[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 237 (Monday, December 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73437-73444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23932]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-838]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley or Salim 
Bhabhrawala, at (202) 482-0631 or (202) 482-1784, respectively; AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUMMARY: On June 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of its second administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. 
The review covers the following producers of subject merchandise: 
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (Abitibi), Buchanan Lumber Sales, Inc. 
(Buchanan), Canfor Corporation (Canfor), Tembec Inc. (Tembec), Tolko 
Industries, Inc. (Tolko), Weldwood of Canada Limited (Weldwood), West 
Fraser Mills Ltd. (West Fraser), and Weyerhaeuser Company 
(Weyerhaeuser). In addition, based on the preliminary results for these 
respondents selected for individual review, we have also determined a 
weighted-average margin for those companies that requested, but were 
not selected for, individual review. The period of review (POR) is May 
1, 2003, through April 30, 2004. We have noted the changes made since 
the preliminary results below in the ``Changes Since the Preliminary 
Results'' section. The final results are listed below in the ``Final 
Results of Review'' section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 7, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the second administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. See 
Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Partial Resission: Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada, 70 FR 33063 
(June 7, 2005) (Preliminary Results).
    We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On July 
25, 2005, we received case briefs from the above-mentioned respondents, 
the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee (the 
petitioner), and other interested parties.\1\ The parties submitted 
rebuttal briefs on August 8, 2005. A public hearing was requested and 
held on September 7, 2005.
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    \1\ Case briefs were also received from the British Columbia 
Lumber Trade Council, the Ontario Forest Industries Association, the 
Quebec Lumber Manufacturers Association, the Independent Lumber 
Remanufacturers Association, Leggett & Platt Ltd., Lignum Forest 
Products, Ltd., Millar Western Forest Products, Ltd., Riverside 
Forest Products, Ltd., TFL Forest Ltd., Central Cedar Ltd., 
Commonwealth Plywood Company, Ltd., Fontaine Inc., Olav Haavaldsrud 
Inc., Produits Forestiers P. Proulux Inc., Carrier Forest Products 
Ltd., Carrier Lumber Ltd., Cheslatta Forest Products Ltd., Galloway 
Lumber Co. Ltd., Pope & Talbot Inc., Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company 
Ltd., Stuart Lake Lumber Co. Ltd., Stuart Lake Marketing 
Corporation, Teal-Jones Group, Terminal Forest Products Ltd., West 
Chilcotin Forest Products Ltd., Wynndel Box & Lumber Co. Ltd., and 
the Maritimes Lumber Bureau and the Maritime Companies.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are softwood lumber, flooring 
and siding (softwood lumber products). Softwood lumber products include 
all products classified under headings 4407.1000, 4409.1010, 4409.1090, 
and 4409.1020, respectively, of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), and any softwood lumber, flooring and siding 
described below. These softwood lumber products include:

