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Japan Main Foreign Timber Import: First Half 2015
The amount of foreign logs received in Japan during the first half of 2015 was 1.71 million cubic metres (a 27.1 per cent decrease compared to the same period last year), said the Japan Lumber Journal Tuesday. The amount of lumber products received was 3.05 million cubic metres (a 11.6 per cent drop). The total…
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Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry
From one of Madison’s Lumber Reporter’s valued sources Friday: “In that the SLA will expire at 11:59 p.m. October 12th, though we’ve been unable to secure written confirmation at this time through the U.S. DOC or the Canadian DFAIT offices as to exactly what procedures will be involved after the 12th, we can only assume…
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Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry
From one of Madison’s Lumber Reporter’s valued sources Friday: “In that the SLA will expire at 11:59 p.m. October 12th, though we’ve been unable to secure written confirmation at this time through the U.S. DOC or the Canadian DFAIT offices as to exactly what procedures will be involved after the 12th, we can only assume…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/18/15
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US Real Estate and General Economic Indicators
“There’s still plenty of pent up activity in the housing sector. And it’s hard to see the US economy running out of steam with this much upside left in residential investment, according to some economists and analysts,” said Bloomberg Business Thursday. “New [home] foreclosures have dropped to precrisis levels and sales of previously owned homes—the…
