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Canada Monthly Survey of Manufacturing: Dec 2014
Canada’s manufacturing sales rose 1.7 per cent in December, despite a 9.3 per cent drop in sales of petroleum and coal products, said Statistics Canada Friday. Excluding the petroleum and coal product industry, manufacturing sales were up 3.2 per cent. The gain reflected higher sales in the transportation equipment industry Overall, sales were higher in…
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Japan 2014 Housing Starts
Japan’s housing starts in December 2014 were 76,416 units, down 14.7 per cent from the same month in the previous year, according to Japan Lumber Journal Monday. Total housing starts in Japan for 2014 were 892,261 units, down 9 per cent over one year ago. It was the first drop in five years but level…
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BC Sawmill Safety Regulations
The BC government is introducing legislation that would allow for the prosecution of negligent employers whose actions seriously injure or kill workers. Covering four specific objectives, the legislation is expected to provide range of new safety enforcement tools, shorten the process for finalizing financial penalties to improve their effectiveness as an enforcement tool; ensure timely…
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Washington Sawmill Shutdown
Northwest Hardwoods lumber mill in Centralia, WA, is cutting production because the slowdown at West Coast ports has crippled its ability to export products. Vice President Brian Narramore on Friday told The Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1Dp4qVe) production will be cut as much as half, starting Monday, impacting 100 employees one way or another. Narramore says Northwest Hardwoods…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse 4Q 2014 — Out Now!
Important Lumber Production and Export Data: • US sawmill products exports to China by VALUE are up +20%, to US$1,199 million, Jan to Nov 2014 compared to US$959 million the previous year; • US sawmill products imports from Canada by VALUE are up +9%, to US$4,939 million, Jan to Nov 2014 over US$4,498 million in…
