Canadian Softwood Lumber Producer Challenges U.S. Duty Margin

GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. is challenging the U.S. anti-subsidy duty rate on its softwood lumber, arguing to a federal trade court that the Commerce Department should have investigated its claim to be the successor-in-interest to a Canadian company with a lower duty margin.

GreenFirst didn’t produce lumber before its August 2021 acquisition of Rayonier AM Canada GP’s lumber and newsprint operations, according to its complaint filed March 25 at the U.S. Court of International Trade.

GreenFirst acquired six lumber mills, the entirety of Rayonier’s inventory, more than 1,400 employees, its supplier and vendor relationships, and all of its customers, according ...