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Canada’s Lumber Market Forecast: Conference Board
Following its strongest showing in three years, production growth in Canada’s wood products industry is expected to moderate significantly in 2017 due to the incoming US trade restrictions on Canadian softwood lumber, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada’s Wood Products Manufacturing Industry, released Friday. Canada’s wood products manufacturers will see…
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Canada Wholesale Trade, Lumber Exports: March 2017
Canada’s merchandise trade balance with the world narrowed to a $370 million deficit in April, from a revised $936 million deficit in March, said Statistics Canada Friday. Exports rose 1.8 per cent to $47.7 billion, led by higher exports of passenger cars and light trucks. Imports were up 0.6 per cent to $48.1 billion, on…
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US Construction Spending, House Prices: April 2017
Construction spending in the US during April 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$1,218.5 billion, 1.4 per cent below the revised March estimate of US$1,235.5 billion. Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$943.3 billion, 0.7 per cent below the revised March estimate of US$949.7 billion.…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse: 1Q 2017 Data
North American Sawmill Sales, Lumber and Log Supply and Production, Imports and Exports The latest data, some only just released from Statistics Canada, US Census, Industry Canada and others, is now combined into a sleek and concise visual format. Contact our office today for your subscription! Don’t miss out on this forward-indicator of Canada and…
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US Lumber Imports, House Size, Home Sales
The US imported a total of 8.456 million cubic metres of softwood lumber from Canada in 1Q this year which, according to the figures from the US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), equates to a reduction of 16 per cent against last year. The FAS also recorded a reduction in US softwood lumber…
