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FOREST PRODUCTS TRADE POLICY HIGHLIGHTS
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MAY 2006
rust triangle U.S. Congressional Research Study on Softwood Lumber
rust triangle Italy implements EU rules on U.S. Oak Log Imports
   
 
APRIL 2006
rust triangle Proposed Changes To CITES Implementing Regulations 
rust triangle New Zealand Notice on Wood Packaging Materials 
rust triangle Chile Modifies Quarantine Regulations Pertaining to Methyl Bromide and Phosphine Treatments for Sawn Wood and Logs
 
FEBRUARY 2006
rust triangle International Tropical Timber Organization Successor Agreement Concluded (.pdf format)
rust triangle United States Federal Agencies Sign Green Building Agreement (.pdf format)
rust triangle European Union Delays Debarking Requirement for Wood Packaging Material
rust triangle United States Federal Agencies Sign Green Building Agreement  
 
JANUARY 2006
rust triangle European Union Adopts Regulation Permitting Timber Import Licensing and Voluntary Partnership Agreements for Forest Products
rust triangle Japan Solicits Public Comments on JAS Lumber Standard 
 
DECEMBER 2005
rust triangle Canada Announces Assistance Package for Forest Products Industry (.pdf format)
rust triangle Wood Tariffs to be Reduced Under U.S. Morocco Free Trade Agreement
 
NOVEMBER 2005
rust triangle U.S. Paper on Forest Products Liberalization in the World Trade Organization
 
SEPTEMBER 2005
rust triangle Mexico Announces Final Rule for Wood Packing Materials Effective September 16
rust triangle Peru to Begin Implementation of Wood Packaging Material Regulation 
   
AUGUST 2005
rust triangle Korean Government Increases Wood-Frame Construction Heights
rust triangle New Timber Quarantine Processing Facility in China
rust triangle Sustainable Forestry in the United States
rust triangle Bolivia Announces Wood Packaging Material Regulations
rust triangle U.S. Imports of Softwood Plywood from Brazil Under Review
rust triangle Wood Packaging Material On-line Seminar
 
JULY 2005
rust triangle Bolivia Announces Wood Packaging Material Regulations
 
JUNE 2005
rust triangle Mexico Concludes Safeguard Investigation on Plywood 
 
MAY 2005
rust triangle White Oak Log Derogation Enable U.S. Exporters To Continue Shipping to the European Union 
 
MARCH 2005
rust triangle South Africa Wood Packaging Material Phytosanitary Requirements
rust triangle EU Suspends Debarking Requirement on Wood Packaging Material Directive Until March 1, 2006 
 
FEBRUARY 2005
rust triangle Guatemala Will Accept Wood Packaging Treated And Marked In Compliance With ISPM-15 
 
JANUARY 2005
rust triangle Canada Initiates New Legal Challenges in Lumber Dispute  
rust triangle Storm Ravages Northern European Forests
 
DECEMBER 2004
rust triangle ITC Finds Material Injury in Chinese Wooden Bedroom Furniture Case  
rust triangle DOC Lowers Duties on Canadian Softwood Lumber  
rust triangle Turkey Delays Implementation of ISPM 15  
rust triangle Canadian Softwood Lumber Threatening U.S. Industry
rust triangle India Delays Import Requirements for Wood Packaging Material  
rust triangle WTO Authorizes Additional Duties on Forest and Fishery Products  
 
NOVEMBER 2004
rust triangle Study Released Quantifying Impact of Illegal Logging  
rust triangle Final Dumping Margins Announced for Chinese Wooden Furniture
 
SEPTEMBER 2004
rust triangle The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Reverses Its Injury Determination in the U.S. - Canada Lumber Dispute
rust triangle EU to Publish New Import Requirements for Wood Packaging Material
 
AUGUST 2004 
rust triangle WTO Appellate Body Upholds Ruling Against the United States’ Use of “Zeroing” in the Calculation of Antidumping Margins in the U.S. - Canadian Softwood Lumber Dispute
rust triangle Korean Government Eases Limitations on Wood-Frame Building Heights
rust triangle NAFTA Panel Rules Against the United States in the U.S. - Canada Lumber Dispute
rust triangle China Developing Voluntary Timber Standard
 
JULY 2004 
rust triangle Japan Local Government to Support Use of Local Wood
rust triangle WTO Appellate Body Upholds Ruling Against the United States’ in Use of “Zeroing” in Softwood Lumber Dispute
   
JUNE 2004
rust triangle Commerce Announces Preliminary Antidumping Determination on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China 
rust triangle PSI Recognized as Performance Evaluation Body Recognized by GOJ
rust triangle Incorporation of KSF 1611-1 into the Korean National Building Code
   
APRIL 2004
rust triangle U.S.-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement 
rust triangle WTO Panel Rules in Favor of the United States in the U.S.-Canada Lumber Dispute
rust triangle India Wood Packaging Material: Status for Exporters
   
