MESSAGE NO: 2309112 DATE: 11 05 1991
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 122 - 816 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 11 05 1991 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: INITIATION OF A COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION
CERTAIN SOFTWOOD LUMBER PRODUCTS FROM CANADA
(C-122-816)

1. The Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register
on October 31, 1991, its inititation of a countervailing duty
investigation of certain softwood lumber products from
Canada.

2. Softwood lumber products subject to this investigation are
defined as: coniferous wood sawn or chipped lengthwise,
sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or
finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 millimeters (mm);
such products are imported under subheading 4407.1000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States; and
coniferous wood siding (including strips and friezes for
parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped
(tongued, grooved, rabbitted, chamfered, V--jointed, beaded,
molded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces,
whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed; and other
coniferous wood (including strips and friezes for parquet
flooring, not assembled) continously shaped (tongued,
grooved, rabbitted, chamfered, V--jointed, beaded, molded,
rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether
or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed; such products are
imported under subheadings 4409.1010 and 4409.1090 of the
HTS; and coniferous wood flooring (including strips and
friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously
shaped (tongued, grooved, rabbitted, chamfered, V--jointed,
beaded, molded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges
or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed;
such products are imported under subheading 4409.1020 of the
HTS.

3. For further reporting purposes, this case has been assigned
investigation number C-122-816.

4. If there are any questions regarding this matter by
Customs officers, please contact Via E-Mail, through the
Regional Antidumping\Countervailing Duty Coordinator, the
Trade Compliance Division, Antidumping\Countervailing Duty
Branch, Using attribute "HQ OAB." All other interested
parties (e.g., importers and attorneys) should refer their
questions to Michael Rollin or Barbara Tillman, Office of
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 377-2786.


Nancy McTiernan