[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-20230]
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[Federal Register: August 16, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-816]
Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Panel
Decision, Revocation of Countervailing Duty Order and Termination of
Suspension of Liquidation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Panel Decision, Revocation of Countervailing Duty
Order and Termination of Suspension of Liquidation.
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SUMMARY: On February 23, 1994, the Binational Panel convened under the
United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement issued a decision affirming
the Department of Commerce's (the Department) determination issued
pursuant to remand that the Canadian provincial governments were not
providing countervailable subsidies to producers or exporters of
certain softwood lumber products. The United States requested that an
Extraordinary Challenge Committee (ECC) be convened to review the
Binational Panel's decision. On August 3, 1994, the ECC affirmed the
Binational Panel's February 23, 1994, order affirming the Department's
redetermination. Therefore, we are revoking the countervailing duty
order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada and ordering the
termination of suspension of liquidation.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Parkhill or Norbert Gannon,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;
telephones: (202) 482-4126; (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 28, 1992, the Department determined that the Canadian
provincial governments were providing countervailable subsidies to
producers and exporters of certain softwood lumber products (57 FR
22570). On July 6, 1992, the International Trade Commission notified
the Department of its determination that a U.S. industry was being
materially injured by reason of imports of certain softwood lumber
products from Canada. On July 13, 1992, the Department published in the
Federal Register (57 FR 30955) the countervailing duty order on certain
softwood lumber products from Canada.
The Department's determination was reviewed by a Binational Panel
under the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement. The Binational
Panel remanded the determination to the Department and ordered it to
find that no countervailable subsidies were being provided to softwood
lumber producers or exporters by the Canadian provincial governments.
The Department filed its amended redetermination, which the Binational
Panel affirmed. The Binational Panel's decision became final on March
17, 1994 (59 FR 12584). The United States requested that an ECC be
convened to review the Binational Panel's decision. On August 3, 1994,
the ECC affirmed the Binational Panel's Order Affirming the
Determination on Remand. Therefore, we are revoking the countervailing
duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, effective
March 17, 1994, and ordering the U.S. Customs Service to terminate the
suspension of liquidation on all entries made on or after that date.
Cash deposits made prior to March 17, 1994 are not addressed in this
notice.
Termination of Suspension of Liquidation
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to terminate
the suspension of liquidation of certain softwood lumber products from
Canada, effective March 17, 1994, to cease collection of cash deposits
on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, and to proceed with
liquidation of the subject merchandise which entered the United States
on or after March 17, 1994, without regard to countervailing duties.
Dated: August 12, 1994.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-20230 Filed 8-15-94; 8:45am]
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