Export tariffs on logs shipped from Russia, the world largest log supplier, are set to be reduced as the country becomes a member of the WTO, according to Wood Resource Quarterly. The proposed lower tariffs…
British Columbia’s lumber exports to China are starting to fall rapidly, a startling reversal from the boom B.C. forest products companies enjoyed through most of 2011. The B.C. lumber industry is predicting additional growth in…
International Paper Company today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Temple-Inland, Inc. through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Metal Acquisition Inc. with and into Temple-Inland. Temple-Inland is now a wholly owned…
Boise Cascade Wood Products recently announced it acquisition of the Stimson Lumber Company sawmill in Arden, Wash. The mill will become part of Boise Cascade’s Inland Region, which includes mills in La Grande, Island City,…
The Seattle-Snohomish Mill in Snohomish, Wash. will close in March after more than 70 years in business. The mill, which currently employs 50 people, first opened in Snohomish in 1941. “This is a very difficult…
The agreement that ended many years of trade disputes over duties and other barriers to selling wood across the Canada-U.S. border was set to expire in 2013, but will be extended until 2015, and industry…
The province of British Columbia has set a new record that many believed to be unattainable. With lumber export sales of 4.28 billion board feet as of November, exports to China have already surpassed the…
A two-year extension to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) has been agreed upon, extending the program to October 2015 and granting stability to the volume softwood trade between the U.S. and Canada. The SLA…