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Canada Wood Products Exports, US Imports: Jan – June 2016
Exciting data out Thursday from Statistics Canada shows volumes of exports of Canadian wood products to the US for January to June 2016 are up +18 per cent (to world up +11.7 per cent) to 17.8 million cubic metres compared to 14.6 million cubic metres for the rst six months of last year. Elsewhere, the…
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Japan Housing Starts: June 2016
Japan’s housing starts in June were 85,953 units (down – 2.5 per cent from the same month in the previous year), according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said the Japan Lumber Journal Friday. Although figure was below previous year’s for the first time in six months, when compared to the previous…
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Japan Wood Products Demand: July 2016
Data for Japan’s North America timber, as well as dimension lumber, imports for the rst six months of 2016 have been released this week. North American Timber and Log Market in Japan Export prices of Douglas fir logs in Japan for August shipment settled at the same level as in July, said the Japan Lumber…
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North America Commodity Softwood Lumber Price Comparison
As Madison’s is preparing the next issue of our quarterly Forest Pulse, this seems like a good time to update readers on a ten-year price trend comparison of several of the most commonly-traded softwood lumber commodity prices. Three Main 2×4 Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Prices: 10 Years Benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr Prices Ten…
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US Negative Equity Rate, Home Property Values
