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Japan Housing Starts: November 2017
According to a report released by the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on December 27th, Japan’s housing starts in November 2017 were 84,703 units (down 0.4 per cent from the same month in the previous year), falling below the previous year’s results for five consecutive months, said the Japan Lumber Journal Monday.…
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Canada Lumber Production at Sawmills: October 2017
Lumber production rose 6.3 per cent from September to 5,991 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Production was 1.2 per cent higher than in October 2016. Sawmills shipped 5,884 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, up 1.1 per cent from September and 0.3 per cent higher than in October…
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North America Sawmill Capacity, Production: October 2017
US sawmills produced 28.638 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first ten months of 2017, another 4.3 per cent increase over last month, from 27.446 bbf from January to October the previous year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track report Wednesday. CANADA AND US LUMBER PRODUCTION, SAWMILL CAPACITY:…
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Severely Bad Weather Across Continent Barely Slows Lumber Industry
Demand, especially from retailers, continued so strong this week that many North American sawmills were actually able to grow their order files. Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Historical Highs. The below table is a comparison of June 2017 and January 2018 prices for benchmark dimension softwood lumber 2×4 prices compared to historical highs of…
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US Home Building: Full Year 2018
All signs and numbers point to a huge year for the US construction industry, declared CNBC Thursday. Construction spending in the US is soaring, rising more than expected in November to a record US$1.257 trillion, according to the Commerce Department. That was up 2.4 per cent annually. US PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING: NOVEMBER 2017 The…
