Canada Softwood Lumber: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
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Only the exporters for which an administrative review was requested are covered by this review. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce has ordered liquidation “as entered” for entries during the period of review from all exporters for which a review was not requested (ADCVDWeb Message # 4101404).
AD Cash Deposit Requirements
New AD cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the AD final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD cash deposit rates:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Canfor Corporation / Canadian Forest Products Ltd. / Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd. / Canfor Fox Creek Ltd. / Canfor Whitecourt Ltd. | 34.61% |
| West Fraser Mills Ltd. / Blue Ridge Lumber Inc. / Manning Forest Products Ltd. / Sundre Forest Products Inc. | 9.48% |
| Average rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies* | 20.07% |
(*See Commerce's notice for the full list, in Appendix II, of 309 companies that were preliminarily assigned new AD rates. The notice indicates that 309 companies are included in the review, with none rescinded, meaning the list in the appendix is inclusive of Canfor and West Faser, which were individually examined. West Fraser is alphabetized under Manning Forest Products. The rest were not under individual review, meaning there were 307 companies assigned the review average rate.)
Assessment Rates for Entries January-December 2023
If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise exported by Canfor and West Frasier and their affiliates during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Importers from the other companies under review will be assessed AD at the rate listed above.
(The period of review is 01/01/23 - 12/31/23. See the notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)