13-08-2024 – Statement by Minister Ng on the final results of the U.S. fifth administrative review of duties on Canadian softwood lumber On August 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced ...

(Wood Products Association). Softwood lumber prices are currently low and have not kept pace with general inflation in recent years or the past two decades. "Canadian lumber exporters are so ...

Trade measures against unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports are strengthening domestic supply lines by maximizing long-term lumber output by U.S. workers to build U.S. homes. Since 2016, U.S. mills ...

"The Canadian softwood lumber export industry needs to think more creatively about what to do with their excess lumber production, instead of relying on the U.S. market to dump their lumber on the ...

The clash between Canada and the U.S. over softwood lumber, which dates back to 1982, is one of the most persistent trade disputes between the two countries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce already slaps punitive duties on softwood lumber shipped from Canada into the United States, levied at a current rate of 14.4 per cent for most Canadian producers.

According to the Canadian press, Canadian and US trade negotiators have been engaged in unofficial negotiations to pre-empt a pending dispute over Canada's softwood lumber imports. With the current ...