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BC Softwood Lumber Exports: 2016
The latest data released by BC Stats shows British Columbia softwood lumber export volumes and values continue to improve. British Columbia Lumber Exports: 2016 This week BC Stats released the latest data on British Columbia softwood lumber exports to main customer countries like USA, Japan, and China as well as world totals:
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North America Lumber Production: November 2016
The Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track shows steady improvement in Canadian and US sawmill capacity utilization rates and softwood lumber production volumes: Canadian and US lumber production volumes and sawmill capacity utilization rates continue to improve:
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Canada Sawmill Production: November 2016
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…
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Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jump 15% – 20% Week of Feb 10, 2017
Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jumped 15% – 20% Week of February 10, 2017, according to weekly forest industry trade publication Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Benchmark dimension lumber commodity Western Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr up US$72 ( 19% ) to US$388 mfbm compared to one year ago Eastern Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4…
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China Log Imports
China imported record-high volumes of softwood lumber in 2016 and softwood log imports reached their second highest level on record, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) Tuesday. Despite relatively pessimistic forecasts for wood demand early in 2016, China’s need for imported wood picked up during the summer and autumn with import volumes of both logs…
