DOC Announces Preliminary Determination in Softwood Lumber Administrative Reviews
On June 3, 2004, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the preliminary determinations in the first administrative reviews of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on softwood lumber from Canada. The review period was May 22, 2002 through March 31, 2003.
In the CVD administrative review, DOC evaluated the provincial stumpage programs of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba., Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec and DOC found a preliminary net countervailable subsidy rate of 9.24% on all imports.
The preliminary dumping margins for the eight mandatory respondents in this review were as follows:
-Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada = 2.97%
-Buchanan Lumber Sales Inc. = 4.80%
-Canfor Canfor Corporation = 2.06%
-Slocan Forest Products Ltd. = 1.64%
-Tembec Inc. = 10.21%
-Tolko Industries Ltd. = 3.68%
-West Fraser Mills Ltd. = 1.08%
-Weyerhauser Company = 8.38%
The preliminary weighted-average "all others" dumping margin rate is 3.98%.
DOC is expected to announce the final determinations in these reviews on December 7, 2004.
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