[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76774-76775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7979]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-838]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty (AD) 
order 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) (2005), we are initiating an AD new shipper 
review for International Forest Products Corporation (IFP Corp.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley or Alexander De 
Filippi at (202) 482-0631 and (202) 482-1832, respectively; Office 1, 
AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 18, 2005, the Department received a timely request from 
IFP Corp., in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214, for a new shipper review 
of the AD order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, which 
has a May anniversary month.\1\ IFP Corp. is a U.S. corporation that 
purchases Canadian dimensional hemlock lumber for export to customers 
in the United States. IFP Corp. buys the subject merchandise at the 
mill from Terrace Lumber Company (Terrace), a newly-opened mill in 
British Columbia, Canada. IFP Corp. is the exporter (and importer), and 
Terrace is the producer. Terrace was incorporated in Canada on April 7, 
2005.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: 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)(ii) (A) and (iii)(A), IFP Corp. 
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

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lumber during the POI.\2\ Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214 
(b)(2)(ii)(B), Terrace certified that it did not export certain 
softwood lumber to the United States during the period of investigation 
(POI). 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 and, the 
date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United 
States. In the context of this review, the Department intends to 
solicit and carefully examine information concerning the first party in 
the chain of distribution with knowledge of U.S. destination and IFP 
Corps.' role as the exporter of the shipment(s) under review. Our 
findings may result in the rescission of this review if we find the 
party requesting the review was not eligible to make the request.
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    \2\ See Submission from IFP Corp. to the Department regarding 
Request for New Shipper Review, dated November 18, 2005.
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Initiation of Review

    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 
an AD new shipper review for IFP. We intend to issue the preliminary 
results of this new shipper review not later than 180 days after 
initiation of this review. We intend to issue final results of this 
review 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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                                                         Period to be
            New Shipper Review Proceeding                  Reviewed
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International Forest Products Corporation Ltd.......   05/01/05 - 10/31/
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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 
review, 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 section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). 
Because IFP Corp., certified that it exports the subject merchandise 
produced by Terrace, the sale of which is the basis for these new 
shipper review request, we will permit the bonding privilege only with 
respect to entries of subject merchandise produced by Terrace and 
exported by IFP Corp.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review 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)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(d) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i).

    Dated: December 21, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-7979 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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