[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13698-13699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6256]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-122-816]


Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada; Determination to Terminate 
and Not To Initiate Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination to terminate and not to initiate 
countervailing duty administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has decided to 
terminate the first administrative review of the countervailing duty 
order on certain softwood lumber from Canada initiated on August 24, 
1993, and not to initiate the second administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 30, 1993, the Coalition for Fair 
Lumber Imports (the Coalition), the Government of Canada, and the 
Government of Quebec requested an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on certain softwood lumber from Canada for 
the period March 12, 1992 through March 31, 1993. In addition, one 
hundred and ninety companies requested individual company reviews. On 
August 24, 1993, the Department published a notice initiating the 
administrative reviews for that period (58 FR 44653).
    On July 28, 1994, the Coalition requested an administrative review 
of the countervailing duty order on softwood lumber from Canada for the 
period April 1, 1993 through March 16, 1994. On August 1, 1994, the 
Government of Canada requested an administrative review for the same 
period. In addition, one hundred and five companies requested 
individual company reviews.
    On August 16, 1994, the Department revoked the countervailing duty 
order on softwood lumber from Canada pursuant to a decision of the 
Binational Panel convened under the United States-Canada Free Trade 
Agreement (59 FR 42029), and instructed the U.S. Customs Service to (1) 
stop collecting cash deposits on imports of softwood lumber from 
Canada, and (2) refund, with interest, all cash deposits made on or 
after March 17, 1994, the effective date of the Binational Panel's 
decision.
    On December 15, 1994, the United States and Canada agreed to enter 
into consultations to try to resolve the trade dispute regarding 
softwood lumber from Canada. The Department also decided, under the 
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to compromise its 
[[Page 13699]] claim for duties on softwood lumber from Canada. This 
compromise resolved all remaining claims of the United States arising 
from the countervailing duty order on softwood lumber from Canada.
    Since there is no further basis for conducting administrative 
reviews of the countervailing duty order on softwood lumber from 
Canada, the Department is terminating the administrative review for the 
period March 12, 1992 through March 31, 1993, and will not initiate the 
administrative review for the period April 1, 1993 through March 16, 
1994.

    Dated: March 7, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-6256 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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