Lumber production by Canadian sawmills decreased 14.8 per cent from November, to 4,151.3 thousand cubic metres in December, according to Statistics Canada Friday. Compared with December 2012, lumber production increased 5.8 per cent.
Sawmills shipped 3,912.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in December, down 14.7 per cent from November.
Elsewhere, total Canadian wood product 2012 to 2013 sales were up 18.7 per cent, to $24.2 billion, said StatsCan’s “Manufacturing at a Glance: The year 2013 in review”, released Tuesday.
