In addition to reporting results for various demand scenarios, the study considers sensitivities based on investment capital and exchange rates, and offers insight into the implications of the changing US
softwood lumber market on timberland investments.
It focused on all aspects of American
softwoods, including the resource, sustainable forest management, production, kiln-drying, lumber grading and the wide range of species available.
Historical data on price and sales volumes were considered for representing business activity in the US
softwood lumber industry.
Habitat type Description Category Mature
softwood Softwood dominated, especially Closed-canopy forest balsam fir (Abies balsamea); some forest mixed stands with white birch (Betula papyrifera).
The maximum survival percentage (44.78%) was observed in hardwood cuttings, followed by semi-hardwood cuttings (31.11%), while minimum survival percentage (26.89%) was recorded in
softwood cuttings (Table 1).
(6) Our results indicate that the news of these events had significant negative impacts on the stock prices of industries using
softwood lumber.
Countries whose
softwood imports into the United States dropped the most included Sweden, Austria and Germany.
CITATION: World Trade Organization (WTO), "United States--Final Dumping Determination of
Softwood Lumber from Canada" (DS264) (15 August 2006).
Issues like the decade-old
softwood lumber dispute have posed a challenge to NAFTA's efficiency; Canada exported $6.8 billion in
softwood lumber to the U.S.
The Swedish pulp maker Sodra Cell AB, part of the forest industry group Sodra, announced on Tuesday (26 August) a price increase for
softwood pulps.
The NAHB supports the bipartisan resolution introduced at the end of May in the House of Representatives calling for "open trade between the United States and Canada on
softwood lumber, free of trade restraints that harm consumers."
The hardwood and
softwood trees in South Africa's tree farms occupy 5,405 square miles, 1 or 2 percent of the country's total land area.