affiliate Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd. | 2.38% |
| Approximately 400 companies listed individually in the ITA notice that have received a "review-specific" rate | 3.47% |
| Adverse Facts Available rate applicable to 15 companies | 37.64% |
| Canada | |
| Certain Softwood Lumber Products | |
| C-122-839 | |
| (Review Period: 04/01/04 - 03/31/05) | |
| Country-wide4 | 11.23% |
The ITA preliminary determined that the post-acquisition Tolko is the successor-in-interest to both the pre-acquisition Tolko and Riverside Forest Products Ltd. (Riverside).
The ITA notes that Weyerhaeuser Company is the parent of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited. The ITA states that it has used the term "Weyerhaeuser Company" interchangeably to refer to both entities; however, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited is the respondent in this AD administrative review.
The 15 companies are: Chasyn Wood Technologies, Cowichan Lumber Ltd., Forwood Forest Products Inc., Hyak Specialty Wood Products Ltd., Jasco Forest Products, Noble Custom Cut Ltd., North American Hardwoods Ltd., North of 50, Scierie A&M St-Pierre Inc., South-East Forest Products Ltd., Spruce Products, Triad Forest Products, Ltd., Westmark Products Ltd., Woodko Enterprises Ltd., and Woodtone Industries Inc.
4The ITA states that it is conducting this CV duty administrative review on an aggregate basis and is not examining individual companies. 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.
Postponement of Final Results
These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD and CV duty administrative reviews which have been extended by 60 days, and are currently due no later than 180 days from June 12, 2006 (AD) and on or about December 4, 2006 (CV).
(See AD & CV ITA notices for more information, including the scope of the reviews, rescission of review for 32 AD respondents, preliminary rescission of review for 28 other 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 indicates is an "all others" rate that applies to those Canadian companies that have never "participated" in an AD duty administrative review.
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/07/05 news, 05070745, 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 12/13/05 and 01/24/06 news, 05121330 and 06012435, for BP summaries of the final results of the second CV duty administrative review and the amended final results of the second AD administrative review of subject merchandise from Canada, respectively.)
| Constance Handley (AD) | (202) 482-0631 |
| Stephanie Moore (CV) | (202) 482-3692 |
ITA AD Notice (FR Pub 06/12/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-5222.pdf
ITA CV Notice (FR Pub 06/12/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-5221.pdf
ITA Fact Sheet on these Preliminary Results (dated 06/01/06) available at http://trade.gov/press/press_releases/2006/lumber_060106.asp