Allocation Method Order (2008) – Softwood Lumber Products (SOR/2007-305)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20

Marginal note:Application

2. This Order establishes the method for allocating the monthly quantity of current softwood lumber products that may be exported from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 2008 for the purposes of paragraph 6.3(3)(a) of the Act.

PART 1

ONTARIO

Marginal note:Allocation

3. The allocation of the Ontario quantity to a primary producer or remanufacturer who applies for an export allocation is calculated in accordance with the formula

OQ × (EO/TEO)

where

OQ 
is the Ontario quantity;
EO 
is the volume of the primary producer’s or remanufacturer’s products that were exported from Ontario to the United States under export permits during the reference period; and
TEO 
is the total volume of the primary producers’ and remanufacturers’ products that were exported from Ontario to the United States under export permits during the reference period, excluding the volume of products of primary producers and remanufacturers who indicate in writing to the Minister before December 14, 2007 that they relinquish their allocation of the Ontario quantity for 2008.

PART 2

QUEBEC

Marginal note:Primary producers with an export history

  • 4. (1) If some or all of a primary producer’s products were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period and the primary producer applies for an export allocation, the primary producer must choose to receive an allocation of the Quebec quantity calculated using the method described in section 5 (which is based on their historic export volume) or the method described in subsection 6(1) (which is based on their historic production volume).

  • Marginal note:Primary producers without an export history

    (2) If none of a primary producer’s products were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period and if the primary producer produced Quebec softwood lumber products during the period beginning on January 1, 2004 and ending on December 31, 2006 and they apply for an export allocation, the primary producer may only receive the allocation calculated using the method described in subsection 6(1) (which is based on their historic production volume).

  • Marginal note:Remanufacturers

    (3) If some or all of a remanufacturer’s products were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period and the remanufacturer applies for an export allocation, the remanufacturer may only receive the allocation calculated using the method described in section 9 (which is based on their historic export volume).

Marginal note:Allocation to primary producers — historic export volume

5. The allocation of the Quebec quantity to a primary producer that is based on their historic export volume is calculated in accordance with the formula

(PPE/TPPE) ×{[QQ × (TPPE/TEQ) × 94%] + RNA}

where

PPE 
is the volume of the primary producer’s products that were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period;
TPPE 
is the total volume of primary producer’s products that were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period;
QQ 
is the Quebec quantity;
TEQ 
is the total volume of the primary producers’ and remanufacturers’ products that were exported from Quebec to the United States under export permits during the reference period, excluding the volume of products of primary producers and remanufacturers who indicate in writing to the Minister before December 14, 2007 that they relinquish their allocation of the Quebec quantity for 2008; and
RNA 
is the residual non-allocated quantity of the reserve pool calculated in accordance with section 8.