Oct 27 (Reuters) - Domtar Corp UFS.TO
* Domtar Corporation reports preliminary third quarter 2016 financial results
* Q3 earnings per share $0.94
* Q3 earnings per share $1.13 excluding items
* Q3 sales $1.3 billion versus I/B/E/S view $1.29 billion
* Q3 earnings per share view $0.97 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Domtar Corp says Q4 will be negatively impacted by seasonality and mix in paper
* Domtar-Expect some short-term pricing volatility in pulp, raw material unit costs are expected to increase, notably for wood, energy and chemicals Source text for Eikon: ID:nBw5xWZXka Further company coverage: UFS.TO