Softwood lumber: Preliminary countervailing duty rate announced
(WorldNews Canada)

VICTORIA - The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that preliminary countervailing duties of nearly 20% will be applied to the majority of Canadian softwood lumber shipments entering the United States. Preliminary countervailing duties in the form of cash deposits become effective around May 1, 2017, (once notice published in U.S. federal register) for four months to the end of August. Thereafter, these duties will not be collected until the...