The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that revoking the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain softwood lumber products from Canada would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the existing orders on imports of this product from Canada will remain in place.
"The facts before the International Trade Commission were clear – unfairly traded imports from Canada cause real harm to U.S. producers and workers," said Andrew Miller, Chairman of the U.S. Lumber Coalition and CEO of Stimson Lumber. "The ruling by the Commission means the softwood lumber trade cases can continue to help offset Canadian lumber subsidies and dumping, allowing the domestic industry to compete against unfairly traded imports from Canada.
According to the U.S. Lumber Coalition, the Commission found that improvements in the U.S. softwood lumber industry were related to the antidumping and the countervailing duty orders.
The U.S. Department of Commerce had previously found that if the orders were revoked Canadian dumping would resume at a margin of up to 7.28 percent and subsidization at a rate of up to 19.62 percent.
The action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The Commission’s public report Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-566 and 731-TA-1342 (Review), USITC Publication 5479, December 2023) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.
The report will be available by January 17, 2024; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library
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