Lumber production by sawmills rose 1.7 per cent from October to 6,019 thousand cubic metres in November, said Statistics Canada February 2. Production was up 7.8 per cent compared with November 2015.
Sawmills shipped 5,944 thousand cubic metres of lumber in November, up 1.3 per cent from October. Shipments were 8.6 per cent higher compared with November 2015.