by Working Forest | May 4, 2017 | Archives
White River’s lumber mill will likely get hit hard by U.S. duties on Canadian softwood, but the industry veteran in charge of the plant believes it will come through the crisis. “It’s the same old battle (with the U.S.), but we will survive,” White River Forest...
by Working Forest | May 4, 2017 | Archives
JDI thanks the hundreds of NB private wood producers and woodlot owners who made the 2016- 2017 operating year a record breaking season. JDI mills bought over 860,000 cubic meters of wood, worth over $40 million, from NB private woodlots. This volume is roughly...
by Working Forest | May 4, 2017 | Archives
A week after President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs on Canadian lumber imports to help the U.S. timber industry, lawmakers passed a spending bill that could push U.S. government agencies to promote burning wood pellets to fuel power plants. The budget bill...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
The placing of duties on Canadian lumber entering the United States doesn’t come as a shock to those connected to the forestry sector, but it not being a surprise doesn’t take away the sting. The tariff levied on Canadian exports of softwood lumber to the U.S....
by Working Forest | May 2, 2017 | Archives
Following a lengthy, detailed investigation initiated in November 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce last week determined that Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. market are subsidized and set an average tariff of 20 percent to offset these subsidies. For the U.S....
