Canada Tariff on US Gypsum Imports


First lumber, now drywall in Canada-U.S. trade tensions


Canada imported about $277-million worth of lime and gypsum products last year, about 97 per cent of it from U.S. manufacturers, according to Statistics Canada.”


No company in Canada can compete against U.S. products dumped at such a low price levels,“ Matt Walker, general manager of Mississauga-based CertainTeed Gypsum Canada, said in an e-mail statement through an external spokesman. U.S. companies have been selling product in Canada at as much as half the price they sell it south of the border.”

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