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Developments with Softwood Lumber Agreement
Fast on the heels of a London Court of Arbitration (LCIA) ruling this week on a penalty charged to Ontario and Quebec softwood lumber exporters to the US is an item Thursday in the Globe and Mail featuring a statement by the Conseil dè l’industrie forestiere du Québec (QFIC). 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement In an…
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Mass Timber Building
United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Tuesday announced a US$1 million program to be implemented by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service in partnership with the Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks initiative, according to a USDA press release this week. The initiative will provide training for architects, engineers and builders related to the…
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Canada-Korea Trade Deal
Canada Lumber Exports The Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement concluded in Seoul on Tuesday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, has both countries pledging to eliminate duties on 98 per cent of all goods. More than nine years and 14 bargaining rounds in the making, the deal offers what Harper called…
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Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears
Note – the embargo refers to shipments to the west coast http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642.html Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears Railway’s Notice Comes as Port Strike Worsens Delays Caused by Railcar Shortage Canadian National Railway Co. told British Columbia wood and pulp producers it will stop moving products to Pacific Coast loading facilities until a…
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North American Freight
FROM THE MARCH 07 ISSUE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER: Canada’s prairie grain farmers have been watching the quality and value of their crops decline over the last few months in fields or in storage due to a rail transportation bottleneck. The situation got so dire this week in Vancouver, BC, that Federal Minister of Transport…
