2024-02388. Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Partial Rescission in the Administrative Review, 2022

AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Commerce preliminarily determines that the producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. In addition, with respect to Smartlam LLC (Smartlam), we are preliminarily rescinding this administrative review because Smartlam did not have any reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES:

Applicable February 6, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeff Pedersen (Canfor) and Maisha Cryor (West Fraser), AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone] and (202) 482–5831, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 14, 2023, based on timely requests for administrative reviews, Commerce initiated an AD administrative review covering 309 companies and has not rescinded the review of any of these companies.^[1] Thus, the review covers 309 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, including mandatory respondents Canfor ^[2] and West Fraser,^[3] and Smartlam, which we preliminary find had no shipments during the POR and for which we are preliminarily rescinding its review. On August 30, 2023, we extended the preliminary results until January 31, 2024.^[4]

Scope of the Order

The product covered by this order is softwood lumber from Canada. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[5]

Preliminary Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for an exporter or producer. Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the review period.^[6] Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated AD assessment rate for the review period.^[7]

Based on our analysis of CBP data ^[8] and comments received from interested parties,^[9] we preliminarily determine that Smartlam had no reviewable shipments, sales, or entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Accordingly, absent evidence of a shipment on the record from Smartlam during the POR, Commerce intends to rescind its review of Smartlam, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/​public/​FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:

Exporter/producer	Weighted- average dumping margin (percent)
Canfor Corporation/Canadian Forest Products Ltd./Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd./Canfor Fox Creek Ltd./Canfor Whitecourt Ltd	9.65
West Fraser Mills Ltd./Blue Ridge Lumber Inc./Manning Forest Products Ltd./and Sundre Forest Products Inc	5.33
Non-Selected Companies	7.15

Rate for Companies Not Individually Examined

Generally, when calculating margins for non-selected respondents, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act for guidance, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that when calculating the all-others rate, Commerce will exclude any zero and de minimis weighted-average dumping margins, as well as any weighted-average dumping margins based on total facts available. Accordingly, Commerce's usual practice has been to average the margins for selected respondents, excluding margins that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.

In this review, we calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of 9.65 percent for Canfor and 5.33 percent for West Fraser. In accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, Commerce assigned the weighted-average of these two calculated weighted-average dumping margins based on their publicly ranged sales data, 7.15 percent, to the non-selected companies in these preliminary results.^[10]

Disclosure

We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these preliminary results to the interested parties within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice, unless Commerce alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.^[11] Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.^[12]

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.^[13] Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).^[14]

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.^[15] Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register , pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.

Assessment Rate

Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, ADs on all appropriate entries covered by this review.^[16] If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).^[17] If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to ADs in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.^[18] If, in the final results, we continue to find that the administrative review for Smartlam should be rescinded, then we will instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended entries that entered under its AD case number ( i.e., at that exporter's rate) at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of ADs on entries of merchandise under review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable. We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP no earlier than 41 days after date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following cash deposit requirements for estimated ADs will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of this review for all shipments of softwood lumber from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be equal to the dumping margin established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be the 6.04 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.^[19] These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of ADs and/or countervailing duties (CVDs) prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this period of review. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of ADs and/or CVDs occurred and the subsequent assessment of double ADs, and/or an increase in the amount of ADs by the amount of the CVDs.

Notification to Interested Parties

Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Dated: January 31, 2024.

Abdelali Elouaradia,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Order

IV. Preliminary Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

V. Affiliation and Collapsing of Affiliates

VI. Unexamined Respondents

VII. Discussion of the Methodology

VIII. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Under Review

1. 10104704 Manitoba Ltd O/A Woodstock Forest Product

2. 1074712 BC Ltd.; Quadra Cedar

3. 5214875 Manitoba Ltd.

4. 54 Reman

5. 752615 B.C Ltd, Fraserview Remanufacturing Inc, DBA Fraserview Cedar Products.

6. 9224–5737 Quebec Inc. (aka A.G. Bois)

7. AA Trading Ltd.

8. Absolute Lumber Products Ltd.

9. Adwood Manufacturing Ltd.

10. AJ Forest Products Ltd.

11. Aler Forest Products Ltd.

12. All American Forest Products Inc.

13. Alpa Lumber Mills Inc.

14. Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd.

