-
North America Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: December and Full-Year 2021
Due to the British Columbia railway and highway washouts and mudslides in November, Canadian lumber production and capacity utilization rates fell drastically in December 2021. Full-year 2021 softwood lumber production volumes across North America, however, improved somewhat over 2020. Full-year sawmill capacity utilization rates across North America recovered from drops in 2020, but remained low…
-
Lumber Price Increases Slow Down
As the month drew to a close and players recovered from the shock of a big pop in lumber prices two weeks ago, for the week ending February 25 these price increases slowed down. This is not saying much, as the trend line seems to be heading toward those incredible highs in spring of last…
-
US New Home Sales, Prices JAN and Lumber Prices FEB: 2022
Click SUBSCRIBE here to get updates as-they-happen.Go to the websitehttps://madisonsreport.com/subscribe/to get a sample of the full 500 individual lumber and panel commodity prices for that week, as well as the market commentary explaining why the prices are changing. After climbing to record-level highs during the second half of last year, sales of new homes in…
-
Canada and US Railcar Loadings: February 26, 2022
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported March 2 reported US and Canada rail traffic for the week ending February 26, 2022, as well as volumes for February 2022. US railroads originated 1,945,646 combined carloads and intermodal units for the month of February 2022, up +5.7%, or 104,819 units combined, from the same month one…
-
US Housing Starts and Lumber Prices: Feb 2022
January starts of single-family housing, the largest share of the market and construction method which uses the most wood, continued the decreases of December 2021 when it was to 1.182 million, down by another -5.6% to 1.116 million annualized. January 2022 single-family permits, however, jumped by +6.8% compared to one year ago, when it was…
