U.S. duties and tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber could total around 35 percent under new rates announced by Washington, down from the combined 45 percent rates previously announced, following a reduction in anti-dumping duties.
In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce increased duties on softwood lumber imports from 6.74 to 14.63 percent, which when combined with the anti-dumping duty of 20.56 percent, brought the total to 35.19 percent. In October, Washington then imposed an additional 10 percent tariffs on lumber under Section 232, bringing the total combined duties to 45.16 percent.
But according to an Oct. 14 statement from the B.C. Lumber Trade Council, the department’s seventh administrative review set the anti-dumping duty rate at 10.64 percent and the countervailing duty rate at 14.11 percent. Combined with the separate 10 percent Section 232 tariff, the rates bring the total to 34.75 percent, according to the council….