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Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Canada Industrial Product Prices and US Manufacturing Index: Dec 2015 and Jan 2016

    Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) declined 0.2 per cent in December, said Statistics Canada January 29. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) fell 5.0 per cent. The IPPI (-0.2 per cent) fell for the fifth consecutive month in December and has declined 1.7 per cent since July 2015. The main reason for the decline…

  • US Construction Spending: December 2015

    The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Monday that construction spending during December 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$1,116.6 billion, 0.1 per cent above the revised November estimate of US$1,116.0 billion. The December figure is 8.2 per cent above the December 2014 estimate of US$1,031.6 billion. The…

  • Canada Sawmills

    Lumber production by sawmills de- creased 1.7 per cent from October to 5,6 million cubic metres in November, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Compared with November 2014, lum- ber production rose 15.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5.5 million cubic metres of lumber in November, down 6.8 per cent from October. Shipments rose 16.1 per cent compared…

  • Japan Housing Starts: Dec 2015

      December housing starts in Japan were 75,452 units, a 1.3 per cent drop from December 2014, according to the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Housing Starts, Japan Total housing starts for 2015 were 909,299 units, a 1.9 per cent improvement over 2014 said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday.

  • Forest Products Association of Canada Urges

      The Forest Products Association of Canada announced Thursday it urges the federal government to ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership as soon as possible. Please refer to the October 23, 2015 issue of your Madison’s Lumber Reporter for details of Japan’s expectation of wood products imports from Canada under the TPP. FPAC Supports TPP “The…