This change is expected to lower the expenses for homeowners selling their properties by potentially reducing the standard commission rates, which have historically been among the highest globally.
Legislation
The average price of Russian lumber in Japan declined 27%.
EOS and CEI-Bois statement for possible Japanese imports ban on Russian wood products.
A court in Russia has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to a subsidiary of the global furniture giant worth almost $143 million.
However, the start of 2024 saw a downturn, with January exports falling 33% year-on-year.
After the test phase of the EU Deforestation Regulation revealed glaring deficiencies and showed that implementation according to current specifications is not possible, the Associations are calling for a change of course.
Once the investigation process is complete, the anti-dumping duties, as high as 15.8%, will be applied retroactively on all imports of birch plywood into the EU from 22 August 2023 and for all future imports from Kazakhstan and Türkiye.
By misdeclaring the species, country of origin, or harvest country of the wood, the couple managed to import these products into the U.S., thus violating federal laws.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland dismissed the appeal made against the environmental permit package for Metsä Group’s Kemi bioproduct mill, as well as the appeal regarding the decision on the environmental permit package issued by the Vaasa Administrative Court on November 14, 2022.
This standard is designed to assist companies in ensuring the legality of the wood products within their supply chains.
The longstanding dispute between the two nations over lumber exports, characterized by U.S. producers as unfairly subsidized, has persisted for decades.
This is the first step in the implementation of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and British Columbia Land Transfer Agreement (2020), with the remaining 2,882 hectares planned for transfer to Snuneymuxw in the near future.
The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, has approved the Development Consent Order for Drax Power Limited’s plans to convert two of its biomass units at Drax Power Station to the carbon removals technology bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
Södra has accepted the corporate fine and will pay it.
Canadian Kraft Paper Industries Limited has also been ordered by the Court to conduct an independent environmental audit within 12 months of sentencing to review its operations and make recommendations regarding the implementation of best available technology and best practices to prevent future deleterious deposits.
Proposed changes to the building code will expand the use of mass timber to build taller buildings and to make stronger communities in British Columbia, Canada.
Changes to the Manufactured Forest Products Regulation are being introduced in the Interior of B.C. to expand manufacturing requirements for the export of cedar and cypress lumber. The changes are set to come into effect on February 1, 2024, and will require mills in the Interior to fully manufacture cedar and cypress ...
The retailer alleges overcharging for cargo movement during the pandemic.
The ITC examined and found that improvements in the U.S. softwood lumber industry, such as increases in production, capital investments, and employment, were related to the antidumping and the countervailing duty orders.
The joint statement emphasized the importance of collaboration to strengthen the forestry sector for both Canada and the United States, arguing that working together would benefit both parties.