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British Columbia Coastal Forest Industry Update
Keta Kosman, Publisher and Editor, Madison’s Lumber Reporter February 20, 2017 The annual Truck Logger Association Convention & Trade Show was held in Vancouver, BC, on January 18 to 20 this year, to a jam-packed crowd of attendees and some very interesting presentations. As always, lunch featured the BC Premier, Christy Clark, and many provincial…
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New Canadian Task Force on Softwood Lumber Trade
TODAY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A TASK FORCE SPECIFICALLY FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER TRADE: Canada’s forest sector is vital to a strong Canadian economy. Enhanced collaboration between federal and provincial governments will help to keep our forest sector, and the workers and communities that depend on it, strong and resilient. Wednesday, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources,…
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Canada & US Lumber Exports & Imports: Full Year 2016
North America’s forest products manufacturers had a great 2016, in terms of production volumes, sales, and imports and exports, according to the very latest data this week from Statistics Canada and the US Census. Softwood Lumber and Log Imports and Exports: Canada and US 2016 CANADA SOFTWOOD LUMBER EXPORTS FULL-YEAR 2016 :: VALUES HS 440710…
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Global Harmonization Code Update
The World Customs Organization administers and develops the international goods nomenclature known as the Harmonized System, which enables products to be identified by the same code all over the world. Every five years the WCO HS committee issues amendments to the HS nomenclature. The WCO has published the accepted amendments to the Harmonized System Nomenclature…
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More Canada – US Softwood Lumber Trade Updates
New movements by the Canadian and US governments, as well as provincially in Quebec and British Columbia on softwood lumber trade between Canada and the US. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Monday announced a former federal cabinet minister has been appointed the BC government’s trade envoy to try and reach a new softwood lumber deal…
