1. On 04/28/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and alignment of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from 07/08/2017 until no later than 09/06/2017, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain softwood lumber products from Canada (82 FR 19657).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 7024301 dated 01/24/2017.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-122-858.

4. On 04/26/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances for certain softwood lumber products from Canada for certain producers and/or exporters (82 FR 19219). Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of certain softwood lumber products from Canada that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 01/28/2017 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 01/28/2017, for entries of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Company Number: C-122-858-000
Subsidy rate: 19.88%

Producer and/or Exporter: J.D. Irving, Limited, Miramichi Timber Holdings Limited, The New Brunswick Railway Company, Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd., St. George Pulp & Paper Limited, and Irving Paper Limited
Case number: C-122-858-002
Subsidy rate: 3.02%

5. On 04/26/17, Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from the producers and/or exporters listed below (82 FR 19219). For imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from the producers and/or exporters listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 04/28/2017. Effective 04/28/2017, for entries of certain softwood lumber products from Canada from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.
Case number: C-122-858-001
Subsidy rate: 20.26%

Producer and/or Exporter: Resolute FP Canada Inc., Resolute Growth Canada Inc., Resolute Sales Inc., Abitibi-Bowater Canada Inc., Bowater Canadian Ltd., Resolute Forest Products Inc., Produits Forestiers Maurice S.E.C., and 9192-8515 Quebec Inc.
Case number: C-122-858-003
Subsidy rate: 12.82%

Producer and/or Exporter: Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd., Tolko Industries Ltd., and Meadow Lake OSB Limited Partnership
Case number: C-122-858-004
Subsidy rate: 19.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: West Fraser Mills Ltd., West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., West Fraser Alberta Holdings, Ltd., Blue Ridge Lumber Inc., Manning Forest Products, Ltd., Sunpine Inc., and Sundre Forest Products Inc.
Case number: C-122-858-005
Subsidy rate: 24.12%

6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OIII: SMB).

7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur