| 11. | Quebec agreed to increase so-called " stumpage " fees on timber companies by $ 100 million.
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| 12. | The dispute centers on the " stumpage " fees Canadian provinces charge to harvest lumber on their lands.
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| 13. | But Pettigrew said the U . S . interpretation of stumpage as a financial contribution from the government is flawed.
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| 14. | Lobbyists for Americas lumber industry claim that these stumpage rates are cheap " administratively set prices " and constitute subsidies.
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| 15. | Clark's government has offered to reduce the stumpage fees it charges forestry firms if they move to create more jobs.
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| 16. | The trade dispute involves the amount of " stumpage " fees Canadian provinces charge companies for logging on government lands.
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| 17. | The stumpage has reached 55, 540, 000 cubic meters, accounting for 20.6 % of Shaanxi's.
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| 18. | This deprived them of the benefits of royalties from mining, oil and gas, or forestry ( stumpage ) within their boundaries.
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| 19. | Skillful at foraging, Buster often beat Presta to the hen-of-the-woods mushrooms that commonly grew on oak stumpage.
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| 20. | Kantor did not specify what reduction he expected in Quebec's exports as a result of the increase in " stumpage " fees.
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