Notice2026-07153
Certain Softwood Lumber From Canada: Preliminary Results and Intent To Rescind, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024
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Published
April 14, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain softwood lumber (softwood lumber) from Canada was made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce intends to rescind this review with respect to 21 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19102-19105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07153]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-857]
Certain Softwood Lumber From Canada: Preliminary Results and
Intent To Rescind, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain softwood lumber (softwood lumber) from Canada
was made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce
intends to rescind this review with respect to 21 companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Jacobson, Thomas Martin, or
Dylan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0266, (202) 482-3936, or (202) 482-1197, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 3, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on softwood lumber from Canada.\1\ On
January 2, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the
POR.\2\ On February 21, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the Order.\3\ On April 9, 2025, Commerce selected Canfor Wood
Products Marketing Ltd., Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Canfor
Corporation, Canfor Fox Creek Ltd., and Canfor Whitecourt Ltd.
(collectively, Canfor); Resolute Growth Canada Inc., Forest Products
Mauricie LP, Soci[eacute]t[eacute] en
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commandite Scierie Opitciwan, Resolute-LP Engineered Wood Larouche
Inc., Resolute-LP Engineered Wood St-Prime Limited Partnership, and
Resolute FP Canada Inc. (collectively, Resolute); and Manning Forest
Products Ltd., Sundre Forest Products Inc., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., and
West Fraser Mills Ltd. (collectively, West Fraser) as the mandatory
respondents in this administrative review.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada:
Antidumping Duty Order and Partial Amended Final Determination, 83
FR 350 (January 3, 2018) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 71 (January 2,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 10048 (February 21, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated April 9,
2025.
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On September 16, 2025, we extended the preliminary results of this
review by an additional 119 days, in accordance with section of
751(a)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).\5\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal
Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.\6\ Additionally,
due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal
Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.\7\
Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now April 8,
2026. For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results,'' dated September 16, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada; 2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is softwood lumber from
Canada. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\9\
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\10\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be
conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the POR.\11\
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\9\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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As discussed in greater detail in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, the POR entry totals reflected in the CBP data reflected no
POR entries of subject merchandise from the companies listed in
Appendix II. In the absence of any suspended entries of subject
merchandise from these companies during the POR, Commerce hereby
notifies all interested parties of its intent to rescind this
administrative review with respect to these companies. Commerce is
providing interested parties with an opportunity to submit comments in
their case briefs on this intent to rescind.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via
ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not
selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)
of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a
market economy less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance
when determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies
which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .''
In this review, we preliminarily calculated above de minimis
weighted-average dumping margins for Canfor, Resolute, and West Fraser
that were not determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
Therefore, consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are
preliminarily assigning the weighted average of the three mandatory
respondents' weighted-average dumping margins, to the companies not
selected for individual examination in this review.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the period of
January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Canfor.................................................. 16.85
Resolute................................................ 13.25
West Fraser............................................. 4.77
Non-Examined Companies.................................. 10.66
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the
publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the
date for filing case briefs.\12\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
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of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\13\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide, at the beginning of their
briefs, a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\14\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\15\
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\15\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\16\ Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after
the date of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.\17\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin
is above zero or de minimis in the final results of this review, we
will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined
sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).\18\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in
the final results of review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties in accordance
with the Final Modification for Reviews.\19\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\18\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
\19\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8103; see also
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
under review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 41 days after the date of publication of the final results
of this review in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
356.8(a). If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of final results of this
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of
this proceeding in which the company was examined; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent segment for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 6.04 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\20\ These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 8, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Intent to Rescind Review, In Part
V. Affiliation and Collapsing Determination
VI. Non-Examined Respondents
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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Appendix II
Companies for Which We Intend To Rescind Review
1. 9224-5737 Quebec inc., A.G. Bois
2. CWP-Montreal Inc.
3. Groupe Lignarex Inc.
4. Lafontaine Lumber Inc.
5. Les Bois Martek Lumber
6. Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
7. Scierie St-Michel Inc.
8. Central Forest Products Inc.
9. Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee, Portbec Forest Products
Ltd.
10. Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.
11. Sapphire Lumber Company
12. Suncoast Industries Inc.
13. WWW Timber Products Ltd.
14. Ashlaur Trading
15. Canadian Overseas Log and Lumber
16. Coastland Wood Industries
17. Harmac Pacific
18. Hillcore Lakeside Pacific Forest Products Ltd
19. Otter Point Timber LTD
20. Storey Creek Trading
21. Western Canadian Timber Products LTD
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