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Madison’s Forest Pulse : 1Q 2017 Forest and Timber Analysis
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US Softwood Lumber Duty 2017: Complete Confusion
Operators are suffering total bewilderment as US Customs and Border officials can not provide clarity on vital details of application of the new softwood lumber duties to entry waybills and pro-forma invoices. An experienced US customs broker, a good source for Madison’s, upon finally speaking to decision-makers at the US Commerce Department last week about…
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Canada Considers Retaliatory Trade Actions Against the Latest US Softwood Lumber Duties
BREAKING NEWS MID-DAY FRIDAY: The Canadian government has found several Oregon business-assistance programs it says may constitute illegal subsidies. It is considering a process that could lead to retaliatory duties on imports from that state’s products, such as plywood, flooring, wood chips, packaging material and wine, according to several mainstream news sources mid-day Friday. Prime…
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US New and Pending Home Sales: March 2017
US sales of new homes shot up in March to the fastest pace in 8 months, the Commerce Department said April 27. Meanwhile according to the National Association of Realtors Friday, US pending home sales in March 2017 maintained their recent high level, but momentum slackened slightly in most of the country as dearth supply…
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Material Updates on US Softwood Lumber Duty
The much-anticipated Preliminary Countervailing Duty on a wide range of Canadian softwood lumber product exports into the US became known last week, but the announcement created more questions than it answered. Forest operators in the north scrambled to all available sources for answers about changes to paperwork and any new mechanism at the border, while…
