Nov 3 (Reuters) - Western Forest Products Inc WEF.TO :
* Continued to implement strategy of optimizing operations and investing in mills to improve margins
* Anticipate export and domestic sawlog markets will remain strong in Q4 of 2016
* Western Forest Products - twelve-month standstill period of softwood lumber agreement, which precluded trade action by U.S. expired Oct 11, 2016
* Western Forest Products-with no new agreement in place, there could be us government trade action against Canadian softwood lumber imports at any time
* Western announces third quarter 2016 results
* Q3 earnings per share C$0.04
* Q3 revenue C$322.7 million versus C$278.5 million
* Q3 earnings per share view C$0.07 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S Source text for Eikon: ID:nCCN2pZlb0 Further company coverage: WEF.TO