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British Columbia has cut what it expects to collect for each cubic metre of Crown timber by 11 per cent, blaming rising operating costs and American duties on softwood lumber. That is according to Josie Osborne, the province’s Minister of Finance, whose First Quarterly Report on Monday forecasts an average stumpage rate of C$13.55, down […] The post British Columbia Cuts Its Stumpage Forecast on Duties and Costs appeared first on Wood Central.

Smurfit Westrock and Pratt Industries have told Washington that the Russian government has paid cross-border subsidies to pizza box producers in Turkey, a claim filed alongside alleged Turkish dumping margins of 120.65 to 210.37 per cent, tax breaks, and discounted inputs from Ankara. That is according to the Wiley Rein release on Wednesday 9 September, […] The post US Box Makers Say Moscow Subsidises Turkey’s Pizza Boxes appeared first on Wood Central.

Anthony Pratt’s Pratt Industries and Smurfit Westrock have asked Washington for antidumping duties on pizza boxes from China, Malaysia, and Turkey, alleging that Chinese producers dump them at margins as high as 568.50 per cent and that shipments from the three countries rose 130 per cent in two years. That is according to a notice […] The post Anthony Pratt Accuses China of Dumping Pizza Boxes at Up to 568% appeared first on Wood Central.

European Union exporters shipped 750,400 cubic metres of lumber into the Middle East and North Africa in July, just 0.8 per cent less than a year earlier, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz still a fraction of what it was before the war. That is according to provisional Eurostat figures compiled by destination on […] The post Europe’s Middle East Lumber Trade Holds Firm Despite Hormuz Crisis appeared first on Wood Central.

Every country Russia names as a buyer of its sawn timber sits on the EU Deforestation Regulation’s low-risk list, including China, which took 13.4 million of the almost 24 million cubic metres Russia shipped in 2025, as well as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. That is according to figures from Russia’s very […] The post The EU Rates Russia High Risk but Waves Its Timber Buyers Through appeared first on Wood Central.