What and where is the largest tree in Canada?
Answer: The Cheewhat Giant is a western red cedar located near Cheewhat Lake in British Columbia.
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What and where is the largest tree in Canada?
Answer: The Cheewhat Giant is a western red cedar located near Cheewhat Lake in British Columbia.
Photo © Ancient Forest Alliance
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U.S. hardwood exports to Greater China and Southeast Asia are sustaining a recovery through 2021. The latest data for this year shows that the value of U.S. hardwood log exports to Greater China is $327 million, up 35% from 2020. U.S. exports of hardwood lumber have reached $479 million, up 1.7%.
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AHEC Market Report September 2021 (PDF)
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AHEC reports that Chinese tariff exemptions, originally set to expire on September 17, have been extended until April 16, 2022. The tariffs apply to both hardwood logs and lumber products exported to China.
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Woodworking Network: China extends hardwood tariff exemptions
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The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded this case for the fourth time, directing the U.S. Department of Commerce to reconsider the rate applied to the separate rate companies in the hardwood plywood case. Commerce had continued to calculate a rate of 57.36% for the separate rate companies and identified additional information on the record to support its determination.
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After noticing a spike of more than 1,000% in cabinet imports from Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, MasterBrand Cabinets hired outside investigators. The documentation they provided to U.S. Customs suggested that wooden cabinets and vanities produced in China are being repackaged in Malaysia and then shipped to the U.S., and that importers misrepresented the products as made in Malaysia rather than in China.
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