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    (1) Coniferous wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, 
whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness 
exceeding six millimeters;
    (2) Coniferous wood siding (including strips and friezes for 
parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, 
rabbeted, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, molded, rounded or the like) 
along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or 
finger-jointed;
    (3) Other coniferous wood (including strips and friezes for parquet 
flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, 
rabbeted, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, molded, rounded or the like) 
along any of its edges or faces (other than wood moldings and wood 
dowel rods) whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed; and
    (4) Coniferous wood flooring (including strips and friezes for 
parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, 
rabbeted, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, molded, rounded or the like) 
along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or 
finger-jointed.
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
investigation is dispositive. Preliminary scope exclusions and 
clarifications were published in three separate Federal Register 
notices.
    Softwood lumber products excluded from the scope:
     Trusses and truss kits, properly classified under HTSUS 
4418.90.
     I-joist beams.
     Assembled box spring frames.
     Pallets and pallet kits, properly classified under HTSUS 
4415.20.
     Garage doors.
     Edge-glued wood, properly classified under HTSUS 
4421.90.97.40 (formerly HTSUS 4421.90.98.40).
     Properly classified complete door frames.
     Properly classified complete window frames.
     Properly classified furniture.
    Softwood lumber products excluded from the scope only if they meet 
certain requirements:
     Stringers (pallet components used for runners): If they 
have at least two notches on the side, positioned at equal distance 
from the center, to properly accommodate forklift blades, properly 
classified under HTSUS 4421.90.97.40 (formerly HTSUS 4421.90.98.40).
     Box-spring frame kits: If they contain the following 
wooden pieces--two side rails, two end (or top) rails and varying 
numbers of slats. The side rails and the end rails should be radius-cut 
at both ends. The kits should be individually packaged, they should 
contain the exact number of wooden components needed to make a 
particular box spring frame, with no further processing required. None 
of the components exceeds 1'' in actual thickness or 83'' in length.
     Radius-cut box-spring-frame components, not exceeding 1'' 
in actual thickness or 83'' in length, ready for assembly without 
further processing. The radius cuts must be present on both ends of the 
boards and must be substantial cuts so as to completely round one 
corner.
     Fence pickets requiring no further processing and properly 
classified under HTSUS 4421.90.70, 1'' or less in actual thickness, up 
to 8'' wide, 6' or less in length, and have finials or decorative 
cuttings that clearly identify them as fence pickets. In the case of 
dog-eared fence pickets, the corners of the boards should be cut off so 
as to remove pieces of wood in the shape of isosceles right angle 
triangles with sides measuring \3/4\ inch or more.
     U.S. origin lumber shipped to Canada for minor processing 
and imported into the United States, is excluded from the scope of this 
order if the following conditions are met: (1) The processing occurring 
in Canada is limited to kiln-drying, planing to create smooth-to-size 
board, and sanding, and 2) the importer establishes to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection's (CBP) satisfaction that the lumber is of U.S. 
origin.\2\
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    \2\ For further clarification pertaining to this exclusion, see 
the additional language concluding the scope description below.
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     Softwood lumber products contained in single family home 
packages or kits,\3\ regardless of tariff classification, are excluded 
from the scope of the orders if the following criteria are met:
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    \3\ To ensure administrability, we clarified the language of 
this exclusion to require an importer certification and to permit 
single or multiple entries on multiple days, as well as instructing 
importers to retain and make available for inspection specific 
documentation in support of each entry.
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    1. The imported home package or kit constitutes a full package of 
the number of wooden pieces specified in the plan, design or blueprint 
necessary to produce a home of at least 700 square feet produced to a 
specified plan, design or blueprint;
    2. The package or kit must contain all necessary internal and 
external doors and windows, nails, screws, glue, subfloor, sheathing, 
beams, posts, connectors and, if included in purchase contract, 
decking, trim, drywall and roof shingles specified in the plan, design 
or blueprint;
    3. Prior to importation, the package or kit must be sold to a 
retailer of complete home packages or kits pursuant to a valid purchase 
contract referencing the particular home design plan or blueprint, and 
signed by a customer not affiliated with the importer;
    4. The whole package must be imported under a single consolidated 
entry when permitted by CBP, whether or not on a single or multiple 
trucks, rail cars or other vehicles, which shall be on the same day 
except when the home is over 2,000 square feet;
    5. The following documentation must be included with the entry 
documents:
     A copy of the appropriate home design, plan, or blueprint 
matching the entry;
     A purchase contract from a retailer of home kits or 
packages signed by a customer not affiliated with the importer;
     A listing of inventory of all parts of the package or kit 
being entered that conforms to the home design package being entered;
     In the case of multiple shipments on the same contract, 
all items listed immediately above which are included in the present 
shipment shall be identified as well.
    We have determined that the excluded products listed above are 
outside the scope of this order provided the specified conditions are 
met. Lumber products that CBP may classify as stringers, radius cut 
box-spring-frame components, and fence pickets, not conforming to the 
above requirements, as well as truss components, pallet components, and 
door and window frame parts, are covered under the scope of this order 
and may be classified under HTSUS subheadings 4418.90.40.90, 
4421.90.70.40, and 4421.90.98.40. Due to changes in the 2002 HTSUS 
whereby subheading 4418.90.40.90 and 4421.90.98.40 were changed to 
4418.90.45.90 and 4421.90.97.40, respectively, we are adding these 
subheadings as well.
    In addition, this scope language has been further clarified to now 
specify that all softwood lumber products entered from Canada claiming 
non-subject status based on U.S. country of origin will be treated as 
non-subject U.S.-origin merchandise under the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders, provided that these softwood lumber 
products meet the following condition: Upon entry, the importer, 
exporter, Canadian processor and/or original U.S. producer establish to 
CBP's satisfaction that the softwood lumber entered and documented as 
U.S.-origin softwood lumber was first produced in the United States as 
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satisfying the physical parameters of the softwood lumber scope.\4\ The 
presumption of non-subject status can, however, be rebutted by evidence 
demonstrating that the merchandise was substantially transformed in 
Canada.
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    \4\ See the scope clarification message (3034202), dated 
February 3, 2003, to CBP, regarding treatment of U.S.-origin lumber 
on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce 
Building.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this 
administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary, to 
Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, (Decision Memorandum), dated December 5, 2005, which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues addressed in the 
Decision Memorandum is appended to this notice. The Decision Memorandum 
is on file in the Central Records Unit in Room B-099 of the main 
Commerce building, and can also be accessed directly on the Web at 
http://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of 
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our findings at verification, and analysis of comments 
received, we have made adjustments to the preliminary results 
calculation methodologies in calculating the final dumping margins in 
these proceedings. Brief descriptions of the company-specific changes 
are discussed below.

Abitibi

    For the final results, we revised Abitibi's general and 
administrative expenses (G&A) to exclude legal fees associated with the 
AD/CVD proceedings and the fees associated with settlement 
negotiations. In addition, we have revised Abitibi's BC wood chip price 
and have ensured that the revised total cost of manufacturing is 
incorporated into the margin calculation. We have also added Produits 
Forestiers Saguenay Inc. (PFS) to the Abitibi Group and to all 
instructions to CBP.

Buchanan

    The Department used the incorrect database in the calculation of 
Buchanan's cost of production in the preliminary margin calculation. 
Therefore, for the final results, we have used Buchanan's most up-to-
date cost file on the record.

