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Canada Sawmill Exports (excl: Shake&Shingle) : Values 2012- APR 2016
Canada Sawmill Exports (excl: Shake & Shingle) : Values 2012- APR 2016 Canadian lumber exports increased in April from a downwardly revised March reading, according to Statistics Canada Monday. April Canadian exports totalled 1.76 billion board feet, up from 1.73 BBF in March (originally 1.77 BBF) and 1.51 BBF in April 2015. Lumber shipments to…
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Canada Sawmill Exports (excl: Shake&Shingle) : Values 2012- APR 2016
Canada Sawmill Exports (excl: Shake & Shingle) : Values 2012- APR 2016 Canadian lumber exports increased in April from a downwardly revised March reading, according to Statistics Canada Monday. April Canadian exports totalled 1.76 billion board feet, up from 1.73 BBF in March (originally 1.77 BBF) and 1.51 BBF in April 2015. Lumber shipments to…
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More Softwood Lumber Agreement Conversation
Liberal MP for Cumberland-Colchester,NS, Bill Casey, raised the issue of a softwood lumber agreement in the House of Commons Tuesday, according to Cumberland News Now Wednesday. Said Casey. “The softwood lumber industry in Atlantic Canada is different from the industry in the rest of Canada, and it’s essentially the same as the industry in New…
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Update on Wood Framed Multi-Storey Building
Two new cross-laminated timber production facilities will be built in Australia, while Portland, Oregon’s, 12-story high rise in the Pearl District made out of Cross-Laminat– ed Timber is moving forward into its next phase of design, development and testing. New Multi-Storey Wood Framed Building Projects The Border Mail reports that XLam, which makes structural timber,…
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US Building Lot Shortage: May 2016
NAHB’s measure of lot shortages hit a new record in May. In answer to special questions on the survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, 64 percent of builders reported that the supply of lots in their markets was low or very low—up from 62 percent last year and the highest the lot shortage…
