• Effective Date: Jul 05, 2019
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Jul 05, 2019
  • Cite as: 84 FR 32121 • Cite date: Jul 05, 2019

1. On 07/05/2019 (84 FR 32121), Commerce published in the Federal Register its final results of the expedited review of the countervailing duty order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada.

2. In the final results, Commerce determined a de minimis countervailing duty rate for the following producer/exporter combinations. As a result of this determination, all subject merchandise that is produced and exported by the producer/exporter combinations identified below are excluded from this countervailing duty order.

Producer: Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee and its cross-owned companies: Le Groupe Gesco- Star Ltee, Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee, and Les Produits Forestiers Startrees Ltee
Exporter: Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee and its cross-owned companies: Le Groupe Gesco- Star Ltee, Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee, and Les Produits Forestiers Startrees Ltee
Case Number: C-122-858-009

Producer: Marcel Lauzon Inc. and its cross-owned companies: Placements Marcel Lauzon Ltee and Investissements LRC Inc.
Exporter: Marcel Lauzon Inc. and its cross-owned companies: Placements Marcel Lauzon Ltee and Investissements LRC Inc.
Case Number: C-122-858-010

Producer: North American Forest Products Ltd. and its cross-owned companies: Parent-Violette Gestion Ltee and Le Groupe Parent Ltee
Exporter: North American Forest Products Ltd. and its cross-owned companies: Parent-Violette Gestion Ltee and Le Groupe Parent Ltee
Case Number: C-122-858-011
Note: North American Forest Products Ltd. is located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick.

Producer: Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee and its cross-owned companies: Industries
Daveluyville Inc. and Les Manufacturiers Warwick Ltee
Exporter: Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee and its cross-owned companies: Industries
Daveluyville Inc. and Les Manufacturiers Warwick Ltee
Case Number: C-122-858-012

Producer: Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. and its cross-owned companies: Bois Lemay Inc. and Industrie Lemay Inc.
Exporter: Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. and its cross-owned companies: Bois Lemay Inc. and Industrie Lemay Inc.
Case Number: C-122-858-013

3. Subject merchandise from either a producer or exporter identified in the producer/exporter combinations above, where the other entity in the transaction does not match the excluded producer/exporter combinations (identified in paragraph 2 above), remains subject to the countervailing duty order and should be entered under the All Others case number (C-122-858-000) unless the producer or exporter has its own rate.

4. All entries of this merchandise from the producer/exporter combinations identified in paragraph 2 above, that were suspended on or after 04/28/2017 (the first date of suspension in this proceeding) should be liquidated without regard to countervailing duties (i.e., refund all cash deposits).

5. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of merchandise covered by paragraph 4, occurred with the publication of the final results of the expedited review (84 FR 32121, dated 07/05/2019).

6. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of Section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments and assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order (83 FR 347, dated 01/03/2018). Interest for entries made on or after 01/03/2018, shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties was required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

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 release of this information.

Alexander Amdur