15. Anglo American Cedar Products Ltd.; Anglo-American Cedar Products Ltd.

16. Antrim Cedar Corporation

17. Aquila Cedar Products Ltd.

18. Arbec Lumber Inc.; Arbec Bois Doeuvre Inc.

19. Aspen Pacific Industries Inc.

20. Aspen Planers Ltd.

21. B&L Forest Products Ltd.

22. B.B. Pallets Inc.; Les Palettes B.B.Inc.

23. Babine Forest Products Limited

24. Bakerview Forest Products Inc.

25. Bardobec Inc.

26. Barrette-Chapais Ltee

27. BarretteWood Inc.

28. Benoît & Dionne Produits Forestiers Ltee; Benoît & Dionne Forest Products Ltd.

29. Best Quality Cedar Products Ltd.

30. Blanchet Multi Concept Inc.

31. Blanchette & Blanchette Inc.

32. Bois Aise de Montreal Inc.

33. Bois Bonsaï Inc.

34. Bois Daaquam Inc.; Daaquam Lumber Inc.

35. Bois D'oeuvre Cedrico Inc.; Cedrico Lumber Inc.

36. Bois et Solutions Marketing SPEC, Inc.; SPEC Wood & Marketing Solution; SPEC Wood and Marketing Solutions Inc.

37. Bois Weedon Inc.

38. Boisaco Inc.

39. Boscus Canada Inc.

40. Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd.

41. BPWood Ltd.

42. Bramwood Forest Inc.

43. Brink Forest Products Ltd.

44. Brunswick Valley Lumber Inc.

45. Burrows Lumber (CD) Ltd., Theo A. Burrows Lumber Company Limited

46. Busque & Laflamme Inc.

47. Campbell River Shake & Shingle Co. Ltd.

48. Canada Pallet Corp.

49. Canadian Bavarian Millwork & Lumber Ltd.

50. Canadian Forest Products Ltd.; Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd.; Canfor Corporation; Canfor Fox Creek Ltd.; Canfor Whitecourt Ltd.

51. Canasia Forest Industries Ltd.

52. Canyon Lumber Company Ltd.

53. Careau Bois inc.

54. CarlWood Lumber Ltd.

55. Carrier & Begin Inc.

56. Carrier Forest Products Ltd.

57. Carrier Lumber Ltd.

58. Carter Forest Products Inc.

59. Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd.

60. Cedar Valley Holdings Ltd.

61. Cedarcoast Lumber Products

62. Cedarland Forest Products Ltd.

63. Cedarline Industries Ltd.

64. Central Alberta Pallet Supply

65. Central Cedar Ltd.

66. Central Forest Products Inc.

67. Centurion Lumber Ltd.

68. Chaleur Forest Products Inc.

69. Chaleur Forest Products LP

70. Channel-ex Trading Corporation

71. CHAP Alliance, Inc.

72. Clair Industrial Development Corp. Ltd.

73. Clermond Hamel Ltee

74. CLG Enterprises Inc.

75. CNH Products Inc.

76. Coast Clear Wood Ltd.

77. Coast Mountain Cedar Products Ltd.

78. Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd./Teal Cedar Products Ltd., DBA the Teal Jones Group.

79. Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd.

80. Comox Valley Shakes Ltd. (2019); AKA Comox Valley Shakes (2019) Ltd.

81. Conifex Fibre Marketing Inc.

82. Coulson Manufacturing Ltd.

83. Cowichan Lumber Ltd.

84. CS Manufacturing Inc. (dba Cedarshed)

85. CWP—Industriel Inc.

86. CWP—Montreal Inc.

87. D & D Pallets Ltd.

88. Dakeryn Industries Ltd.

89. Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.

90. Deep Cove Forest Products, Inc.

91. Delco Forest Products Ltd.

92. Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.

93. Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.

94. DH Manufacturing Inc.

95. Direct Cedar Supplies Ltd.

96. Distribution Rioux Inc.

97. Doubletree Forest Products Ltd.

98. Downie Timber Ltd.

99. Dunkley Lumber Ltd.

100. EACOM Timber Corporation

101. East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd.

102. Edgewood Forest Products Inc.

103. Elrod Cartage Ltd.

104. ER Probyn Export Ltd.

105. Falcon Lumber Ltd.

106. Fontaine Inc.

107. Foothills Forest Products Inc.

108. Forest Products Mauricie LP; Societe en commandite Scierie Opitciwan; Resolute Growth Canada Inc.; Resolute FP Canada Inc.; Resolute-LP Engineered Wood Larouche Inc.; Resolute-LP Engineered Wood St-Prime Limited Partnership

109. Fort St. James Forest Products Limited Partnership

110. Fraser Specialty Products Ltd.

111. FraserWood Industries Ltd.

112. Furtado Forest Products Ltd.

113. Galloway Lumber Company Ltd.

114. Glandell Enterprises Inc.

115. Goldband Shake & Shingle Ltd.

116. Goldwood Industries Ltd.

117. Goodfellow Inc.

118. Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.

