New Brunswick Lumber Producers (NBLP) will appeal the newly lowered tariffs on softwood lumber announced by the U.S. Commerce Department, Wood Business has reported. “While any movement is welcomed, we maintain our position that these duties are unjust,” said Jerome Pelletier, VP of J.D. Irving’s sawmill business and the group’s chair.
“New, lowered countervailing duties for J.D. Irving seem to agree with our position that the province’s softwood industry is not subsidized, and that New Brunswick’s mills are being treated unfairly. We believe the historic Maritime provinces’ exemption from U.S. lumber duties should be reinstated.”
