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November 8, 2026
U.S. TRADE — NOVEMBER 6 FINAL DETERMINATION
U.S. rules out duties in Brazil and Norway dissolving-pulp case
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled November 6 that imports of high-purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway did not materially injure or threaten material injury to the U.S. industry. Five commissioners voted in the negative; one did not participate.
The decision ends the path to antidumping orders on this product from both countries and a countervailing duty order on Brazilian imports. Commerce had separately made findings on below-fair-value sales and Brazilian subsidies, but the commission’s injury determination means those orders will not be issued.
The decision applies to the product covered by this case. The commission says its final public report, which will explain its findings, is due by December 21.
International Trade Commission’s final determination and case numbers →
Sunday Feature
A Forest and A Family: Danette Polzin looks back
Danette Polzin’s September 2025 essay opens at the family shop in southeastern British Columbia, where her brothers are fixing hoses and welding buckets. That setting takes her back to 1998, when her parents brought home a small sawmill they intended to run part-time. Her father Rick lost his job soon afterward, and the mill became his full-time work. Small-scale salvage provided early opportunities to cut and sell wood. Later, logging for the Creston Community Forest led to road building and maintenance, and the family added road and bridge work for BC Timber Sales. Polzin tells the story from a daughter’s vantage point: her mother Carleen ran the office, her brothers took to the woods, and she became the one who wrote down how the family made its living.
Canadian Mills
CANADA — NOVEMBER 4 QUARTERLY RESULTS
Canfor reports a third-quarter operating loss as pulp results improve
Canfor reported a C$77 million third-quarter operating loss and a C$88 million net loss attributable to shareholders. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell to C$98 million from C$120 million in the preceding quarter.
The company described relatively stable lumber results across its operating regions even as North American benchmark prices edged down. It reported better pulp results and another strong quarter for paper despite subdued global softwood pulp markets.
The November 4 report also updated two previously announced permanent closures: Fox Creek’s Alberta sawmill finished winding down during the quarter, and Canfor expects the Northwood pulp mill in Prince George, B.C., to close by year-end.
Under the Radar
U.S. — COLORADO / NOVEMBER 6 PROJECT DECISION
South Uncompahgre forest and fuels work gets federal approval
The Forest Service completed its environmental assessment and approved the South Uncompahgre forest health project in western Colorado. The decision covers portions of the Uncompahgre Plateau and Naturita Division across Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties.
The agency lists an approximately 267,300-acre project area. That is the landscape boundary; individual treatments will be chosen according to conditions on the ground, with goals that include wildfire risk reduction and habitat improvement for big game and Gunnison sage-grouse.
Implementation can begin under the decision. The first work is expected south of Norwood in the Naturita Division, where the district is looking at combining fuels reduction with habitat improvements.
Forest Service announcement and links to the decision documents →
Action Detector
CANADA — BRITISH COLUMBIA / APPLICATIONS CLOSE NOVEMBER 20
B.C. rural diversification funding remains open through November 20
British Columbia’s fifth Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program intake closes November 20. Rural and remote communities, First Nations and eligible nonprofits can apply for work that strengthens local economies.
The streams cover planning and analysis, economic infrastructure, and community transition after a major economic change. Forest-dependent communities considering a project should check which stream fits and confirm eligibility with provincial program staff before applying. The province expects decisions in spring 2027.
B.C.’s intake announcement, streams and application links → · Deadline and decision timing →
Today's Featured Resource
Business and Market Responses to the Loss of Low-Grade Wood Markets in the United States
This online research report examines business and market responses when outlets for low-grade wood disappear. Its comparisons of processors, cooperative approaches, institutional demand and residual markets help readers assess replacement-market options and their operating constraints.
Explore Business and Market Responses to the Loss of Low-Grade Wood Markets in the United States →
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