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US Freight Rail Traffic: November 2015
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Wednesday that US traffic in November totalled 1,041,605 carloads, down 10.4 per cent, or 120,259 carloads, from November 2014. US railroads also originated 1,024,162 containers and trailers in November 2015, down 1 per cent, or 10,828 units, from the same month last year. For November 2015, combined US…
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production: September 2015
Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production: September 2015
Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…
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Canada Lumber Exports Up, US Log Exports Down
The latest StatsCan data, out Monday shows an interesting picture for North American forest products…while the lumber business in the US is improving there it is going to be a slow, steady haul for the next approx three years I think :-/ Right now we’re into the usual seasonal ‘boring’ end-of-year slowdown and curtailments. At…
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US New and Existing Home Sales: October 2015
Census and HUD reported Wednesday new homes sales for October rebounded from their unexpected low in September to a level of 495,000 on an annual basis. This is a 10.7 per cent increase from the revised September, a 1.6 per cent increase from the 3Q average and a 15.7 per cent increase in year-to-date not…
