The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its final decision recently, following the sixth administrative review of a countervailing duty order on softwood lumber from Canada, determining that softwood lumber from Canada was being unfairly subsidized at rates ranging from 12.12% to 16.82%. The review covers imports of softwood lumber from Canada that entered into the United States during the period of January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Administrative reviews are conducted once per year at the request of an interested party after an antidumping duty or countervailing duty order is put into effect.
Officials say current final rates are, on average, larger than the final subsidy rates determined in the previous administrative review but in line with Commerce’s preliminary results from April 2025. Notably, the final rate for non-selected companies, which applies to most Canadian companies, increased to 14.63%, up from the 6.74% determined in the previous administrative review.
Commerce will now instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to begin collecting duties at the rates outlined in Commerce’s final results, officials said. Commerce also recently announced the final decision in an administrative review of the antidumping duty order, finding rates ranging from 9.65% to 35.53%.
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) points out that, in July, “the Commerce Department announced its finalized antidumping rate, setting the new non-selected companies antidumping rate to 20.56%, making the combined AD/CV rate 35.19%.”