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Southern Pine Lumber Exports: June 2014
USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service reported Friday exports of Southern Pine to be approximately 41.2 million board feet (MMbf) during June 2014. This volume represents an increase of just 2 per cent above the same month last year. But collectively, the first half of this year has recorded a hefty increase of 22 per cent when…
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Housing Starts, Japan
After dropping since April due to a new consumption tax, housing starts in Japan increased in June by 11.8 per cent compared to May, to 75,727 units, according to Japan Lumber Reporter Friday. Seasonally adjusted starts were 883,000 units. June starts were down 9.5 per cent compared to the same month one year ago. Japan’s…
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Wooden Health Facility, Belgium
A new nursing facility complex in Belgium, at 7,000 square metres the largest in the country, will be build using lumber from Japan’s Nice Lumber, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The four-storey wooden building will have 50 rooms for the nursing home and 16 units for rental. The project is expected to use 890…
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Coldstream Lumber Operating
Operations at Coldstream Lumber, based in Coldstream, BC, are back up and running nearly a week after a fire ripped through the company’s kiln building. The 40 employees were back at work Monday, said GlobalNews. Both of the company’s kilns were destroyed in the fire. Coldstream Lumber president, Johnal Lee new kilns were purchased, but…
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US Wood Products Imports from Canada: Rail and Truck
More glowing data on Canadian and US cargo and freight volumes, building on last month’s strong showing as detailed in your Madison’s Lumber Reporter July 11, is out this week by the AAR and from the ATA’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) Thursday reported increased total combined US weekly rail…
