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