Canfor

    We have corrected clerical errors identified by parties in Canfor's 
preliminary margin calculations as follows: (1) We have revised an 
aberrational entered value for one of Canfor's sales during the POR; 
(2) we have revised packing expenses to eliminate the double-counting 
of packing expenses associated with cost of manufacturing and made a 
packing cost correction as noted at verification for Slocan; (3) we 
have revised the profit rates for subperiod 1 and subperiod 2 of the 
POR; (4) we have revised the treatment of inventory carrying expenses 
denominated in U.S. dollars, in the comparison market programs, as they 
relate to the sales-below-cost test; (5) we have revised the treatment 
of certain Canadian rebates to correctly reflect an expense in the 
comparison market program and; (6) we have treated Slocan's futures 
profits as revenue and used them to offset indirect selling expenses 
(including inventory carrying cost) incurred in the United States, 
capped by the amount of those expenses. In addition, we revised 
Canfor's G&A expenses to exclude legal fees associated with the AD/CVD 
proceedings. We have adjusted Canfor's reported total cost of 
manufacturing to account for purchases of logs from affiliated parties 
at non-arm's length prices. For the Lakeland entity, we included other 
income items in G&A expenses, which Canfor did not appropriately report 
in the G&A expenses. In addition, we excluded sundry income from 
Lakeland's financial expenses, as we included the appropriate portion 
of that income in Lakeland's G&A expenses. For the Canfor entity, we 
added back an investment item to the reported G&A expenses. We also 
moved certain loan expenses from G&A expenses and included them in 
financial expenses. For the Slocan entity, we deducted AD/CVD fees 
which were erroneously included in the G&A expenses.

Tembec

    We adjusted the total by-product revenue for certain mills as well 
as the variable wood cost for certain mills. We corrected clerical 
errors identified by parties and the Department in Tembec's preliminary 
margin calculations as follows: (1) We recalculated Tembec's domestic 
indirect selling expenses for U.S. random-length sales; (2) we adjusted 
Tembec's U.S. indirect and domestic indirect selling expenses using the 
appropriate mill codes; (3) we corrected our calculation of freight 
revenue, which we had incorrectly converted to U.S. dollars; (4) we 
recalculated Tembec's U.S. direct selling expenses to include U.S. 
market advertising expenses; (5) we recalculated Tembec's variable cost 
of manufacturing to include Tembec's byproduct offset amounts, the 
company's purchase costs for green rough lumber, and the company's 
purchase costs for dry rough lumber; (6) we corrected an error in the 
recalculation of U.S. credit expenses; we noted that the fee for 
loading lumber onto trucks and rail cars had been erroneously double-
counted in both movement and indirect selling expenses, we revised the 
program to correctly include this loading expense (in both U.S. and 
Canadian dollars) only in movement expenses; (7) we incorporated the 
variable for freight revenue in Canadians dollars into U.S. movement 
expenses; (8) we used Tembec's U.S. commission fields as reported (this 
field had erroneously been set to zero in the Preliminary Results).
    Finally, we have included Tembec Industries Inc., Spruce Falls Inc. 
Marks Lumber Ltd., Produits Forestiers Temrex Limited Partnership, and 
Les Industries Davidson Inc. in the Tembec Group and in all 
instructions to CBP.

Tolko

    For the final results, we used Tolko's reported G&A expenses which 
excludes legal fees associated with the AD/CVD proceedings which had 
been added to G&A expenses in the Preliminary Results.
    In addition, we corrected three clerical errors found by parties in 
Tolko's preliminary margin calculation as follows: (1) We recalculated 
Tolko's credit expense for sales with price adjustments using payment 
and shipment fields correctly converted to SAS format; (2) we included 
Tolko's reported warranty expenses in direct selling expenses for CEP 
sales and; (3) we included Tolko's switching and diversion charges 
incurred in the U.S. market in Tolko's U.S. movement expenses.

Weldwood

    For the Preliminary Results, the Department included an outdated 
program in the sequence of programs used to calculate the cost of 
production. For the final results, we incorporated the most recent cost 
file for Weldwood into the calculation.

West Fraser

    We have recalculated West Fraser's G&A expenses to exclude 
association

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fees paid by West Fraser to the British Columbia Lumber Trade Counsel.

Weyerhaeuser

    We have recalculated the entered value of all Weyerhaeuser sales 
imported by unaffiliated parties based on our determination that the 
submitted entered values for these sales were incorrect. We used the 
recalculated entered values in the de minimis test and the calculation 
of review-specific average assessment rate. In addition, we removed 
sales made under temporary import bond from the margin calculation. In 
the Preliminary Results, we adjusted Weyerhaeuser's by-product offset. 
For the final results using the by-product offset amounts submitted by 
Weyerhaeuser. Finally, we recalculated Weyerhaeuser's G&A expenses for 
the final results as follows: (1) We excluded association dues 
associated with the AD/CVD proceedings; (2) we included Weyerhaeuser's 
gain on the sale of minor timberlands, which had been excluded in the 
Preliminary Results, as an offset; (3) for our denominator in the G&A 
ratio calculation (cost of sales), we included research and development 
costs, which had been excluded in the Preliminary Results; and (4) we 
corrected a ministerial error in our calculation of the G&A expenses 
where integration costs were inadvertently double-counted in the 
Preliminary Results.

