ITC finds U.S. industry injured by imports of softwood lumber from Canada

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The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) on December 7 determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of softwood lumber from Canada that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).

Chairman Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Vice Chairman David S. Johanson, and Commissioners Irving A. Williamson and Meredith M. Broadbent voted in the affirmative. As a result of the USITC’s affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from Canada.

The Commission also made a negative finding concerning critical circumstances with regard to LTFV imports of this product. As a result, imports of softwood lumber from Canada will not be subject to retroactive antidumping duties.

The Commission’s public report Softwood Lumber from Canada (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-566 and 731-TA-1342 (Final), USITC Publication 4749, December 2017) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.

The report will prospectively be available by January 12, 2018.

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