119. Greendale Industries Inc.

120. GreenFirst Forest Products (QC) Inc.

121. GreenFirst Forest Products Inc.

122. Greenwell Resources Inc.

123. Griff Building Supplies Ltd.

124. Groupe Crete Chertsey Inc.

125. Groupe Crete Division St-Faustin Inc.

126. Groupe Lebel Inc.

127. Groupe Lignarex Inc.

128. H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.

129. Haida Forest Products Ltd.

130. Halo Sawmill, a division of Delta Cedar Specialties Ltd.; Halo Sawmill Manufacturing Limited Partnership

131. Hampton Tree Farms, LLC (dba Hampton Lumber Sales Canada)

132. Hornepayne Lumber LP

133. Hudson Mitchell & Sons Lumber Inc.

134. Hy Mark Wood Products Inc.

135. Imperial Cedar Products Ltd.

136. Independent Building Materials Distribution Inc.

137. Interfor Corporation

138. Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd.

139. Intertran Holdings Ltd. (dba Richmond Terminal)

140. Island Cedar Products Ltd.

141. Ivor Forest Products Ltd.

142. J&G Log Works Ltd.

143. J.D. Irving, Limited

144. J.H. Huscroft Ltd.

145. Jan Woodlands (2001) Inc.

146. Jasco Forest Products Ltd.

147. Jazz Forest Products Ltd.

148. Jhajj Lumber Corporation

149. Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd.

150. Kan Wood Ltd.

151. Kebois Ltee; Kebois Ltd.

152. Kelfor Industries Ltd.

153. Kermode Forest Products Ltd.

154. Keystone Timber Ltd.

155. La Crete Sawmills Ltd.

156. Lafontaine Lumber Inc.

157. Langevin Forest Products Inc.

158. Lecours Lumber Co. Limited

159. Leisure Lumber Ltd.

160. Les Bardeaux Lajoie Inc.

161. Les Bois d'oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier Inc.

162. Les Bois Martek Lumber

163. Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc.

164. Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltee; Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltd.

165. Les Industries P.F. Inc.

166. Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee; D&G Forest Products Ltd.

167. Les Produits Forestiers Sitka Inc. (aka Sitka Forest Products Inc.)

168. Leslie Forest Products Ltd.

169. Lignum Forest Products LLP

170. Linwood Homes Ltd.

171. Lonestar Lumber lnc.

172. Lulumco Inc.

173. Lumber Assets Holding LP

174. Madera Forest Products INC

175. Magnum Forest Products Ltd.

176. Maibec Inc.

177. Mainland Sawmill, a division of Terminal Forest Products

178. Manitou Forest Products Ltd.

179. Manning Forest Products Ltd.; Sundre Forest Products Inc.; Blue Ridge Lumber Inc.; West Fraser Mills Ltd.

180. Marcel Lauzon Inc.

181. Marwood Ltd.

182. Materiaux Blanchet Inc.

183. Metrie Canada Ltd.

184. Mid Valley Lumber Specialties Ltd.

185. Midway Lumber Mills Ltd.

186. Mill & Timber Products Ltd.

187. Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.

188. Mirax Lumber Products Ltd.

189. Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.

190. Modern Terminal Ltd.

191. Monterra Lumber Mills Limited

192. Morwood Forest Products Inc.

193. Multicedre Ltee

194. Murray Brothers Lumber Company Ltd.

195. Nagaard Sawmill Ltd.

196. Nakina Lumber Inc.

197. National Forest Products Ltd.

198. Nicholson and Cates Ltd.

199. Nickel Lake Lumber

200. Norsask Forest Products Inc.

201. Norsask Forest Products Limited Partnership

202. North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in Abbotsford, British Columbia)

203. North American Forest Products Ltd. (located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick)

204. North Enderby Timber Ltd.

205. Northland Forest Products Ltd.

206. NSC Lumber Ltd.

207. Oakwood Manufacturing A Division of Weston Forest Products Inc.

208. Olympic Industries Inc.

209. Olympic Industries ULC

210. Oregon Canadian Forest Products; Oregon Canadian Forest Products Inc.

211. Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd.

212. Pacific Lumber Remanufacturing Inc.

213. Pacific NorthWest Lumber Ltd.

214. Pacific Pallet Ltd.

215. Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd.

216. PalletSource Inc.

217. Parallel Wood Products Ltd.

218. Partap Forest Products Ltd.

219. Partap Industries

220. Pat Power Forest Products Corporation

221. Peak Industries (Cranbrook) Ltd.

222. Phoenix Forest Products Inc.

223. Pine Ideas Ltd.

224. Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd.

225. Porcupine Wood Products Ltd.

226. Portbec Forest Products Ltd.; Les Produits Forestiers Portbec Ltee

227. Power Wood Corp.

228. Precision Cedar Products Corp.

229. Produits Forestiers Petit Paris Inc.

230. Produits Matra Inc.; Sechoirs de Beauce Inc.

231. Promobois G.D.S. Inc.

232. R.A. Green Lumber Ltd.

233. Rembos Inc.

234. Rene Bernard Inc.

235. Rick Dubois

236. Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc.

237. River City Remanufacturing Inc.

238. S&R Sawmills Ltd.

239. S&W Forest Products Ltd.

240. San Group

241. San Industries Ltd.

242. Sapphire Lumber Company

243. Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd.

244. Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc.

245. Scierie St-Michel Inc.

246. Scierie West Brome Inc.

247. Scott Lumber Sales; Scott Lumber Sales Ltd.

248. Shakertown Corp.

249. Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd.

250. Silvaris Corporation

251. Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.

252. Skana Forest Products Ltd.

253. Skeena Sawmills Ltd.

254. Smart Wood Forest Products Ltd.

255. Sonora Logging Ltd.

256. Source Forest Products

257. South Beach Trading Inc.

258. South Coast Reman Ltd.; Southcoast Millwork Ltd.

259. South Fraser Container Terminals

260. Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc.; Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc. (SBC)

261. Spruceland Millworks Inc.

262. Star Lumber Canada Ltd.

263. Suncoast Industries Inc.

264. Suncoh Custom Lumber Ltd.

265. Sundher Timber Products Inc.

266. Surplus G Rioux

267. Surrey Cedar Ltd.

268. Swiftwood Forest Products Ltd.

269. T&P Trucking Ltd.

270. T.G. Wood Products

271. Taan Forest Limited Partnership (aka Taan Forest Products)

272. Taiga Building Products Ltd.

273. Tall Tree Lumber Company

274. Temrex Forest Products LP; Produits Forestiers Temrex SEC.

275. Tenryu Canada Corporation

276. Terminal Forest Products Ltd.

277. The Wood Source Inc.

278. Tolko Industries Ltd.; Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd.; Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.

279. Top Quality Lumber Ltd.

280. Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd.

281. Triad Forest Products Ltd.

282. Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc.

283. Tyee Timber Products Ltd.

284. Universal Lumber Sales Ltd.

285. Usine Sartigan Inc.

286. Vaagen Fibre Canada ULC

287. Valley Cedar 2 Inc.

288. Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd.

289. Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd.

290. Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd.

291. Visscher Lumber Inc.

292. W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc.

293. Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd.

294. Watkins Sawmills Ltd.

295. West Bay Forest Products Ltd.

296. West Coast Panel Cutters

297. Western Forest Products Inc.

298. Western Lumber Sales Limited

299. Western Timber Products, Inc.

300. Westminster Industries Ltd.

301. Weston Forest Products Inc.

302. Westrend Exteriors Inc

303. Weyerhaeuser Co.

304. White River Forest Products L.P.

305. Winton Homes Ltd.

306. Woodline Forest Products Ltd.

307. Woodstock Forest Products

308. Woodtone Specialties Inc.

309. WWW Timber Products Ltd.

Footnotes

1.   See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,88 FR 15642 (March 14, 2023).

2.  As described in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we have treated Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd.. Canfor Fox Creek Ltd., and Canfor Whitecourt Ltd. (collectively, Canfor) as a single entity. See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), at 5.

3.  As described in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we have treated West Fraser Mills Ltd., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., Manning Forest Products Ltd., and Sundre Forest Products Inc. (collectively, West Fraser) as a single entity. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6.

4.   See Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022,” dated August 30, 2023. A list of all companies under review is included as Appendix II to this notice.

5.   See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 2–4.

6.   See19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).

7.   See19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

8.   See Memorandum, “Release of Customs and Border Protection Data and Notification of Respondent Selection Methodology,” dated March 20, 2023.

9.   See Smartlam's Letter, “Customs Documentation,” dated February 2, 2023.

10.   See Memorandum, “Calculation of the Rate for Non-Selected Respondents,” dated concurrently with this notice, and Attachment II (containing a list of the non-selected companies under review).

11.   See19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023).

12.   See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).

13.  We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

14.   See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule,88 FR 67069 (September 29, 2023).

15.   See19 CFR 351.310(c).

16.   See19 CFR 351.212(b).

17.  In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification,77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) ( Final Modification for Reviews).

18.   See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8103; see also19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).

19.   See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Antidumping Duty Order and Partial Amended Final Determination,83 FR 350 (January 3, 2018).