The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. is the successor-in-interest to Rayonier A.M. Canada G.P. (RYAM) and, accordingly, that subject merchandise produced and/or exported by GreenFirst Forest Products should be assigned the cash deposit rate established for subject merchandise produced and/or exported by RYAM for purposes of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada.
Record evidence submitted by GreenFirst indicates that, based on the totality of the circumstances under Commerce's successor-in-interest criteria, GreenFirst QC operates as materially the same business entity as RYAM with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise.
In particular, U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily finds that while the management structure is materially dissimilar under Greenfirst QC from RYAM, there were not substantial changes in ownership. In addition, U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily finds that GreenFirst's production facilities, supplier relationships, and customer base with regard to the subject merchandise are substantially the same as RYAM's before GreenFirst's acquisition of RYAM's lumber assets.
