The pause will cut supply by about 25 million board feet as log inventories, fibre availability, and seasonal breakup affect the BC Interior.
Conifex Timber
Lumber shipments decline 40% in Q4 as company operates at 46% of capacity amid 45.16% combined duty and tariff rate.
BDC financing features interest-only payments until 2028 as Mackenzie sawmill resumes two-shift operations.
Temporary curtailment to cut output by about 13 million board feet as lumber prices fall and federal support programs expand.
Company records $15.3 million in duty expenses as combined rate increases to 35.16% following final administrative review.