Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10623-10624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03037]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-858]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. (TRAPA) is the successor-in-interest (SII) 
to Trans-

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Pacific Trading Ltd. (Trans-Pacific) in the context of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products 
(softwood lumber) from Canada.

DATES: Applicable February 25, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, 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) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 3, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
CVD order on softwood lumber from Canada.\1\ On April 11, 2024, TRAPA 
filed a request for an expedited CVD changed circumstances review (CCR) 
stating that effective April 8, 2024, Trans-Pacific changed its name to 
TRAPA.\2\ On July 29, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the notice of initiation of a CVD CCR for TRAPA.\3\ On January 31, 
2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its notice of 
preliminary results finding that TRAPA is the SII to Trans-Pacific and 
entitled to its predecessor's cash deposit rate.\4\ Commerce provided 
interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary 
Results,\5\ but no party submitted comments.
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    \1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Amended 
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See TRAPA's Letter, ``Request for Expedited Changed 
Circumstances Review,'' dated April 11, 2024.
    \3\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 89 
FR 60869 (July 29, 2024).
    \4\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 90 FR 8697 (January 31, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 90 FR at 8698.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this Order is certain softwood lumber 
products.\6\ The products are currently classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers: 
4406.11.00.00; 4406.91.00.00; 4407.10.01.01; 4407.10.01.02; 
4407.10.01.15; 4407.10.01.16; 4407.10.01.17; 4407.10.01.18; 
4407.10.01.19; 4407.10.01.20; 4407.10.01.42; 4407.10.01.43; 
4407.10.01.44; 4407.10.01.45; 4407.10.01.46; 4407.10.01.47; 
4407.10.01.48; 4407.10.01.49; 4407.10.01.52; 4407.10.01.53; 
4407.10.01.54; 4407.10.01.55; 4407.10.01.56; 4407.10.01.57; 
4407.10.01.58; 4407.10.01.59; 4407.10.01.64; 4407.10.01.65; 
4407.10.01.66; 4407.10.01.67; 4407.10.01.68; 4407.10.01.69; 
4407.10.01.74; 4407.10.01.75; 4407.10.01.76; 4407.10.01.77; 
4407.10.01.82; 4407.10.01.83; 4407.10.01.92; 4407.10.01.93; 
4407.11.00.01; 4407.11.00.02; 4407.11.00.42; 4407.11.00.43; 
4407.11.00.44; 4407.11.00.45; 4407.11.00.46; 4407.11.00.47; 
4407.11.00.48; 4407.11.00.49; 4407.11.00.52; 4407.11.00.53; 
4407.12.00.01; 4407.12.00.02; 4407.12.00.17; 4407.12.00.18; 
4407.12.00.19; 4407.12.00.20; 4407.12.00.58; 4407.12.00.59; 
4407.13.00.00; 4407.14.00.00; 4407.19.00.01; 4407.19.00.02; 
4407.19.00.54; 4407.19.00.55; 4407.19.00.56; 4407.19.00.57; 
4407.19.00.64; 4407.19.00.65; 4407.19.00.66; 4407.19.00.67; 
4407.19.00.68; 4407.19.00.69; 4407.19.00.74; 4407.19.00.75; 
4407.19.00.76; 4407.19.00.77; 4407.19.00.82; 4407.19.00.83; 
4407.19.00.92; 4407.19.00.93; 4407.19.05.00; 4407.19.06.00; 
4407.19.10.01; 4407.19.10.02; 4407.19.10.54; 4407.19.10.55; 
4407.19.10.56; 4407.19.10.57; 4407.19.10.64; 4407.19.10.65; 
4407.19.10.66; 4407.19.10.67; 4407.19.10.68; 4407.19.10.69; 
4407.19.10.74; 4407.19.10.75; 4407.19.10.76; 4407.19.10.77; 
4407.19.10.82; 4407.19.10.83; 4407.19.10.92; 4407.19.10.93; 
4409.10.05.00; 4409.10.10.20; 4409.10.10.40; 4409.10.10.60; 
4409.10.10.80; 4409.10.20.00; 4409.10.90.20; 4409.10.90.40; 
4418.30.01.00; 4418.50.00.10; 4418.50.00.30; 4418.50.0050; 
4418.99.10.00; 4418.99.91.05; 4418.99.91.20; 4418.99.91.40; 
4418.99.91.95; 4421.99.98.80; 4415.20.40.00; 4415.20.80.00; 
4418.99.90.05; 4418.99.90.20; 4418.99.90.40; 4418.99.90.95; 
4421.99.70.40; and 4421.99.97.80. Although these HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope is dispositive.
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    \6\ For a complete description of the scope, see Preliminary 
Results PDM at 2-4.
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Final Results of CCR

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, Commerce 
continues to find that TRAPA is the SII to Trans-Pacific in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.216 and section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). Because our findings remain unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results, no decision memorandum accompanies this notice. We 
are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final results in this CCR. 
See the Preliminary Results PDM for a complete discussion of our 
findings.
    As a result of this determination, Commerce will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all shipments 
of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by TRAPA and entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at the 6.74 
percent cash deposit rate in effect for Trans-Pacific.\7\ This cash 
deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 
FR 67062, 67065 (August 19, 2024).
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing this determination and publishing these final 
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) 
and (2) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(e), 351.221(b), and 
351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: February 18, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-03037 Filed 2-24-25; 8:45 am]
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