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                                               NOTICES

                                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                                  International Trade Administration

                     Determination Under Presidential Proclamation 5595: Temporary Surcharge
                       of Imports of Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada

                                        Monday, January 12, 1987

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AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Determination with regard to temporary surcharge on imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada
  .

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce determines that Canada has begun to collect an export charge on exports to the
United States of certain softwood lumber 
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products. The Secretary, therefore, announces suspension of the additional duty of 15 percent on imports from Canada of
such products imposed by Proclamation 5595 of December 30, 1986. Termination of the surcharge will be addressed by a later
instruction to the Customs Service.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1987.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard W. Moreland, Acting Director, Office of Compliance, Import Administration,
  International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; (202) 377-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 30, 1986, the President of the United States of America issued Proclamation
5595 imposing, effective December 31, 1986, an additional duty of 15 percent ad valorem on imports of certain softwood
  lumber products from Canada. The Proclamation directed the Secretary of Commerce to determine when the
Government of Canada begins to collect an export charge on exports to the United States of such products in accordance with
the December 30, 1986, Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Canada and the Government
of the United States of America concerning trade in certain softwood lumber products. Upon such determination, the
Secretary of Commerce will take all necessary and appropriate steps to end the 15 percent 
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surcharge.
I hereby find as follows:
1. On December 30, 1986, the Honourable Gerald Merrithew, Minister of State (Forestry and Mines), and the Honourable Robert
de Cotret, President of the Treasury Board, issued a statement on behalf of the Government of Canada that the Government of 
  Canada will introduce legislation upon the return of Parliament on January 19, 1987, to impose and collect in Canada a
15 percent export charge on Canadian softwood lumber being exported to the United States on or after January 8, 1987.
2. On December 31, 1986, the Canadian Department of National Revenue issued to all Canadian exporters of lumber a notice
explaining the details of the Government of Canada's announcement of imposition of the export charge, including its effective
date of January 8, 1987, the softwood lumber products to which the export charge would apply, the information which
exporters must begin to collect for the tax returns which will be mandated upon enactment of the supporting legislation
(Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act), and the document which must accompany lumber exports to the
United States. A supply of these documents (Export Notice) was included with the notice to exporters.
3. On January 7, 1987, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council of Canada issued Order-in-Council 1987-1 amending
the Canadian Export Control List 
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to include, effective January 8, 1987, certain softwood lumber products being exported to the United States.
4. On January 7, 1987, Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs issued General Export Permit No. Ex. 17, authorizing
the exportation of certain softwood lumber products to the United States on condition of completion of an Export Notice
containing certain information and presentation of copies of the notice to Canadian and United States Customs authorities.
5. Upon enactment of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, the actions taken by the Government of Canada
will be effective to impose and collect the export charge on exports on or after January 8, 1987, to the United States of certain
softwood lumber products in accordance with the December 30, 1986, Memorandum of Understanding between
the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America concerning trade in certain softwood
  lumber products.

Determination

Therefore, I determine that the Government of Canada has begun to collect the export charge on exports to the United States
of certain softwood lumber products as of January 8, 1987, in accordance with the December 30, 1986, Memorandum
of Understanding between the Government of Canada and the Government 
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of the United States of America concerning trade in certain softwood lumber products. As stated earlier, the implementing
legislation has not yet been enacted. I am, therefore, by this notice suspending application of the temporary surcharge imposed
by Proclamation 5595. I will issue further instructions to the United States Customs Service with respect to termination of the
temporary surcharge.
Therefore, I direct the United States Customs Service not to collect the additional duty of 15 percent ad valorem with respect to
shipments of the products listed in the appendix to this determination which are exported from Canada to the United States
on or after January 8, 1987. The 15 percent ad valorem additional duty shall be collected on all shipments exported from
  Canada on or after December 31, 1986, and on or before January 7, 1987, unless the products were in transit to the United
States on a through bill of lading on or before December 30, 1986.
Dated: January 8, 1987.

Clarence J. Brown,

Acting Secretary of Commerce.

Appendix

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Softwood lumber, rough, dressed, or worked (including softwood flooring classifiable as lumber, but not including siding
and molding), as classified under items 202.03 through 202.30, inclusive of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986);
Softwood siding (weatherboards or clapboards), not drilled or treated, as classified under items 202.47 through 202.50, inclusive
of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (1986);
Softwood lumber and softwood siding, drilled or treated; edge-glued or end- glued softwood not over 6 feet in length or over
15 inches in width, whether or not drilled or treated, as classified under items 202.52 and 202.54 of the Tariff Schedules of the
United States (1986);
Softwood flooring, whether in strips, planks, blocks, assembled sections or units, or other forms, and whether or not drilled or
treated (except softwood flooring classifiable as lumber), as classified under item 202.60 of the Tariff Schedules of the United
States (1986).
[FR Doc. 87-757 Filed 1-9-87; 10:56 am]

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