Review-Specific Average Rate

    Due to the number of mandatory selected respondents, and complex 
circumstances unique to this review, the Department was not able to 
review all companies for which a review was requested. Therefore, the 
Department has determined a review-specific weighted-average margin for 
those companies that requested, but were not selected for, individual 
review. The review-specific average rate for these companies can be 
found in the final results below. This is distinguished from the ``All 
Others'' \5\ rate, which is the weighted-average margin calculated in 
the investigation and which continues to apply to all exporters and 
producers which have not participated in a review.
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    \5\ See Notice of Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act: Antidumping Measures on Certain Softwood 
Lumber Products from Canada, 70 FR 22636 (May 2, 2005).
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average margins exist for the period of May 1, 2003, through 
April 30, 2004:
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    \6\ We note that Nakina Forest Products Limited is a division of 
Long Lake Forest Products, Inc., an affiliate of Buchanan Lumber 
Sales.
    \7\ Canfor's weighted-average margin is based upon a weighted-
average of Canfor's and Slocan's respective cash deposit rates prior 
to the merger. See Memorandum from Salim Bhabhrawala, International 
Trade Compliance Analyst to The File, Re: Analysis Memorandum For 
Canfor Corporation (December 5, 2005). We also note that, during the 
POR, Sinclar Enterprises Ltd. (Sinclar) acted as an affiliated 
reseller for Lakeland, an affiliate of Canfor. In this review, we 
reviewed the sales of Canfor and its affiliates; therefore, Canfor's 
weighted-average margin applies to all sales of subject merchandise 
produced by any member of the Canfor Group and sold by Sinclar. As 
Sinclar also separately requested a review, any sales of subject 
merchandise produced by another manufacturer and sold by Sinclar 
will receive the ``Review-Specific Average'' rate. Finally, we note 
that Canadian Forest Products, Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Canfor and will receive Canfor's weighted-average margin.

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                        Producer                          average margin
                                                           (percentage)
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Abitibi (and its affiliates Produits Forestiers Petit               2.52
 Paris Inc.,Produits Forestiers La Tuque Inc., Produits
 Forestiers Sagenay Inc. and Societe En Commandite
 Scierie Opticiwan).....................................
Buchanan (and its affiliates Atikokan Forest Products               2.86
 Ltd.,Long Lake Forest Products Inc., Nakina Forest
 Products Limited,\6\ Buchanan Distribution Inc.,
 Buchanan Forest Products Ltd.,Great West Timber Ltd.,
 Dubreuil Forest Products Ltd.,Northern Sawmills Inc.,
 McKenzie Forest Products Inc.,Buchanan Northern
 Hardwoods Inc., Northern Wood, and Solid Wood Products
 Inc.)..................................................
Canfor \7\ (and its affiliates Canfor Wood Products                 1.36
 Marketing Ltd., Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Bois
 Daaquam Inc. / Daaquam Lumber Inc., Lakeland Mills
 Ltd., The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. / Winton Sales, Howe
 Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership, Winton Global
 Lumber Ltd., and Skeena Cellulose).....................
Tembec.(and its affiliates Marks Lumber Ltd., Excel                 4.02
 Forest Products, Les Industries Davidson Inc., Produits
 Forestiers Temrex Limited Partnership, Tembec
 Industries Inc., Spruce Falls Inc.)....................
Tolko.(and its affiliates Gilbert Smith Forest Products             3.09
 Ltd., Compwood Products Ltd., and Pinnacle Wood
 Products Ltd. )........................................
Weldwood................................................            0.61
West Fraser.(and its affiliates West Fraser Forest                  0.51
 Products Inc. and Seehta Forest Products Ltd.).........
Weyerhaeuser (and its affiliate Weyerhaeuser                        4.43
 Saskatchewan Ltd.).....................................
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies \8\

2 by 4 Lumber Sales Ltd.
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    \8\ In the Preliminary Results, we listed companies on the 
review-specific rate list that did not request a review or have a 
review requested on them for the current review. Therefore, we have 
removed the following companies from the review specific-rate list 
for the final results: AFA Forest Products Inc., Associated Cedar 
Products, Ivis Wood Products, Lazy S Lumber, Mary's River Lumber, 
New West Lumber Ltd., Quadra Wood Products Ltd., Schols Cedar 
Products, Standard Building Products Ltd., Still Creek Forest 
Products Ltd., Taiga Forest Products, Western Cleanwood Preservers 
Ltd., and Western Wood Preservers Ltd. All of the above companies 
participated in the 1st Administrative Review and will continue to 
receive the review-specific average rate (3.78%) from that review.
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605666 BC Ltd.
9027-7971 Quebec Inc. (Scierie Marcel Dumont)
9098-5573 Quebec Inc. (K.C.B. International)
A. L. Stuckless & Sons Limited
AJ Forest Products Ltd.
Alexandre Cote Ltee.
Allmac Lumber Sales Ltd.
Allmar International
Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.
American Bayridge Corporation
Apex Forest Products, Inc.
Apollo Forest Products Limited
Aquila Cedar Products Ltd.
Arbutus Manufacturing Limited
Ardew Wood Products, Ltd.
Armand Duhamel & Fils Inc.
Ashley Colter (1961) Limited
Aspen Planers Ltd.
Atco Lumber
Atlantic Pressure Treating Ltd.
Atlantic Warehousing Limited/Atlantic Warehousing Ltd.
Atlas Lumber (Alberta) Ltd.
AWL Forest Products
B & L Forest Products Ltd.
Bakerview Forest Products Inc.
Bardeaux et Cedres St-Honore Inc. (Bardeaux et Cedres)
Barrett Lumber Company/Barrett Lumber Company Limited

