SPECIAL REPORT — While Canada’s international trade regulator has upheld complaints made by a domestic drywall manufacturer about the dumping of U.S. gypsum in the Western provinces, the ruling continues to impact Western dealers. Dave Boyce, general manager of Delroc Industries, says his dealers are facing shortages in Western Canada, where most of his group’s dealers are located. “We’re seeing some Atlantic Canada board come into British Columbia,” he says, as a result of both high costs and lessening availability in the West.
Doug Skrepnek of WSB Titan, which has locations across the country, warns that a lot more board will come in from Eastern Canada. And though the cost of gas, trucks, and other logistical considerations will increase the cost, it’s still cheaper than board in the West because it has no tariff. “It’s not the way it should have gone,” he says of the CITT ruling. “Titan is taking a massive beating.”
