The interesting thing that has occurred since the implementation of the duty is that the price of lumber has decreased. if US producers had expected an increase in the price (as, admittedly, I forecast) they have been quite disappointed. The fact is that Canadian producers with operations in the US are still making excellent returns given their US lumber production is exempt from the duty and that China is taking a goodly share of the available BC output. With the Canadian government paying the duty, our producers are far from being in crisis.