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US Lumber Imports and Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales: Nov 2014
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China up 20% #buildingmaterialsprices #lumberprices US Softwood Lumber Production up 4.7%; Sawmill Capacity Utilization up 4% to 84%. US Lumber Imports and Exports , Lumber Prices from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Coastal Forestry : British Columbia
Just as the 72nd Annual Truck Logger AGM kicks off this week in Victoria, BC, bringing west coast Canadian forestry stakeholders, operators, and contractors together, major announcements are coming out of BC’s coastal forest products manufacturers. Most notable among these is Western Forest Products, a major employer on Vancouver Island and the mainland coast. Western…
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US Freight and Rail Data: 2014
The latest data out of the the US Transportation Department and Statistics Canada show volumes of lumber and wood moved on the rails in the US and Canada up slightly for January to October 2014 compared to one year ago. US Freight Volumes: 2014 Statistics for full-year 2014 truck rail volumes, recently released, show a…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices Updated
Disinterested buyers and softening demand sent most dimension lumber and some panel products’ prices down slightly last week. The weak Canadian dollar brought motivated construction framing lumber sellers from Canada into US markets. Volumes sold were stable, if slightly down, over the end of last year. Canadian softwood lumber production, sales, and export VOLUMES January…
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
