Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Manufacturing Orders, US: October 2016

    The flash Markit US PMI manufacturing index, released Wednesday, strengthened to 53.9 for November from 53.4 the previous month. The figure was higher than the consensus forecast of 53.4 and also the highest reading for 13 months. Production increased for the sixth consecutive month and the November reading was the strongest since March 2015. US…

  • Canada Tariff on US Gypsum Imports

    A new trade dispute has broken out between Canada and the US that threatens to raise prices in Canada’s already overheated housing markets, said the Globe and Mail Thursday. The Canada Border Services Agency imposed a provisional tariff as high as 277 per cent on US drywall imports in September after ruling that manufacturers were…

  • US Petitions for AD and CVD Investigations of Imports of Softwood Lumber Products from Canada

    FACT SHEET Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (“COALITION”) Files Petitions for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Imports of Softwood Lumber Products from Canada On November 25, 2016, the COALITION initiated legal action seeking enforcement of existing U.S. trade laws to offset the harmful effects of imports of Softwood Lumber…

  • U.S. Lumber Industry Petitions for Relief From Canadian Subsidies, Dumping

    Subject: Press Release — U.S. Lumber Industry Petitions for Relief From Canadian Subsidies, Dumping FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Zoltan van Heyningen | zoltan@uslumbercoalition.org | 703‐597‐8651 WASHINGTON, DC (November 25, 2016) – The Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION) today petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade…

  • US and Canada Heating Wood Pellet Exports: Sept & June 2016

    More good news in the fast-growing North American wood pellet industry; wood pellets used for energy exports are up so far in 2016 according to Statistics Canada and the US Census. Canada and US Heating Wood Pellet Manufacturing Industry: 3Q 2016 An industry poised to grow by orders of magnitude over the next ten and…