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US Housing Starts, Home Equity: January 2016
US housing starts for February 2016 were up 31 per cent, and — most important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada and the US — is US single-family starts are up 24 per cent, both compared to February 2015. Housing starts rose 5.2 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports: January 2016
British Columbia forest product exports totalled C$1.10 billion, up 13.3 per cent from C$0.97 billion, said the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Thursday. Share of export value by market were: U.S. (50.2 per cent, up from 48 per cent), China + Hong Kong (25 per cent,…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Lumber production as a per cent of practical capacity in the US was 84 per cent for 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year when it was 83 per cent, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Canadian sawmill capacity utilization improved by 3 per cent last…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Lumber production as a per cent of practical capacity in the US was 84 per cent for 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year when it was 83 per cent, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Canadian sawmill capacity utilization improved by 3 per cent last…
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US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015
