Canada Softwood Lumber: CV Duty Exemption Ends for 5 Companies
Five Canadian softwood lumber exporters will, effective Aug. 28, be newly subject to countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on softwood lumber from Canada (C-122-858), the Commerce Department said.
Implementing a recent Court of International Trade decision that vacated an “expedited review” completed in 2019 (see 1907030015), Commerce said the zero rates and consequent CV duty exemptions it set in the review for Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee, Marcel Lauzon Inc., North American Forest Products Ltd., Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee and Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. are no longer valid, and each company will now become subject to CV duty suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements at the “all others” rate. CIT ruled Commerce has no legal authority to conduct expedited reviews.
Commerce, effective Aug. 28, will apply CV duties at the following rates to companies that were subject to the now-vacated expedited review:
| Producer/Exporter | CV Rate |
|---|---|
| Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee and its cross-owned affiliates Le Groupe Gesco-Star Ltee, Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee and Les Produits Forestiers Startrees Ltee. | 14.19% |
| Marcel Lauzon Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates Placements Marcel Lauzon Ltee and Investissements LRC Inc. | 14.19% |
| North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in New Brunswick) and its cross-owned affiliates Parent-Violette Gestion Ltee and Le Groupe Parent Ltee. | 14.19% |
| Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee and its cross-owned affiliates Industries Daveluyville Inc. and Les Manufacturiers Warwick Ltee. | 14.19% |
| Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates Bois Lemay Inc. and Industrie Lemay Inc. | 14.19% |
| Fontaine Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates Gestion Natanis Inc., Les Placements Jean-Paul Fontaine Ltee and Placements Nicolas Fontaine Inc | 14.19% |
| Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc. and its cross-owned affiliates J.F.S.R. Inc., Gestion C.A. Rancourt Inc., Gestion J.F. Rancourt Inc., Gestion Suzie Rancourt Inc., Gestion P.H.Q. Inc., 9331- 3419 Quebec Inc., 9331-3468 Quebec Inc., and SPQ Inc. | 14.19% |
| Produits Matra Inc. and Sechoirs de Beauce Inc. and its cross-owned affiliate Bois Ouvre de Beauceville (1992), Inc. | 7.42% |