[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53546-53547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23191]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-838]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood 
lumber products from Canada for the period May 22, 2002, through April 
30, 2003. We are now rescinding this review with respect to 48 
companies for which the requests for an administrative review have been 
withdrawn.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Musser or Constance Handley, at 
(202) 482-1777 or (202) 482-0631, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office 5, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 2003, the Department published a notice of opportunity to 
request the first administrative review of this order. See Antidumping 
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 68 FR 23281 (May 1, 
2003). On May 30, 2003, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), the 
Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee (the petitioner) 
requested a review of 192 producers/exporters of certain softwood 
lumber products. Also, between the dates of May 7, 2003, and June 2, 
2003, 338 Canadian producers requested a review on their own behalf or 
had a review of their company requested by a U.S. importer. Taking into 
consideration the overlap in the three aforementioned categories, the 
total number of companies currently under review is 422.
    On July 1, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
this antidumping duty administrative review, covering the period May 
22, 2002, through April 30, 2003, See Initiation of Antidumping 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 39059 (July 1, 2003). The initiation, and 
subsequent correction, covered 422 companies.\1\
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    \1\ Buchanan Lumber, a distinct entity from Buchanan Lumber 
Sales Inc., was inadvertently omitted from the original initiation 
notice. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part and Deferral 
of Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 44253 (July 29, 2003).
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    On July 18, 2003, the petitioner withdrew its review request for 63 
companies. On August 4, 2003, the petitioner withdrew its request for 
two additional companies. Of these 65 companies, eight had either 
requested their own review or had a review of their company requested 
by a U.S. importer. Accordingly, the Department has not rescinded the 
review with respect to these eight companies.
    In addition, two of the companies for which the petitioner withdrew 
its request for a review, Lakeland Mills Ltd. and The Pas Lumber Co. 
Ltd., are affiliated with Canfor Corporation. Two of the companies, 
Excel Forest Products and Produits Forestiers Temrex Usine St. 
Alphonse, Inc., are affiliated with Tembec Inc. Two of the companies, 
Fraser, Inc. and Norbord Industries, Inc., are affiliated with Nexfor 
Inc. One of the companies, Groupe Cedrico, is affiliated with Bois 
d'oeuvre Cedrico Inc. And, one of the companies, Max Meilleur & Fils 
Ltee, is affiliated with Cobodex, Inc.\2\ Therefore, because Canfor 
Corporation, Tembec Inc., Nexfor Inc., Bois d'oeuvre Cedrico Inc., and 
Cobodex, Inc. made timely requests for review the Department has not 
rescinded the review with respect to their affiliates.
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    \2\ See Kaye Scholer LLP's July 16, 2003, submission, Baker & 
Hostetler's July 16, 2003, submission, Howrey Simon Arnold & White's 
August 5, 2003, submission, and Wilmer, Cutler, & Pickering's August 
20, 2003, submissions.
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    Finally, the Department has not rescinded the review with respect 
to Leggett Wood because it is an operating division and registered 
trade name for

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Leggett and Platt, which has also requested its own review.

Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    The remaining 48 companies, included in the petitioner's July 18, 
2003, letter, for whom the review will be rescinded are as follows:

100 Mile Wood Products Ltd.
5 Star Forest Industries Ltd.
Alliance Forest Product-Couturier Inc.
Antrim Cedar Corp.
Boucher Brothers Lumber Ltd.
CanEx Lumber Ltd.
Capital Forest Products
Coulson Manufacturing Ltd.
Davron Forest Products Ltd.
Deniso Lebel Inc.
Drummond Lumber
Ernie Braumburger
Galloway Lumber Co, Ltd.
Green Lake Metis Wood Products Ltd.
Hansen Forest Products Ltd.
J.H. Huscroft Ltd.
J.S. Jones Timber Ltd.
Jean Riopel Inc.
Jeffery Hanson
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co, Ltd.
L & M Wood Products (1985) Ltd.
La Scierie Lachance Ltee.
Lacrete Sawmills Ltd.
Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltee
Linde Bros. Lumber Ltd.
Lytton Lumber Ltd.
Manning Diversified Forest Products Ltd.
Medicine Lodge Timber Products Ltd.
Moen Lumber
Mostowich Lumber Ltd.
North Star Pallets
Oyama Forest Products
Port Arthur Lumber & Planing Mill Ltd.
Portbois
Precision Lumber Products Inc.
Rocky Wood Preservers Ltd.
Scierie Gauthier Ltee
Scierie Laterriere Ltee
Scierie Norbois Inc.
Skeena Cellulose Inc.
Strachan Forest Products Ltd.
Tara Forest Products
Trans North Timber
Transco Mills Ltd.
Uniforet Inc.
Universal Reel & Recycling Inc.
Zavisha Sawmills Ltd.
Zelensky Brothers La Ronge Sawmill

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 315.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the 
administrative review with respect to each of the above listed 
companies. The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection within 
15 days of publication of this notice.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 751 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 5, 2003.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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