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Barrette-Chapais Ltee.
Barry Maedel Woods & Timber
Bathurst Lumber (Division of UPM-Kymmene Miramichi Inc.)
Beaubois Coaticook Inc.
Blackville Lumber (Division of UPM-Kymmene Miramichi Inc.)
Blanchette et Blanchette Inc.
Bloomfield Lumber Limited
Bois Cobodex (1995) Inc.
Bois De L'Est F.B. Inc.
Bois Granval G.D.S. Inc.
Bois Kheops Inc.
Bois Marsoui G.D.S. Inc.
Bois Neos Inc.
Bois Nor Que Wood Inc.
Boisaco Inc.
Boscus Canada Inc.
Boucher Forest Products Ltd.
Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc.
Bowater Incorporated
Bridgeside Forest Industries, Ltd.
Bridgeside Higa Forest Industries Ltd.
Brittainia Lumber Company Limited
Brouwer Excavating Ltd.
Brunswick Valley Lumber/Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.
Buchanan Lumber
Busque & Laflamme Inc.
BW Creative Wood
Byrnexco Inc.
C. E. Harrison & Son Ltd./C. E. Harrison & Son Limited
Caledon Log Homes (FEWO)
Caledonia Forest Products Ltd.
Cambie Cedar Products Ltd.
Canadian Lumber Company Ltd.
Cando Contracting Ltd.
Canex International Lumber Sales Ltd.
CanWel Building Materials Ltd.
CanWel Distribution Ltd.
Canyon Lumber Company Ltd.
Cape Cod Wood Siding Inc.
Cardinal Lumber Manufacturing & Sales Inc.
Careau Bois Inc.
Carrier & Begin Inc
Carrier Forest Products Ltd.
Carrier Lumber Ltd.
Carson Lake Lumber
Cattermole Timber
CDS Lumber Products
Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.
Cedrico Lumber Inc. (Bois d'Oeuvre Cedrico Inc.)
Central Cedar Ltd.
Centurion Lumber Manufacturing (1983) Ltd.
Chaleur Sawmills
Chasyn Wood Technologies Inc.
Cheminis Lumber Inc.
Cheslatta Forest Products Ltd.
Chisholm's (Roslin) Ltd.
Choicewood Products Inc.
City Lumber Sales and Services Limited
Clair Industrial Dev. Corp. Ltd./Clair Industrial Development Corp. 
Ltd.
Clermond Hamel Ltee.
Coast Clear Wood Ltd.
Colonial Fence Mfg. Ltd.
Columbia Mills Ltd.
Comeau Lumber Limited
Commonwealth Plywood Company Ltd. dba Bois Clo-Val (formerly Bois Clo-
Val Inc.), and Les Enterprises Atlas (formerly Les Enterprises Atlas 
(1985) Inc.)
Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd.
Cottles Island Lumber Co. Ltd.
Cowichan Lumber Ltd.
Crystal Forest Industries Ltd.
Curley Cedar Post & Rail
Cushman Lumber Company Inc.
D. S. McFall Holdings Ltd.
Dakeryn Industries Ltd.
Deep Cove Lumber
Delco Forest Products/Delco Forest Products Ltd.
Delta Cedar Products
Devlin Timber Company (1992) Limited
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.
Doman Forest Products Limited
Doman Industries Limited
Doman Western Lumber Ltd.
Domexport Inc.
Domtar Inc.
Downie Timber Ltd.
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
E. Tremblay Et. Fils Ltee.
Eacan Timber Canada Ltd.
Eacan Timber Limited/Eacan Timber Ltd.
Eacan Timber USA Ltd.
East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.
Eastwood Forest Products Inc.
Ed Bobocel Lumber 1993 Ltd.
Edwin Blaikie Lumber Ltd.
Elmira Wood Products Limited
Elmsdale Lumber Company Ltd./Elmsdale Lumber Co., Ltd.
ER Probyn Export Ltd.
Errington Cedar Products
Evergreen Empire Mills Incorporated
EW Marketing
F.L. Bodogh Lumber Co. Ltd.
Falcon Lumber Limited
Faulkner Wood Specialties Limited
Federated Co-operatives Limited
Fenclo Ltee
Finmac Lumber Limited
Fontaine Inc. (dba J. A. Fontaine et fils Incorporee), Bois Fontaine 
Inc., Gestion Natanis Inc., and Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine 
Ltee.\9\
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    \9\ In the Preliminary Results, we incorrectly listed Les 
Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee., as Paul Fontaine Ltee., and 
also as Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee. To correct this 
error we have removed Paul Fontaine Ltee., from the review-specific 
average rate list.
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Forex Log & Lumber
Forstex Industries Inc.
Forwest Wood Specialties Inc.
Fraser Pacific Forest Products Inc.
Fraser Pacific Lumber Company
Fraser Papers Inc.
Fraser Pulp Chips Ltd.
Frasierview Cedar Products Ltd.
Frontier Mills Inc.
G.D.S. Valoribois Inc.
Galloway Lumber Co. Ltd.
Gerard Crete & Fils Inc.
Gestofor Inc.
Gogama Forest Products
Goldwood Industries Ltd.
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
Great Lakes MSR Lumber Ltd.
Greenwood Forest Products
Groupe Lebel
H. A. Fawcett & Son Limited
H. J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.
Haida Forest Products Ltd.
Hainesville Sawmill Ltd.
Harrison's Home Building Centers
Harry Freeman & Son Ltd./Harry Freeman & Son Limited
Hefler Forest Products Ltd.
Hi-Knoll Cedar Inc.
Hilmoe Forest Products Ltd.
Hoeg Brothers Lumber Ltd.
Holdright Lumber Products Ltd.
Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.
Hughes Lumber Specialties Inc.
Hyak Specialty Wood Products Ltd.
Industrial Wood Specialties
Industries G.D.S. Inc.
Industries Perron Inc.
Interior Joinery Ltd.
International Forest Products Ltd.
Isidore Roy Limited
Ivor Forest Products Ltd.
J & G Logworks
J. A. Turner & Sons (1987) Limited
J.D. Irving, Ltd.
J.S. Jones Timber Ltd.
Jackpine Engineered Wood Products
Jackpine Forest Products Ltd.
Jackpine Group of Companies
Jamestown Lumber Company Limited/Jamestown Lumber Company Ltd.
Jasco Forest Products Ltd.
Jeffery Hanson
Julimar Lumber Co. Limited
Kenora Forest Products Ltd.
Kent Trusses Ltd.
Kenwood Lumber Ltd.
Kispiox Forest Products
Kitwanga Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kruger, Inc.
La Crete Sawmills Ltd.
Lakeburn Lumber Limited
Lamco Forest Products
Landmark Structural Lumber
Landmark Truss & Lumber Inc.
Langely Timber Company Ltd.
Langevin Forest Products, Inc.
Lattes Waska Laths Inc.
Lawsons Lumber Company Ltd.
Lecours Lumber Co. Limited
Ledwidge Lumber Co., Ltd.
Leggett & Platt (B.C.) Ltd.
Leggett & Platt Inc.
Leggett & Platt Ltd.
Les Bois d'Oeuvre Beaudoin & Gauthier Inc.
Les Bois S &P Grondin Inc.
Les Chantiers Chibougamau Ltee

