[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15540]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-838, C-122-839]


Certain Softwood Lumber From Canada: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review for the Period May 1, 2003, Through 
April 30, 2004, and Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty New 
Shipper Review for the Period January 1, 2003, Through December 31, 
2003

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty New 
Shipper Reviews in Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping (AD) and 
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain softwood lumber from 
Canada. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d) (2002), we are 
initiating AD and CVD new shipper reviews for Seed Timber Co. Ltd (Seed 
Timber).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kemp or Constance Handley (AD 
review) at (202) 482-5346 and (202) 482-0631, respectively; Tipten 
Troidl or Eric B. Greynolds (CVD review) at (202) 482-1767 and (202) 
482-6071, respectively; Group I, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    On May 28, 2004, the Department received a timely request from Seed 
Timber, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)), for a new shipper review 
of the AD and CVD orders on certain softwood lumber from Canada, which 
have a May anniversary month.\1\
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    \1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, 67 FR 
36068, 36070 (May 22, 2002).
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    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(I) and (iii)(A), Seed Timber 
certified that it did not export certain softwood lumber to the United 
States during the period of investigation (POI), and that it has never 
been affiliated with any exporter or producer which exported certain 
softwood lumber during the POI.\2\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iv), the company submitted documentation establishing the 
date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the United 
States, the date of entry of that first shipment, the volume of that 
and subsequent shipments, the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States, and that it has informed the Governments 
of Canada and British Columbia that they will be required to provide a 
full response to the Department's questionnaire.\3\
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    \2\ See submission from Seed Timber Co. Ltd. to the Department 
regarding Request for New Shipper Review, case A-122-838, dated May 
25, 2004.
    \3\ See submission from Seed Timber Co. Ltd. to the Department 
regarding Request for New Shipper Review, case C-122-839, dated May 
25, 2004.
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Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are initiating 
AD and CVD new shipper reviews for Seed Timber. We intend to issue the 
preliminary results of these new shipper reviews not later than 180 
days after initiation of these reviews. We intend to issue final 
results of these reviews no later than 90 days after the date on which 
the preliminary results are issued. See 19 CFR 351.214(I).

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       New shipper review proceeding            Period to be reviewed
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Seed Timber Co. Ltd.......................  05/01/03-04/30/04 (AD).
                                            01/01/03-12/31/03 (CVD).
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    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
reviews, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from the above-listed company in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Seed Timber certified that it both 
produces and exports the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the 
basis for these new shipper review requests, we will permit the bonding 
privilege only with respect to entries of subject merchandise for which 
Seed Timber is both the producer and exporter.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
these new shipper reviews should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305 and 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group 1.
[FR Doc. 04-15540 Filed 7-7-04; 8:45 am]
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