Global Affairs Canada advises that on June 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary anti-dumping determination with respect to imports of softwood lumber from Canada. The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found that Canadian softwood lumber imports were dumped into the United States at prices below those for comparable sales in Canada or below the cost of producing the products.
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued company-specific preliminary anti-dumping duty rates for the four mandatory respondents. All other companies will be subject to the “all others” anti-dumping rate of 6.87%, as outlined below.
Preliminary anti-dumping duties will come into effect upon publication of the preliminary determination in the U.S. Federal Register. Anti-dumping duties will also be applied retroactively for 90 days prior to the publication date in the U.S Federal Register for all companies except the four mandatory respondents as a result of a separate preliminary critical circumstances determination.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that exclusion for products originating from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island is appropriate in both the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations. US Department of Commerce will continue to evaluate comments placed on the investigation record from interested parties and expects to make a final decision on the matter in late summer. US Department of Commerce has confirmed that, pending an exclusion from the scope of the investigations, producers in these three provinces will continue to be subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties.
For information in relation to the softwood lumber dispute, please visit Global Affairs Canada Softwood Lumber website page for updates that may answer a number of your questions.
http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/softwood-bois_oeuvre/index.aspx?lang=eng