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Les Produits Forestiers D. G. Ltee.
Les Produits Forestiers Dube Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers F.B.M. Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers Maxibois Inc.
Les Produits Forestiers Miradas Inc. (Miradas Forest Products Inc.)
Les Scieries Du Lac St-Jean Inc.
Les Scieries Jocelyn Lavoie Inc.
Leslie Forest Products Ltd.
Lignum Ltd.
Lindsay Lumber Ltd.
Liskeard Lumber Limited
Littles Lumber Ltd.
Lonestar Lumber Inc.
Louisiana Pacific Corporation
Lousiana Malakwa
LP Canada Ltd.
LP Engineered Wood Products Ltd.
Lulumco Inc.
Lyle Forest Products Ltd.
M & G Higgins Lumber Ltd.
M. L. Wilkins & Son Ltd.
MacTara Limited
Maibec Industries Inc. (Industries Maibec Inc.)
Manitou Forest Products Ltd.
Maple Creek Saw Mills Inc.
Marcel Lauzon Inc.
Marine Way
Marwood Inc.
Marwood Ltd.
Materiaux Blanchet Inc.
Max Meilleur et Fils Ltee.
McCorquindale Holdings Ltd.
McNutt Lumber Company Ltd.
Mercury Manufacturing Inc.
Meunier Lumber Company Ltd.
MF Bernard Inc.
Mid America Lumber
Mid Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd.
Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.
Mill & Timber Products Ltd.
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Millco Wood Products Ltd.
Miramichi Lumber Products
Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.
Monterra Lumber Mills Limited
Mountain View Specialty Reload Inc.
Murray A Reeves Forestry Limited
Murray Bros. Lumber Company Limited
N. F. Douglas Lumber Limited/N. F. Douglas Lumber Ltd.
Nechako Lumber Co., Ltd.
Newcastle Lumber Co. Inc.
New West Lumber
Nexfor Inc.
Nexfor Norbord
Nicholson and Cates Limited
Nickel Lake Lumber
Norbord Industries Inc.
Norbord Juniper and Norbord's sawmills at La Sarre Senneterre Quebec
NorSask Forest Products Inc.
North American Forest Products/North American Forest Products Ltd.
North American Forest Products Ltd. (Division Belanger)
North Atlantic Lumber Inc.
North Enderby Distribution Ltd. (N.E. Distribution)
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
North Mitchell Lumber Co. Ltd., Saran Cedar
North Shore Timber Ltd.
North Star Wholesale Lumber Ltd.
Northchip Ltd.
Northland Forest Products Ltd.
Olav Haavaldsrud Timber Company Limited
Olympic Industries Inc.
Optibois Inc.
P.A. Lumber & Planning Limited
Pacific Lumber Company
Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.
Pacific Northern Rail Contractors Corp.
Pacific Specialty Wood Products Ltd. (formerly Clearwood Industries 
Ltd.)
Pacific Wood Specialties
Pallan Timber Products Ltd.
Palliser Lumber Sales Ltd.
Pan West Wood Products Ltd.
Paragon Ventures Ltd. (Vernon Kiln and Millwork, Ltd. and 582912 BC, 
Ltd.)
Parallel Wood Products Ltd.
Pastway Planing Limited
Pat Power Forest Products Corporation
Patrick Lumber Company
Paul Vallee Inc.
Peak Forest Products Ltd.
Pharlap Forest Products Inc.
Pheonix Forest Products Inc.
Pleasant Valley Remanufacturing Ltd.
Pope & Talbot Inc./Pope & Talbot Ltd.
Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.
Portbec Forest Products Ltd. (Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee.)
Portelance Lumber Capreol Ltd.
Power Wood Corp.
Precibois Inc.
Preparabois (2003) Inc.
Prime Lumber Limited
Pro Lumber Inc.
P. Proulx Forest Products Inc. (aka Proulx, Proulx Forest Products Inc. 
and Produits Forestiers P. Proulx Inc.)
Promobois G.D.S. Inc.
R. Fryer Forest Products Limited
Raintree Forest Products Inc.
Raintree Lumber Specialties Ltd.
Ramco Lumber Ltd.
