Category: Lumber News

  • US Wood Imports, Canada Lumber Exports: March 2016

    US Sawmill Products Imports: Values 2012 to MAR 2016 CHINA US$9 million US$11 million 18% CANADA US$1,232 million US$1,355 million 9% TOTAL WORLD US$1,471 million US$1,573 million 6.5% 2015 To MAR 2016 To MAR     Canada Softwood Lumber Exports:Volumes 2012 – MAR 2016 million cubic metres USA 7,041 9,070 22% CHINA 1,552 1,588 2%…

  • BC Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding

    British Columbia Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, announced May 6 more funding to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s total contributions to $7 million. British Columbia Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding Minister Steve Thomson announced last week an additional $1 million contribution to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s…

  • Canada and US Lumber Production: Feb 2016

    US softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 1.3 per cent, to 5,207 million board feet, from 5,138 million board feet in the first two months of 2015, according to Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track, released Fri- day. Canada softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 13.5 per cent, to 4,611…

  • British Columbia Wholesale Lumber Association Roasts

    The British Columbia Wholesale Lumber Association will be holding it’s 36TH Annual Lumberman Of The Year Award Roast at the Terminal City Club in downtown Vancouver, June 16. BCWLA Roasts… “A patriarch of the BCWLA will receive his due reward: to be roasted to a fine turn by his peers at an award ceremony to…

  • Canada and US Softwood Lumber Production : February 2016

    US softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 1.3 per cent, to 5,207 million board feet, from 5,138 million board feet in the first two months of 2015, according to Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track, released today. Canada softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 13.5 per cent, to 4,611 million…