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North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/12
June 12, 2015: #LUMBER PRICES 06/12: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$294 mfbm (+$14); WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $295 (+$15); Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $320 (+$10); OSB ON 7/16″ C$235 msf (-$5) (net FOB mill) North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/12
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British Columbia Forest Product Exports: April 2015
Highlight of Exports YTD 2015 (April), compared to YTD 2014 (April): B.C. forest product exports totalled $4.28 billion, up 12.7% from $3.80 billion. https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/het/economics-forest-exports.htm
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Canada/US Softwood Lumber Trade
Russ Cameron, president of the Independent Wood Processors Association of BC, told The Working Forest on April 17 that BC’s value added wood processors are being “decimated” by big lumber. In an email to Madison’s Thursday, Cameron provided context, saying: there is no more growth for commodity wood products but lots of opportunity for value…
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Lumber Production, Shipments, Stock: March 2015
Statistics Canada released Monday the latest data on provincial lumber production and manufacturing sales. As well, the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, out Friday, contains the latest data on US and Canadian sawmill capacity utilization.
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US Construction Spending: April 2015
NAHB analysis of Census construction spending data released Monday finds that the pace of residential construction spending improved on both a monthly and year-over-year basis for April. For the month, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of single-family construction spending was US$206 billion, up 1.6 per cent from March. The April rate of multifamily construction spending…
