Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • It’s Getting Crowded in Here…

    Your weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter is bursting at the seams! Over the next few weeks there will be new content added, mostly taken from the data sets we have been working for the quarterly Forest Pulse. (sample download here: http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mclr010915.pdf ) There will be additional pages added to the newsletter make room for this important…

  • Canada Building Permits: Nov 2014

    Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6.6 billion in November, down 13.8 per cednt from October, following two consecutive monthly increases. Widespread declines in both the non-residential and residential sectors in several provinces were responsible for the decrease in November. The value of building permits for the first 11 months of 2014 totalled $77.9 billion,…

  • Canada Industrial product and raw materials price indexes: Nov 2014

    The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) decreased 0.4 per cent in November, mainly because of lower prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 5.8 per cent in November, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products. The IPPI, down 0.4 per cent, declined for the third…

  • British Columbia Lumber Exports to US Surpass 2013

    Values of BC lumber exports to US January to November 2014, $2,792 million, surpass full-year 2013, $2,558 million, said BC Stats Wednesday. BC lumber exports by value globally January to November 2014 were flat compared to 2013, exports to China individually were also stable.

  • Canada Softwood Lumber Exports up 12.8 Per Cent

    Values of Canadian softwood lumber exports to Top 3 Countries for January to October 2014, $6,793.27 million, exceeded the previous year, $5,925.85 million, by 12.8 per cent, according to Statistics Canada December 29, 2014. Lumber Exports, Canada Volumes of Canadian Softwood lumber exports to Top 3 Countries for January to October 2014 were 32.15 million…