Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister for International Trade and Minister of National Revenue, pursuant to subsections 14(3) and (4) and 40(1), paragraph 100(1)(b) and section 107 of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006a, hereby makes the annexed American Consumption of Softwood Lumber Products Regulations.S.C. 2006, c. 13InterpretationDefinition of ActIn these Regulations, Act means the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006.Other definitionsThe expressions American softwood lumber exports, American softwood lumber imports from countries other than Canada and Canadian softwood lumber exports have the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Annex 7D of the softwood lumber agreement, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Export and Import Permits Act, as those expressions are, from time to time, amended by the parties or clarified as a result of an arbitral award.Data sourcesThe source of data to be used for calculations under these Regulations isStatistics Canada, for Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States;the United States Census Bureau, for American softwood lumber exports and American softwood lumber imports from countries other than Canada; andthe Western Wood Products Association’s monthly publication “Lumber Track”, for American shipments of softwood lumber.American consumptionAmerican consumption of softwood lumber is the amount determined by the formulaCE + AI + NASwhereCEis Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States;AIis American softwood lumber imports from countries other than Canada; andNASis net American shipments of softwood lumber.Net American shipmentsNet American shipments of softwood lumber are the amount determined by the formulaAS - AEwhereASis American shipments of softwood lumber calculated as the sum of the softwood lumber shipments from the Western (Coast, Inland and California Redwood) region, the Southern region and the Northern region. Northern region shipments are calculated by taking the sum of Western and Southern region shipments and multiplying by 6.25%; andAEis American softwood lumber exports from those regions.Expected Monthly American ConsumptionExpected monthly American consumptionFor the purposes of subsections 14(3) and (4) of the Act, the expected monthly American consumption of softwood lumber products is the amount determined by the formula(AC/12) × SAFwhereACis American consumption of softwood lumber for the 12–month period ending 3 months immediately before the month for which the expected monthly American consumption is being calculated; andSAFis the seasonal adjustment factor for the pertinent month set out in the schedule.Market ShareAmerican consumption of non-Canadian importsFor the purposes of paragraph 40(1)(a) of the Act, the share of American consumption of softwood lumber products from imports not originating in Canada is the amount determined by the formulaAI/ACwhereAIis American softwood lumber imports from countries other than Canada; andACis American consumption of softwood lumber.American consumption of Canadian exportsFor the purposes of paragraph 40(1)(b) of the Act, the Canadian market share of American consumption of softwood lumber products is the amount determined by the formulaCE/ACwhereCEis Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States; andACis American consumption of softwood lumber.American consumption of net American shipmentsFor the purposes of paragraph 40(1)(c) of the Act, the American market share of American consumption of softwood lumber products is the amount determined by the formulaNAS/ACwhereNASis net American shipments of softwood lumber; andACis American consumption of softwood lumber.Coming into ForceOctober 12, 2006These Regulations are deemed to have come into force on October 12, 2006.(Section 5)