Dumping investigation to begin on Softwood Lumber exports to US

Global Affairs Canada advises of the petition filed on November 25, 2016 to the US Government by the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION) on the imports of softwood lumber from Canada requesting an initiation for an investigation on the antidumping, countervailing and injury to the US lumbers industry. The COALITION alleges that the Canadian federal and provincial governments are providing countervailable subsidies to Canadian softwood lumber producers, and that these subsidized exports are causing injury or threaten to cause injury to U.S. lumber producers.

The Government of Canada will be holding consultations with the Canadian lumber industry within the time frame of the initiation of the investigation which is within 20 days of the filing. The US Department of Commerce is expected to make a decision on whether it will initiate countervailing duty and anti-dumping investigations within 20 days of the filing of the petition.

Details and the notices to the Canadian export industry are found in the full article on the Global Affairs Canada website.

An FAQ on the US petition filed on November 25, 2016is also available.