• Effective Date: Apr 29, 2025
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015
Ref: Message 9186306, dated 07/05/2019 1. Commerce has amended the final results of its expedited review of the countervailing duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada for the period 01/01/2015 through 12/31/2015, pursuant to court decision. This amendment was made effective on 04/29/2025, and changes the cash deposit rate for the producer/exporter as listed in paragraph 3. 2. On 01/21/2025, the CIT issued an order in the case of Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations, et al. v. United States, et. al., Consol. Ct. No. 19-00122 (Slip Op. 25-8) (COALITION). The CIT sustained Commerce's remand redetermination calculating a de minimis subsidy rate for Fontaine Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates and determination to exclude subject merchandise produced and exported by those companies from the countervailing duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada. On March 13, 2025, the CIT issued an order severing Fontaine, Inc., et al., v. United States, et al., Ct. No. 19-00154, from COALITION. On April 18, 2025, the CIT issued an order in Fontaine, Inc., et al., v. United States, et al., Ct. No. 19-00154, ordering Commerce to publish amended final results of CVD expedited review with respect to Fontaine Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates that reflect the 0.00 percent cash deposit rate determined for Fontaine Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates in Commerce's remand redetermination. 3. For shipments of certain softwood lumber products from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 04/29/2025, the amended cash deposit requirement is as follows: Producer: Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Exporter: Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Case number: C-122-858-356 Amended rate: 0.00% 4. The collection of cash deposits at zero percent applies only to the producer/exporter combination identified in paragraph 3 of this message. Imports of merchandise where a company named in a producer/exporter combination was either the producer or the exporter, but not both, are subject to this countervailing duty order. Accordingly, for shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 04/29/2025, produced or exported by the companies identified below, CBP shall collect a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties at the percentages of the entered value that are currently in effect, as listed below. Producer: Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Exporter: Any Company Other than Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Case Number: C-122-858-357 Case deposit rate: 6.74% Producer: Any Company Other than Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Exporter: Fontaine Inc.; Gestion Natanis Inc.; Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee; Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc. Case Number: C-122-858-358 Case deposit rate: 6.74% 5. These cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. 6. Do not liquidate any entries of the merchandise until specific liquidation instructions are issued. 7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OIII:KJ.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur