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Possible Forest Industry Labour Disruption: Canada West Coast
Read more: Possible Forest Industry Labour Disruption: Canada West CoastVERY BAD NEWS just landed on Madison’s desk, from the British Columbia Truck Loggers Association. “The TLA is built on a strong foundation with deep roots in BC’s coastal communities where our timber harvesting contractors live and work. We have developed a strategic plan to better serve our members and the coastal communities they live…
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Possible Forest Industry Labour Disruption: Canada West Coast
Read more: Possible Forest Industry Labour Disruption: Canada West CoastVERY BAD NEWS just landed on Madison’s desk, from the British Columbia Truck Loggers Association. “The TLA is built on a strong foundation with deep roots in BC’s coastal communities where our timber harvesting contractors live and work. We have developed a strategic plan to better serve our members and the coastal communities they live…
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Canada Requests WTO Consultations on US Paper Duty
Read more: Canada Requests WTO Consultations on US Paper DutyOttawa has asked the World Trade Organization for a review, by a binational panel under the North American Free Trade Agreement, into US countervailing duties of up to 20 per cent on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada. Exports of supercalendered paper from Canada to the United States were valued…
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Canada Requests WTO Consultations on US Paper Duty
Read more: Canada Requests WTO Consultations on US Paper DutyOttawa has asked the World Trade Organization for a review, by a binational panel under the North American Free Trade Agreement, into US countervailing duties of up to 20 per cent on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada. Exports of supercalendered paper from Canada to the United States were valued…
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US Home Builders Coalition Formed
Read more: US Home Builders Coalition FormedThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced this week it has formed an alliance as to provide the American consumers with a stable and reliable supply of lumber and building materials, once the Softwood Lumber Agreement expired in October 2015. In addition to the NAHB, founder members of the American Alliance of Lumber Consumers…
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US Home Builders Coalition Formed
Read more: US Home Builders Coalition FormedThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced this week it has formed an alliance as to provide the American consumers with a stable and reliable supply of lumber and building materials, once the Softwood Lumber Agreement expired in October 2015. In addition to the NAHB, founder members of the American Alliance of Lumber Consumers…
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US West Coast Log and Lumber Exports: 4Q 2015
Read more: US West Coast Log and Lumber Exports: 4Q 2015The latest data summarizing West coast log and lumber exports in the fourth quarter of 2015 were released Tuesday by the U.S. Forest Service’s Paci c North– west Research Station. The data—covering exports during October, November, and December 2015—were compiled and analyzed by Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist with the station. Volume and Value of…
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US Home Sales, Economy: January 2016
Read more: US Home Sales, Economy: January 2016As existing home sales in the US weakened due to limited inventory, home building-related activity improved in February, albeit modestly, said the National Association of Home Builders Eye on Housing Thursday. Builder sentiment, as measured by the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index stands at a level of 58 as of March, consistent with a generally…
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Canada Investment in New Construction: Jan 2016
Read more: Canada Investment in New Construction: Jan 2016Investment in new residential building construction increased 3.9 per cent year over year to $3.7 billion in January, according to Statistics Canada Monday. Nationally, the increase was driven by higher spending on apartment and apartment-condominium buildings (+19.9 per cent) and row houses (+7.6 per cent) in January. Conversely, investment in single-family dwellings fell 4.0 per…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse : Full-Year 2015
Read more: Madison’s Forest Pulse : Full-Year 2015The most recent issue of our exciting new North America forest industry data analysis, Madison’s Forest Pulse: Full-Year 2015,has been sent out to subscribers! THE information tool for your forest management and investment Our quarterly product is tailored to provide you with vital information about the North American solid wood, pulp, and paper industry at…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse : Full-Year 2015
Read more: Madison’s Forest Pulse : Full-Year 2015The most recent issue of our exciting new North America forest industry data analysis, Madison’s Forest Pulse: Full-Year 2015,has been sent out to subscribers! THE information tool for your forest management and investment Our quarterly product is tailored to provide you with vital information about the North American solid wood, pulp, and paper industry at…
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US Housing Starts, Home Equity: January 2016
Read more: US Housing Starts, Home Equity: January 2016US housing starts for February 2016 were up 31 per cent, and — most important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada and the US — is US single-family starts are up 24 per cent, both compared to February 2015. Housing starts rose 5.2 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports: January 2016
Read more: British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports: January 2016British Columbia forest product exports totalled C$1.10 billion, up 13.3 per cent from C$0.97 billion, said the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Thursday. Share of export value by market were: U.S. (50.2 per cent, up from 48 per cent), China + Hong Kong (25 per cent,…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Read more: North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015Lumber production as a per cent of practical capacity in the US was 84 per cent for 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year when it was 83 per cent, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Canadian sawmill capacity utilization improved by 3 per cent last…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Read more: North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015Lumber production as a per cent of practical capacity in the US was 84 per cent for 2015, an increase of 1 per cent from the previous year when it was 83 per cent, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Canadian sawmill capacity utilization improved by 3 per cent last…
