October 2025: lumber, cabinets and furniture — with no CUSMA exemption
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Dated entry. This covers 31 October 2025 and has not been updated since. Tariff rules change constantly and some of this will have been superseded — check the official sources before acting on it.
On 14 October 2025 the US imposed tariffs on softwood timber and lumber: 10% on all imports, stacked on top of existing anti-dumping and countervailing duties. Certain upholstered wooden furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities took 25%.
Increases were scheduled for 1 January 2026: 30% on certain upholstered furniture and 50% on cabinets and vanities.
There was no CUSMA exemption, so Canadian lumber and cabinetry were fully exposed — the most consequential measure of the autumn for BC and Quebec forestry lanes.
On 17 October Canada extended its six-month remission on select US imports by two months, to 16 December 2025, and announced a forthcoming “Buy Canadian” procurement policy.