Softwood Lumber Products Export Permit Fees Regulations (SOR/96-317)

5 An exporter is exempt from the fee referred to in section 4

• (a) where the production of softwood lumber products by the exporter in the previous calendar year was less than 10 million board feet; or

• (b) where the production of softwood lumber products by the exporter has been reduced in the previous calendar quarter by at least 25 per cent by comparison to the same calendar quarter of the previous year due to a worker strike, or a mill fire or forest fire or any other force majeure, and the exporter informs the Government of Canada of the reduction and the Government of Canada provides notice and documentation of the reduction to the Government of the United States within 60 days after the disrupting event.