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North American Wood Products Industry in 2015 and Beyond
Forest Economic Advisors — Conference Call with BMO Capital Markets Last week was held a regular conference call about the North American wood products industry by Mark Wilde at BMO Capital Markets. Analysts at Forest Economic Advisors provided the update. US Housing • FEA pessimistic on US housing starts relative to consensus: 1.1 million starts…
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Madison’s Weekly Dimension Lumber Prices Update: June 2015
PRICES REFLECT June 19, 2015 ISSUE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER Kiln-Dried Fir Whirlwind Savvy wholesalers and distributers who loaded up on KD fir lumber when prices were down jumped for joy this week. The current scarcity of dry fir only seems to be worsening, and asking prices among both primary and secondary suppliers have increased…
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North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/19
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Canada and US Lumber Exports: April 2015
Fresh data out this week from Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, and the US Census gives a good picture of the state of forest products manufacturing sales and exports in North America so far this year. Data released by the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations department of Log Export and Economic Analysis…
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Madison’s Lumber Market Comment: JUNE 15 2015
MADISON’S LUMBER MARKET COMMENT: JUNE 15 2015 Fresh data out last week from Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, and the US Census shows improvement for forest products manufacturing sales and exports in North America so far this year. Nationally, StatsCan data shows the total VALUE of exports by Canadian sawmills for January to April up 15.3…
