Softwood Lumber Fact Sheet

Softwood kiln schedules differ from hardwood schedules because the kiln temperature and relative humidity are decided at predetermined times rather than at moisture content levels.

Softwood lumber fact sheet.

It is a key component of canada s forest industryand supports predominantly rural and indigenous communities while generating 22 billion in gdp. Softwood lumber february 15 2017 canada u s. Introduction this fact sheet summarizes some of the basic processing steps in a typical softwood sawmill including what occurs in the log yard primary breakdown secondary breakdown sorting and planning. The sla 2008 was to take effect 60 days after the enactment of the legislation.

Softwood lumber trade updated april 26 2017 trade litigation 2017. Why it should matter to americans february 15 2017 government support for forestry dependent communities updated april 7 2017 b c s forest economy. A majority of canadian softwood lumber exports go to the united states. Homes are built with softwood.

Have increased more that 200 percent to over 700 million canadian softwood trade with the u s. Imports of softwood lumber from canada on april 24 2017 the department of commerce commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty cvd investigation of imports of softwood lumber from canada. This fact sheet summarizes the basics of kiln drying wood the most commonly used methods drying schedules and some drying defects. Canada exports softwood lumber to more than 140 countries since 2002 canadian exports to china have increased by more than 25 times to 1 6 billion and exports to south korea southeast asia and the u k.

Commerce makes preliminarily determination of countervailable subsidies on. Fact sheet commerce finds dumping and subsidization of imports of softwood lumber from canada on november 2 2017 the department of commerce commerce announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty ad and countervailing duty cvd investigations of imports of softwood lumber from canada. The softwood lumber declaration program is required by the softwood lumber act of 2008 referred to interchangeably as sla 2008 or swl 2008 and affects importations of certain softwood lumber and softwood lumber products imported into the u s. Fact sheet commerce preliminarily finds dumping of imports of softwood lumber from canada on june 26 2017 the department of commerce commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty ad investigation of imports of softwood lumber from canada.

It is important to note that this itc fact sheet continues to include lumber products never before captured in previous add cvd investigations or which were included within the scope of the 2006 sla.