What if I supply U.S. wood packaging facilities with Canadian lumber or re-manufactured lumber?
All Canadian coniferous lumber, either in bundles or custom cut (pre-cut) packages, exported to the U.S. to be used in a facility that produces wood packaging for export to the EU must meet the specifications of the non-manufactured softwood packaging enforcement regulations of the American Lumber Standard Committee. According to the American Lumber Standard Committee program, all lumber (U.S. or Canadian) entering a U.S. wood packaging facility must be labelled HT or KD-HT under the supervision of any agency accredited by the Board of Review. Each board of the bundle must be stamped to identify the Grading Agency, the Facility Number and the treatment (HT or KD-HT).
