U.S. duties introduced on softwood lumber imports from Canada determined a lot of financial difficulties to Canadian lumber companies. The Canadian J.D. Irving Ltd. (JDI) says that since the start of the dispute the company lost US$ 30 million.   J.D. Irving expects that number to jump to $45 million by the end of the year, according to cbc.ca. Jérôme Pelletier, vice-president of the sawmills division for JDI, said the tariffs are a significant additional cost to the company and have a negative impact. While JDI was able to recieve ...