Tag: 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement

The BC Lumber Trade Council is urging the federal government to engage with the US government to determine a way forward following the expiration of the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, the agency said in a press release Friday. “It is important for governments on both sides of the border to take steps to avoid another…

THIS JUST IN FROM ONE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER’S VALUED SOURCES… RE: SLA Termination Notice and Instructions from CBP “Dear SLA Clients and Colleagues; Please see the attached U.S. Customs CSMS issued today with regard to the termination of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement.  While DFAIT is going to continue to require Export Permits for…

In an ominous foreshadowing of what is to come for Canada’s softwood lumber producers, the United States Department of Commerce Thursday issued a preliminary ruling that Irving Paper’s Port Hawkesbury, NB, supercalendered paper exports into the US, along with those of several other Canadian companies, were being unfairly subsidized. That followed a preliminary finding last…

Russ Cameron, president of the Independent Wood Processors Association of BC, told The Working Forest on April 17 that BC’s value added wood processors are being “decimated” by big lumber. In an email to Madison’s Thursday, Cameron provided context, saying: there is no more growth for commodity wood products but lots of opportunity for value…