Redtree Cedar Products Ltd.
Redwood Value Added Products Inc.
Rembos Inc.
Rene Bernard Inc.
Ridgewood Forest Products Ltd./Ridgewood Forest Products Limited
Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.
Riverside Forest Products Limited
Rocam Lumber Inc. (Bois Rocam Inc.)
Rojac Cedar Products Inc.
Rojac Enterprises Inc.
Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee
Russell White Lumber Limited
Sauder Moldings, Inc. (Ferndale)
Sauder Industries Limited
Scierie A&M St-Pierre Inc.
Scierie Adrien Arseneault Ltee
Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.
Scierie Chaleur/Scierie Chaleur Associes
Scierie Dion et Fils Inc.
Scierie Gallichan Inc.
Scierie Gauthier Ltee.
Scierie La Patrie, Inc.
Scierie Landrienne Inc.
Scierie Lapointe & Roy Ltee.
Scierie Leduc, Division of Stadacona Inc.
Scierie Nord-Sud Inc. (North-South Sawmill Inc.)
Scierie P.S.E. Inc.
Scierie St. Elzear Inc.
Scierie Tech Inc.
Scieries du Lac St. Jean Inc.
Selkirk Specialty Wood Ltd.
Sexton Lumber/Sexton Lumber Co. Limited
Seycove Forest Products Limited
Seymour Creek Cedar Products Ltd.
Shawood Lumber Inc.
Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company Ltd./Sigurdson Brothers Logging Company 
Ltd.
Silvermere Forest Products Inc.
Sinclar Enterprises Ltd.*
South Beach Trading Inc.
South River Planing Mills Inc.
South-East Forest Products Ltd.
Spray Lake Sawmills (1980) Ltd.
Spruce Forest Products Ltd.
Spruce Products Ltd.
St. Anthony Lathing Ltd.
Stag Timber
Stuart Lake Lumber Co. Ltd.
Stuart Lake Marketing Inc./Stuart Lake Marketing Corporation
Sunbury Cedar Sales Ltd.
Suncoast Lumber & Milling
Sundance Forest Industries
SWP Industries Inc.
Sylvanex Lumber Products Inc.
Taiga Forest Products
Tall Tree Lumber Company
Tarpin Lumber Incorporated
Taylor Lumber Company Ltd.
Teal Cedar Products Ltd.
Teal-Jones Group
Teeda Corp
Terminal Forest Products Ltd.
T.F. Specialty Sawmill
TFL Forest Ltd./TimberWest Forest Corp. / Timber West Forest Company
Timber Ridge Forest Products
TimberWorld Forest Products Inc.
T'loh Forest Products Limited
Top Quality Lumber Ltd.
T. P. Downey & Sons Ltd.
Treeline Wood Products Ltd.
Triad Forest Products
Twin Rivers Cedar Products Ltd.
Tyee Timber Products Ltd.
Uneeda Wood Products
Uniforet Inc.
Uniforet Scierie-Pate
Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products/Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products 
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Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products
Vandermeer Forest Products (Canada) Ltd.
Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd.
Vanport Canada, Co.
Vernon Kiln and Millwork, Ltd.
Visscher Lumber Inc.
W. C. Edwards Lumber (formerly The W.C. Edwards Co. Ltd.)
W. I. Woodtone Industries Inc.
Welco Lumber Corporation
Wentworth Lumber Ltd.
Werenham Forest Products
West Bay Forest Products & Manufacturing Ltd./West Bay Forest Products 
and Manufacturing Ltd./West Bay Forest Products & Mfg. Ltd.
West Can Rail Ltd.
West Chilcotin Forest Products Ltd.
West Hastings Lumber Products
Weston Forest Corp.
West-Wood Industries/West-Wood Industries Ltd.
White Spruce Forest Products Ltd.
Wilfrid Paquet & Fils Ltee
Wilkerson Forest Products Ltd.
Williams Brothers Limited/Williams Brothers Ltd.
Winnipeg Forest Products, Inc.
Woodko Enterprises, Ltd.
Woodland Forest Products Ltd.
Woodline Forest Products Ltd.
Woodtone Industries Inc.
Woodwise Lumber Ltd.
Wynndel Box & Lumber Co. Ltd.
Zelensky Bros. Forest Products--2.11%

