Notice2022-27844
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020
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Published
December 22, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its notice of final results for the 2020 administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78649-78650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27844]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Amended
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its
notice of final results for the 2020 administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products
(softwood lumber) from Canada.
DATES: Applicable December 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hoffner, 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) 482-3315.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 4, 2021, Commerce published its Initiation Notice for the
administrative review of the CVD order on softwood lumber from Canada
covering the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.\1\ In
the Initiation Notice, Commerce inadvertently omitted the following
companies, for which we had received timely requests for an
administrative review: Brink Forest Products Ltd.; Deep Cove Forest
Products, Inc.; and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.\2\
Additionally, in the Final Results of the CVD administrative review
covering the 2020 period of review (POR), Commerce omitted those same
companies from Appendix II as being among the firms subject to the
review that received the subsidy rate applicable to companies not
selected for individual examination.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation
Notice).
\2\ Id., 86 FR at 12609; see also Brink Forest Products Ltd. and
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.'s Letter, ``Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada Request for Administrative Review,''
dated January 15, 2021; Central Forest Products, Inc.'s Letter,
``Softwood Lumber from Canada; Request for Administrative Review,''
dated February 1, 2022.
\3\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final
Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455, 48458-59 (August 9, 2022)
(Final Results).
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With the issuance of this amended notice, we confirm that Brink
Forest Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. are
included among the firms subject to the CVD administrative review
covering the 2020 period of review and are among the non-selected
companies subject to a subsidy rate of 3.83 percent, effective August
9, 2022.\4\ While the company Deep Cove Forest Products, Inc. was
inadvertently omitted from the Initiation Notice, the company did not
have entries during the POR according to the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) entry data on the record.\5\ As a result, Deep Cove
Forest Products, Inc. will not be subject to the assessment and cash
deposit rates covering the 2020 POR.
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\4\ Id., 87 FR at 48456.
\5\ See Memoranda, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from
Canada: Third Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--Release of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Query,'' dated March 19, 2021;
and ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Third
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--Release of Results of
Second Query of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Data,'' dated
January 5, 2022.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine,
and CBP shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review. However, currently we have
instructed CBP to suspend all entries subject to this review, pursuant
to a suspension of liquidation request filed in accordance with 19 CFR
356.8 and 19 U.S.C. 516A(g)(5)(C).\6\ We also intend to
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issue suspension instructions for Brink Forest Products Ltd. and
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. consistent with that request
and in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8 and 19 U.S.C. 516A(g)(5)(C).
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\6\ See Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International
Trade Investigations or Negotiations (aka, COALITION)'s Letter,
``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: USMCA Secretariat
File No. USA-CDA-2022-10.12-03: Panel Review--Request for Continued
Suspension of Liquidation,'' dated September 16, 2022.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs in
the amounts shown for the companies subject to this review, effective
August 9, 2022, the date of publication of the Final Results in the
Federal Register, for the two companies previously omitted. Therefore,
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits for Brink Forest
Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. as included
among the firms subject to the CVD administrative review covering the
2020 POR and as among the non-selected companies subject to a subsidy
rate of 3.83 percent. These cash deposits, when imposed, shall remain
in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 16, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2022-27844 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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