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Canada and US Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Sept 2017
US sawmills produced 25.509 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first nine months of 2017, another 3.2 per cent increase over last month, from 24.730 bbf in the previous year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track report Monday. For their part, sawmills in Canada produced 21.374 bbf of…
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One More Week Before Traditional Forestry Holiday Break
But expect the lumber business to come back with a bang right at the beginning of 2018, just as it was in January this year. The US International Trade Commission December 7 released a pre-announcement of it’s looming Final Determination on Canadian imports of manufactured softwood lumber products to the USA. This timing means that…
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Canada Softwood Lumber WTO Case
Even in advance of the final US International Trade Commission determination, Canada’s Foreign Trade Ministry formally requested World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations with the United States concerning the US Department of Commerce’s recent final softwood lumber anti-dumping and countervailing duty determinations on imports of certain products from Canada, said Woodworking.net November 27. Canada that Tuesday…
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Year-End for North America’s Lumber Industry Arrives with a Bang
As sawmills across Canada and the US start to make their usual year-end curtailment and maintenance upgrade plans, producers look forward to a New Year 2018 as busy as it was this year. These current high lumber prices have everyone boggling their minds, but it’s likely there will be some shocks coming at the start…
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US Dept of Commerce Final Determination Softwood Lumber Duty Published Tomorrow — Nov 8, 2017
Published on today’s edition (11/07) of the Federal Register is a notice that the United States Department Of Commerce’s Final Softwood Lumber Anti-Dumping / Countervailing Duty Determination is expected to be published tomorrow – November 8, 2017.
