Supply Chain Research

The U.S. ITC will proceed with an investigation into Canadian exports of uncoated, groundwood paper. That comes just ahead of the second round of NAFTA negotiations, but after a decision on softwood lumber exports from Canada was postponed. While the product itself is small in the context of total Canada-U.S. trade at 0.2% of the total, when taken with the other forestry product cases it may feature in the NAFTA talks. The industry is in long-term decline as it is a feedstock for publishing. Total U.S. imports having fallen by 10% in volume terms and 9% in value-per-ton terms on an annua...