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). The 
Department calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated 
for the examined sales to the total entered value of the examined sales 
for that importer. Where the assessment rate is above de minimis, we 
will instruct CBP to assess duties on all entries of subject 
merchandise by that importer. For the companies requesting a review, 
but not selected for examination and calculation of individual rates, 
we will calculate a weighted-average assessment rate based on all 
importer-specific assessment rates excluding any which are de minimis 
or margins determined entirely on adverse facts available. Furthermore, 
the Department has calculated a unique importer-specific duty 
assessment rate for all producers/exporters of Maritimes Province 
origin lumber, which takes into account the exclusion of products from 
the Maritimes from the companion countervailing duty order.\10\ The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
CBP not before the 41st day after the date of publication of these 
final results of review.
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Cash Deposits

    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
all shipments of certain softwood lumber products from Canada entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of these final results, as provided by section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended: (1) For companies 
covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will be the rate listed 
above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed 
above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other producers or exporters will be 11.54 percent, the ``All Others'' 
rate calculated in the Department's recent determination under section 
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreement Act. See Notice of Determination 
Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Antidumping 
Measures on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, 70 FR 22636 
(May 2, 2005). These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred, and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also is the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 5, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

I. General Issues

Comment 1: Treatment of Sales Made on a Random-Lengths Basis.
Comment 2: Assessment Rate for Companies in the Maritimes.
Comment 3: Treatment of Non-Dumped Sales.
Comment 4: Review Should Be Terminated Because of the NAFTA ITC 
Decision.
Comment 5: Treatment of Countervailing Duties and Other Duty Deposits.
Comment 6: Use of Length-Specific Prices.
Comment 7: Name Changes.
Comment 8: Gains and Losses on the Closure and Sale or Disposal of a 
Production Facility.
Comment 9: Exchange Rate Gains and Losses.
Comment 10: Value-Based Cost Methodology.
Comment 11: Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing Duty (CVD) Defense Fees 
in General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses.
Comment 12: Wood Chips Byproduct Revenue.

II. Company-Specific Issues

Issues Specific to Abitibi

Comment 13: Specify that the Abitibi Group Deposit Rate in This Review 
Also Extends to Produits Forestiers Saguenay Inc.
Comment 14: Clerical Error Allegation Specific to Abitibi.

Issues Specific to Buchanan

Comment 15: Freight Expense Allocation Methodology.
Comment 16: Buchanan's Draft Liquidation Instructions.
Comment 17: Clerical Error Allegation Specific to Buchanan.

Issues Specific to Canfor

Comment 18: Deposit Rate for Canfor.
Comment 19: Additional Company Names As Importers of Record.
Comment 20: Canfor's Cost Reconciliation.
Comment 21: Canfor's G&A Offsets.
Comment 22: Inclusion of Purchase Costs for Commingled Lumber.

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Comment 23: Logging Services from Affiliates.
Comment 24: Lakeland's G&A Offsets.
Comment 25: Lakeland's Interest Income.
Comment 26: Clerical Error Allegations Specific to Canfor.

Issues Specific to Tembec

Comment 27: Names of Tembec Companies.
Comment 28: Byproduct Offset Adjustment Factor.
Comment 29: Adjustment of Variable Wood Costs.
Comment 30: G&A Expense Rate--Consolidated vs. Producer.
Comment 31: Clerical Error Allegations Specific to Tembec.

Issues Specific to Tolko

Comment 32: Log Purchases from Affiliated Parties.
Comment 33: Clerical Error Allegations Specific to Tolko.

Issues Specific to Weldwood

Comment 34: Allocation of Wood Costs.
Comment 35: Clerical Error Allegation Specific to Weldwood.

Issues Specific to West Fraser

Comment 36: Order is Not Valid for West Fraser and Should be Revoked.

Issues Specific to Weyerhaeuser

Comment 37: Level of Trade for Weyerhaeuser's VMI sales.
Comment 38: Assessment for Weyerhaeuser's Unaffiliated Importers of 
Record.
Comment 39: Log Cost Allocation for British Columbia Coastal 
Operations.
Comment 40: Calculation of Various G&A Expenses.
Comment 41: Clerical Error Allegations Specific to Weyerhaeuser.

[FR Doc. 05-23932 Filed 12-9-05; 8:45 am]
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