US Commerce Department Corrects Softwood Lumber Subsidies for Non-Selected Canadian Companies

On October 11, 2022, the US Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published a notice in the Federal Register, in which the department amended its notice of final results for the 2020 administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada. This notice inadvertently contained an incorrect rate applicable to companies not selected for individual examination in the 2020 administrative review (non-selected companies).

On August 9, 2022, Commerce published the final results of the 2020 administrative review of the CVD order on softwood lumber from Canada. On October 11, 2022, Commerce issued an amendment to the final results to confirm that the following companies 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: Coast Clear Wood Ltd.; Coulson Manufacturing Ltd.; Halo Sawmill, a division of Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.; Mainland Sawmill, a division of Terminal Forest Products Ltd.; and Pine Ideas Ltd.

In the Amended Final Results, Commerce incorrectly listed the subsidy rate for non-selected companies as 3.38 percent, while the correct rate is 3.83 percent. This notice serves as a notification of, and correction to, this inadvertent error. With the issuance of this notice of correction, Commerce confirms that the subsidy rate for non-selected companies as a result of the 2020 administrative review is 3.83 percent.