[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78649-78650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27844]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-858]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Amended 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its 
notice of final results for the 2020 administrative review of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products 
(softwood lumber) from Canada.

DATES: Applicable December 22, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hoffner, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3315.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 4, 2021, Commerce published its Initiation Notice for the 
administrative review of the CVD order on softwood lumber from Canada 
covering the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.\1\ In 
the Initiation Notice, Commerce inadvertently omitted the following 
companies, for which we had received timely requests for an 
administrative review: Brink Forest Products Ltd.; Deep Cove Forest 
Products, Inc.; and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.\2\ 
Additionally, in the Final Results of the CVD administrative review 
covering the 2020 period of review (POR), Commerce omitted those same 
companies from Appendix II as being among the firms subject to the 
review that received the subsidy rate applicable to companies not 
selected for individual examination.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \2\ Id., 86 FR at 12609; see also Brink Forest Products Ltd. and 
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.'s Letter, ``Certain Softwood 
Lumber Products from Canada Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated January 15, 2021; Central Forest Products, Inc.'s Letter, 
``Softwood Lumber from Canada; Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated February 1, 2022.
    \3\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final 
Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455, 48458-59 (August 9, 2022) 
(Final Results).
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    With the issuance of this amended notice, we confirm that Brink 
Forest Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. are 
included among the firms subject to the CVD administrative review 
covering the 2020 period of review and are among the non-selected 
companies subject to a subsidy rate of 3.83 percent, effective August 
9, 2022.\4\ While the company Deep Cove Forest Products, Inc. was 
inadvertently omitted from the Initiation Notice, the company did not 
have entries during the POR according to the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) entry data on the record.\5\ As a result, Deep Cove 
Forest Products, Inc. will not be subject to the assessment and cash 
deposit rates covering the 2020 POR.
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    \4\ Id., 87 FR at 48456.
    \5\ See Memoranda, ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 
Canada: Third Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--Release of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Query,'' dated March 19, 2021; 
and ``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Third 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review--Release of Results of 
Second Query of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Data,'' dated 
January 5, 2022.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise covered by this review. However, currently we have 
instructed CBP to suspend all entries subject to this review, pursuant 
to a suspension of liquidation request filed in accordance with 19 CFR 
356.8 and 19 U.S.C. 516A(g)(5)(C).\6\ We also intend to

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issue suspension instructions for Brink Forest Products Ltd. and 
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. consistent with that request 
and in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8 and 19 U.S.C. 516A(g)(5)(C).
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    \6\ See Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International 
Trade Investigations or Negotiations (aka, COALITION)'s Letter, 
``Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: USMCA Secretariat 
File No. USA-CDA-2022-10.12-03: Panel Review--Request for Continued 
Suspension of Liquidation,'' dated September 16, 2022.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs in 
the amounts shown for the companies subject to this review, effective 
August 9, 2022, the date of publication of the Final Results in the 
Federal Register, for the two companies previously omitted. Therefore, 
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect cash deposits for Brink Forest 
Products Ltd. and Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. as included 
among the firms subject to the CVD administrative review covering the 
2020 POR and as among the non-selected companies subject to a subsidy 
rate of 3.83 percent. These cash deposits, when imposed, shall remain 
in effect until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 16, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2022-27844 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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