Ed - I don't think that it would be cost effective to ship lumber from Canada to the ME, so that's never made sense to me. I was under the impression that the softwoods lumber will be brokered through Liberia (and perhaps not yet announced origins) to the ME projects.
I really think shipping it halfway around the world, given the volume, would be cost prohibitive. Perhaps I'm wrong.
Can someone else shed light on this subject?
Jannie
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