MARCH 2004
rust triangle Korea Delays Import Requirements for Wood Packaging Material
rust triangle India Clarifies Wood Packaging Material Requirements
rust triangle WTO Panel Ruling Puts in Question U.S.- Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute
rust triangle NAFTA Panel Remands Softwood Lumber Antidumping (AD) Case a Second Time
rust triangle Use of International Mark for Wood Packaging Material Authorized
 
JANUARY 2004 
rust triangle Japan and Korea Agree to Oppose Wood Product Tariff Elimination  
rust triangle WTO Appellate Body Reverses Part of Earlier WTO Ruling on U.S. Countervailing Duties (CVD) for Softwood Lumber  
rust triangle Department of Commerce (DOC) Responds to NAFTA Panel Remand On Softwood Lumber
rust triangle ITC Votes to Continue Case on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
 
DECEMBER 2003
rust triangle China to Amend Solid Wood Packing Material (SWPM) Regulations
rust triangle Commerce Initiates Antidumping Investigation of Wooden Bedroom Furniture
rust triangle The International Trade Commission (ITC) Responds to NAFTA Panel Remand on Softwood Lumber
NOVEMBER 2003
rust triangle Mexico Announces Final Standard on New Sawn Lumber
rust triangle WTO Releases Final Report on Canada’s Challenge of Countervailing Duty on Softwood Lumber
rust triangle Department of Commerce (DOC) Responds to NAFTA Panel Remand On Softwood Lumber
rust triangle APHIS Amending Target Date For Implementation of New Import Requirements for Wood Packing Material
rust triangle U.S. Furniture Manufacturers Seek Protection from Chinese Imports  
 
JULY 2003
rust triangle President's Initiative Against Illegal Logging
rust triangle NAFTA Panel Rules on Canadian Softwood Lumber Antidumping Case
rust triangle United Nations Adds Timber to Sanctions Against Liberia  
 
JUNE 2003
rust triangle USDA to Refuse Entry of Bigleaf Mahogany Shipments
rust triangle U.S. and Chile Sign Free Trade Agreement
 
MAY 2003
rust triangle WTO Releases Interim Report on SWL Countervailing Duty
rust triangle APHIS to Amend Solid Wood Packing Material (SWPM) Regulations
rust triangle EU Announces Action Plan to Combat Illegal Logging and Timber Trade
 
APRIL 2003 
rust triangle Brazil Implements New Import Requirements for Lumber
rust triangle British Columbia (BC) Announces Wood-Frame Housing Project in China
 
MARCH 2003
rust triangle U.S. Calls for Elimination of Tariffs in Forest Products Sector
rust triangle EU Bans Use of Arsenic in Treatment of Wood for Consumer Use
rust triangle Policy Bulletin Under Development for Pricing and Sale of Canadian Timber
rust triangle Japan Says It Cannot Support Further Tariff Cuts In Forest Products Sector
rust triangle President Bush Notifies Congress of Intent To Enter Into FTA With Chile
rust triangle U.S. Submits Indicative List of NTBS To WTO
rust triangle Argentina Implements New Requirements For Wood Packing Material
 
DECEMBER 2002
rust triangle Mahogany Placed In CITES Appendix II  
rust triangle WTO Appoints Panelists To Hear U.S.- Canadian Softwood Lumber Dispute
rust triangle ITTC Meets In Yokohama
rust triangle U.S. And Chile Conclude FTA Negotiations
 
NOVEMBER 2002
rust triangle China To Permit Wood-Frame Construction
rust triangle BEC And JTC Meet In Seattle
rust triangle WTO Panel Rules on Canadian Softwood Lumber Issue
rust triangle APHIS Continues To Scrutinize Shipments of Brazilian Mahogany
rust triangle ITTC To Meet November 4-9, 2002 in Yokohama
rust triangle Funding To Strengthen BC Forestry Markets
 
SEPTEMBER 2002
rust triangle Mexico Announces Safeguard Investigation On Plywood
rust triangle IPPC Delays Implementation Of Standard For Wood Packing Material
rust triangle BEC And JTC To Meet In Seattle
rust triangle DOC Initiates Expedited Review Of Countervailing Duty Order Of Canadian Softwood Lumber
rust triangle APHIS Releases Additional Shipment Of Brazilian Mahogany
rust triangle APHIS To Publish EIS For The Importation Of Wood Packaging Material
rust triangle Malaysian Government Bans Logs From Indonesia
   
JUNE 2002
rust triangle IPPC Adopts Standard for Wood Packing Material
rust triangle Wood Products Subcommittee Meets in Tokyo
rust triangle ITC Finds Threat of Injury in Canadian Softwood Lumber Investigation
rust triangle APHIS Rescinds Decision to Allow Entry of Brazilian Mahogany
rust triangle UK Imposes Additional Requirements on Imports of Wood From the United States
rust triangle UNFF Meets In New York, March 4-15, 2002
   
MARCH 2002
rust triangle IPPC To Consider Standard For Wood Packing Material  
rust triangle Japan Deems U.S. Wood Products Standards System Equivalent
rust triangle U.S. and Canada Resume Softwood Lumber Talks
rust triangle EPA Announces Transition From Consumer Use of Treated Wood Containing Arsenic
rust triangle Mexican Forest Products Industry Urges Use of Safeguard Action
rust triangle UNFF Met In New York, March 4-12, 2002
   
