Tag: softwood lumber

  • BC Softwood Lumber Export, Canada – US Sawmill Capacity

    BC export of forest products by value are up 0.4 per cent for 2017 year-to-date September compared to the same period in 2016 ($10.49 billion vs. $10.45), said the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development Monday. Exports of softwood lumber by value is…

  • 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.

  • North America Forest Products Movement Update: August 2017

    The latest data, some released just Wednesday by Statistics Canada, show a glowing picture of improving conditions for North America’s forest products industry. Most of the data encompasses January to August 2017, providing solid information on the economic state of Canadian and US log and lumber products and their movement so far this year. Headline…

  • US Commerce Dept Final Duty Determination: Softwood Lumber

    The US Commerce Department issued Thursday it’s Final Determination of both Countervailing and Anti-Dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports to the US. The North American forest products industry now waits for the last of these bureaucratic announcements, which were triggered in November 2016 when the US first launched the softwood lumber trade claim. In…

  • US Commerce Dept Final Determination: Softwood Lumber Duties, Nov 2017

    https://www.commerce.gov/…/softwood_lumber_canada_ad_cvd_fi… The next step is the International Trade Commission (ITC) Final Determination in later December. Some of the duty rates may be adjusted. Canadian operators will be required to pay duties on softwood lumber shipments to the US at the beginning of January 2018. This announcement also says that ‘critical circumstances’ exist on the anti-dumping…