This week was released the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track.
US softwood lumber production for January to August 2016 was 22,012 MMfbm, a 3.6 percent increase from 21,250 MMfbm in the first eight months of 2015.
North American Sawmill Capacity, Lumber Production: August 2016
Canada softwood lumber production for January to August 2016 was 18,898 MMfbm, a 3.6 percent increase from 17,559 MMfbm in the first eight months of 2015.
The total increase of US production from the first eight months of 2013 to the same time this year is +8.6 per cent.
The total increase of Canadian production from the first eight months of 2013 to the same time this year is +13.3 per cent.
In 2013, the total volume of Canadian production for January to August was 18.2 per cent of that in the US.
In 2016, the total volume of Canadian production January to August was 14.1 per cent of that in the US.