DECEMBER 2001
rust triangle EU Implements Program for Coniferous Non-Manufactured Wood Packing Material
rust triangle ITTO Meets in Yokohama, Japan, October 29 – November 3, 2001
  Commerce Announces Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping Investigation of  Canadian Softwood Lumber
rust triangle BEC and JTC Committees Meet in Ottawa
rust triangle Draft Environmental Review of U.S.-Chile FTA Released
   
OCTOBER 2001
rust triangle European Union Emergency Measures For Coniferous Non-Manufactured Wood Packing Material
   
SEPTEMBER 2001
rust triangle U.S. Implements Program for Coniferous Non-Manufactured Wood Packing Material to EU
rust triangle Korea Bans Import of Oak and Alder from Specified Areas
rust triangle UN Forum on Forests Meets
rust triangle Indonesia Requests Ramin Be Included on Appendix III of CITES
rust triangle Netherlands Bans Import and Use of Wood Treated with Copper Compounds
rust triangle Commerce Announces Preliminary Subsidy Determination on Canadian Softwood Lumber
rust triangle U.S.-Japan Issue Fourth Joint Status Report
   
JUNE 2001
rust triangle Preliminary Safeguard Investigations Underway in Japan  
rust triangle Mexico to Reduce Reference Price for Plywood
rust triangle UN Forum on Forests to Meet
rust triangle China to Require Treatment of Imported Logs
rust triangle Nordic Timber Council Steps Up Promotional Activities in the United Kingdom
rust triangle CVD/AD Petitions Filed Following Expiration of Softwood Lumber Agreement
rust triangle U.S. And Japan Meet to Discuss Wood Products Trade and Housing
   
APRIL 2001
rust triangle EU Commission Takes Decision On Solid Wood Packing Material
rust triangle Auction of Quota Certificates Under NAFTA to Import U.S. Wood Products
rust triangle EU Clarifies Requirements for Antique Coniferous Timber
rust triangle UN Forum on Forests Reaches Agreement on Secretariat and Meeting Venues
rust triangle FAO-GTZ-ITTO Host Seminar On Certification
rust triangle Australia’s Labor Party "Favorably Disposed" to U.S.-Australia FTA
rust triangle U.S.- Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement Set To Expire
rust triangle EU Authorizes Continued Derogation for Oak Logs
   
DECEMBER 2000
rust triangle Mexico Implements Customs Scheme
rust triangle International Tropical Timber Council Meets
rust triangle U.S. Calls on Japan to Undertake Deregulatory Reforms
rust triangle Japan Considering Safeguard Action on Wood Products
rust triangle U.S. and Chile to Launch Free Trade Negotiations
rust triangle Mexico Names Commissioner for Northern Border Affairs
rust triangle New Zealand Announces New Export Credit Guarantee Scheme
   
SEPTEMBER 2000
rust triangle EU To Require Treatment of Coniferous Solid Wood Packing Material
rust triangle Georgia and Albania Become 137th and 138th Members of the WTO
rust triangle U.S. Submits Views on Role of Forests Under Kyoto Protocol
rust triangle Export Certification of Solid Wood Packing Material to China
rust triangle JTC and BEC Committees to Meet in Japan
rust triangle EU and Mexico Enter Into Free Trade Agreement
rust triangle Mexico Announces Its Intent to Implement Customs Scheme
rust triangle International Tropical Timber Council to Meet
rust triangle Argentina to Implement Solid Wood Packing Material Regulations
rust triangle Panel to Examine Treatment of Export Constraints Under U.S. CVD Regime
   
JUNE 2000
rust triangle Finland Requires Phyto For Coniferous Solid Wood Packing Material
rust triangle Jordan Becomes 136th Member of WTO
rust triangle Carousel Retaliatory Provisions Enacted
rust triangle Average Cost of Japanese Home $367,565
rust triangle Canada Requests Consultations On U.S. CVD Rules On Export Bans
rust triangle Brazil Exempts U.S. From Solid Wood Packing Material Regulations
rust triangle International Tropical Timber Council Meets
rust triangle APEC Ministers Meet
rust triangle APEC To Release Study of Non-Tariff Measures In The Forest Products Sectors
   
APRIL 2000
rust triangle December Storms Fell 165 Million M3 of Timber in Europe
rust triangle Brazil Implements Solid Wood Packing Material Regulations
rust triangle U.S. & Japan Meet to Discuss Housing
rust triangle Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Adoped
rust triangle USTR Requests Public Comments on Canadian Softwood Lumber Practices/Trade
rust triangle WTO Rules Against U.S. in Dispute Involving FSC Provisions
rust triangle Indonesia Reduces Export Tariffs on Selected Wood Products
rust triangle China Ends Operational Flexibility for Solid Wood Packing Material
rust triangle ITC Releases Report on Investigation of Forest Products Trade
   
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