Category: Lumber News

  • Canada and US Trade Data: 1Q 2015

    Export Development Canada’s annual report, released Wednesday, shows Canadian exports rose 5.7 per cent in 2014 over 2013, with 7,400 companies and investors tying into EDC services. The agency’s customer base increased 3.7 per cent over the same period. Elsewhere, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed in February as prices for exported energy recovered from the…

  • Habitat Fragmentation: Global Forest Cover

    A new study out of North Carolina State University gives a stark view of the dwindling size of forests globally. The analysis of global forest cover revealed that 70 per cent of remaining forest is within 1 kilometre of the forest’s edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis of fragmentation experiments spanning…

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  • Washington Dept of Natural Resources March 2015 Highlights

    Lumber and Log Prices: Lumber and log prices increased markedly in 2013 and somewhat less so in 2014. Washington log prices moved up sharply from a two-year plateau in 2013 and continued to rise in 2014. The average price for a ‘typical’ DNR log delivered to the mill reached US$591/mbf in 2014, and has averaged…

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