Canada Softwood Lumber: Amended Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department is amending the final results published Aug. 19 of the antidumping administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). The agency agreed with West Fraser Mills Ltd., which pointed out a ministerial, or unintentional, error in a calculation Commerce used in arriving at the AD rates, after the final results for setting assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, were published.
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When Commerce corrected the ministerial error, the rate for West Fraser Mills was lowered from 5.32% to 5.04%. Since West Fraser Mills was a mandatory respondent, its rate was factored into the rate calculated for the non-individually examined companies. That review average rate, which applies to 241 companies, was therefore also recalculated and resulted in a lowering of the original final result rate of 7.8% to the amended 7.66% AD rate.
The rate for the other mandatory respondent in the AD review, Canfor Corporation, is unchanged.
The amended rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corporation/Canadian Forest Products Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd./ Canfor Fox Creek Ltd./Canfor Whitecourt Ltd. | 10.44% (not amended) |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 5.04% |
| Average rate for 241 companies | 7.66% |
(See the Appendix in the notice of amended rates for the full list of 241 companies that were assigned new AD rates but were not under individual review. The list is unchanged from the original final results.)
Commerce will calculate importer-specific rates for entries from West Fraser Mills based on the new 5.04% AD rate. That new rate and the rate for the average rate companies are applicable for cash deposit purposes beginning Sept. 24.
(The review period is 01/01/22 - 12/31/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2408160017 for a summary of the original final results and 2402050031 for a summary of the preliminary results of the AD and CVD administrative reviews.)