Softwood Lumber Agreement
Data Reconciliation Results for
April 2009 - June 2010

The 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) requires Canada and the United States to reconcile aggregate Region-specific monthly data on the volume and value of exports of softwood lumber products from Canada to the United States (Articles XV.6 and XV.8)

The following table provides the aggregate volume information for the period October 1 2009 - June 30, 2009 as compiled by the Government of Canada and approved by officials of both governments at the meeting of the Softwood Lumber Committee.

The data may differ from other official trade statistics of Canada and the United States as they are based on definitions that are specific to the SLA.

The Softwood Lumber Committee also approved the value reconciliation results for the period April 1 2009 – June 30 2010.  Unlike the lumber export volume statistics which are made available to the public daily, lumber export values are not used in the operation of the SLA and are therefore not published. 

The United States and Canada have agreed that the volume and value data reconciliation for the aforementioned periods has been concluded successfully.

The Committee agreed that the Technical Working Group will continue to work on volume and value reconciliation and proceed to examine the data commencing with the third quarter of 2010.  These results will be presented to the Softwood Lumber Committee at its next meeting.

Mary T. Smith
Director for Canadian Affairs 
Office of the U. S. Trade Representative
Government of the United States

Laurent Cardinal
Director-General
North America Trade Policy Bureau
Government of Canada

 

Working Group on Data and Reconciliation - Results of April 2009 to June 2010

POST-RECONCILIATION RESULTS EXPORT VOLUMES (fbm)
July 12, 2011

Region of Origin	2009-10	2009-11	2009-12
Alberta	94,653,278	90,682,439	69,361,526
BC Coastal	24,354,437	14,699,711	20,110,324
BC Interior	424,230,032	382,767,346	355,848,983
Manitoba	311,191	264,142	205,539
Ontario	22,493,221	21,006,940	18,564,684
Quebec	59,976,855	57,457,008	49,434,534
Saskatchewan	5,654,806	4,958,295	978,047
Totals	631,673,820	571,835,881	514,503,637
Region of Origin	2010-01	2010-02	2010-03
Alberta	75,924,226	58,539,892	93,104,185
BC Coastal	22,443,800	25,734,144	28,945,619
BC Interior	392,410,529	406,033,106	474,885,533
Manitoba	433,663	261,356	281,040
Ontario	18,206,194	23,332,039	29,863,791
Quebec	51,997,935	57,867,842	87,688,738
Saskatchewan	1,050,887	2,506,088	4,526,203
Totals	562,467,234	574,274,467
Region of Origin	2010-04	2010-05	2010-06
Alberta	91,132,004	80,979,498	118,423,615
BC Coastal	34,110,307	33,621,630	69,727,033
BC Interior	479,214,534	380,502,464	592,488,770
Manitoba	304,769	208,846	139,028
Ontario	35,467,782	23,434,889	38,095,813
Quebec	86,884,784	53,700,833	74,676,958
Saskatchewan	6,252,310	4,937,200	5,399,096
Totals	733,366,490	577,385,360	898,950,313

As at July 12, 2011

Note:
- Results are based on bilateral reconciliation work as required under the Softwood Lumber Agreement between officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the United States Customs and Border Protection
- The reconciliation results have been reviewed and agreed to by the Canadian and U.S. representatives of the Softwood Lumber Committee
- The report is based on permitted shipments
- The numbers are subject to corrections or adjustments
- The numbers are compiled based on conditions as set out in the SLA for region of origin