Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. v. United States

Opinion

Restani, Judge:

Plaintiff, Macmillan Bloedel Limited (“Macmillan Bloedel”), seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Department of Commerce to conduct an investigation to determine whether Macmillan Bloedel should be excluded from a countervailing duty order. Defendant moves for dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Commerce is conducting an investigation to determine whether countervailing duties should be imposed on certain softwood lumber products from Canada. The Canadian government requested exclusion of 335 companies, including Macmillan Bloedel from any countervailing…