Author: kkosman

  • US Trade Entanglements

    Madison’s has word from US Customs Brokers working the border that — upon requesting clarification from Customs and the DoC — it seems that, at least for now, shake and shingles are also captured in the highly punitive US softwood lumber CV and AD duties. As the bizarre US newsprint trade claim against Canada last…

  • US Home Sales, House Prices, Construction Spending: Nov 2017

    The latest data out of various US home building and sales agencies show a housing construction market much hotter than was anticipated in most projections for 2017.   Construction spending in the US during November 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$1,257 billion, 0.8 per cent above the revised October estimate…

  • Canadian Forest Industry: Oct 2017

    A flurry of full-year 2016 and October data for Canada’s forest products industry was released by Statistics Canada just before the end of last year. Manufacturing industry, including logging, and GDP by industry data is now out. Canada Forest Industry: October 2017 Total revenues reported by Canadian manufacturers increased to $664 billion in 2016, up…

  • Madison’s North American Heating Wood Pellet Report: Nov 2017

    Call our office or reply to this email now to receive a *FREE* full sample of the latest issue of Madison’s wildly popular Heating Wood Pellet Report, containing one full page of regional pellet prices across Canada and the US. Special one-time offer…. Don’t miss out on the latest data from Statistics Canada and US…

  • North American Forest Industry Back to Regular Operations: Jan 2018

    Just as Madison’s predicted not three weeks ago, demand for solid wood products continues fierce in 2018 and prices are showing signs of further strength in the months to come. It almost seemed like in 2017 lumber prices didn’t have a usual seasonal low; as follow-through of strong demand after US Thanksgiving kept manufactured wood…