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US Housing Starts Index, Home Sales: January 2016
Read more: US Housing Starts Index, Home Sales: January 2016US home building data for January showed declines for new home sales and housing construction said the National Association of Home Builders Wednesday. Builder confidence also declined but remains in positive territory. NAHB’s forecast is for continued, modest growth for single-family construction and a slowing of the growth rate for multifamily development in 2016. The…
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Home Price Index, US: December 2015
Read more: Home Price Index, US: December 2015The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Thursday, slowed to a 9.8 per cent seasonally adjusted annual growth rate in December, from 10.4 per cent in November. The Home Price Index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.5 per cent in…
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Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015
Read more: Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015New forest industry data out today from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada: Canada’s Total Exports for Sawmills (except Shingle and Shake Mills) To All Countries full year 2015, were up 3.5 per cent to $9,142 million, from $8,836 million the year earlier, said Statistics Canada today (Feb 24, 2016). Canadian Sawmill exports to US were…
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Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015
Read more: Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015New forest industry data out today from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada: Canada’s Total Exports for Sawmills (except Shingle and Shake Mills) To All Countries full year 2015, were up 3.5 per cent to $9,142 million, from $8,836 million the year earlier, said Statistics Canada today (Feb 24, 2016). Canadian Sawmill exports to US were…
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North America Transportation Volumes Update
Read more: North America Transportation Volumes UpdateThe Association of American Railroads Wednesday reported US rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 13, 2016. For that week, total US weekly rail traffic was 505,148 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.8 per cent compared with the same week last year. US Rail Car Loadings Total carloads for the week ending Feb. 13 were…
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China Log Inventories, Prices: Jan 2016
Read more: China Log Inventories, Prices: Jan 2016New Zealand export log prices to China fell in January 2016 and rallied again in February to end up pretty much back at December 2015 levels, said Wood Matters Friday. Domestic log prices have continued to strengthen on the back of solid demand, especially for pruned logs. China log inventory has fallen from 2.7 million…
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Western Forest Products, Canfor, Goodfellow Report
Read more: Western Forest Products, Canfor, Goodfellow ReportWestern Forest Products reported Wednesday revenue of $265.6 million in 4Q 2015, compared to $232.6 million for 4Q 2014. Canfor reported also Wednesday net income of $1.6 million, or $0.01 per share, for 4Q 2015, compared to $29.9 million, or $0.22 per share, for 4Q 2014. Quarterly Reports Goodfellow Inc, based in Delson, QC, reported…
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Southern Pine Lumber Exports: 2015
Read more: Southern Pine Lumber Exports: 2015Southern Pine exports finished 2015 at a record volume of just over 589 million board feet (MMbf), a jump of 7 per cent above the 2014 export total, according to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service Thursday. In the past five years, exports of Southern Pine lumber have more than doubled. SYP Lumber Exports, 2015 During…
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US Construction Material Prices: Jan 2016
Read more: US Construction Material Prices: Jan 2016Construction input prices fell by 0.6 per cent during January 2016 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index released Wednesday. Construction input prices are down 2.7 per cent from January 2015 and have now decreased on a year-over- year basis for 14 consecutive months, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter *sample* issue Feb 19 ’16
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter *sample* issue Feb 19 ’16Get the View on North American Softwood Lumber Markets A weekly newsletter detailing current US and Canadian softwood lumber and panel prices If you deal regularly, or even just occasionally, with North American softwood lumber products, then you should have Madison’s Lumber Reporter on your desk every week. Madison’s has been publishing quality news and…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter *sample* issue Feb 19 ’16
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter *sample* issue Feb 19 ’16Get the View on North American Softwood Lumber Markets A weekly newsletter detailing current US and Canadian softwood lumber and panel prices If you deal regularly, or even just occasionally, with North American softwood lumber products, then you should have Madison’s Lumber Reporter on your desk every week. Madison’s has been publishing quality news and…
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Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices: February 22, 2016
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices: February 22, 2016MADISON’S KEY SOFTWOOD LUMBER MARKET WEEKLY COMMENT: “Up-limit lumber futures encouraged many buyers to participate this week.” Prices updated February 22, 2016 (click table to enlarge) All prices are net FOB mill in U.S. dollars per 1000 board feet unless otherwise noted. Green = not dried KD = kiln dried PET = precision end trim…
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Canada-US Softwood Lumber Discussions
Read more: Canada-US Softwood Lumber DiscussionsOttawa and Washington have begun talks toward renewing a pact regarding the export of Canadian lumber to US markets, Canada’s trade minister, Chrystia Freeland told lawmakers in Ottawa Thursday, said NASDAQ.com. Freeland said Canadian negotiators were in Washington last week to meet with their US counterparts about a new lumber-trade agreement. A spokesperson for the…
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Canada-US Softwood Lumber Discussions
Read more: Canada-US Softwood Lumber DiscussionsOttawa and Washington have begun talks toward renewing a pact regarding the export of Canadian lumber to US markets, Canada’s trade minister, Chrystia Freeland told lawmakers in Ottawa Thursday, said NASDAQ.com. Freeland said Canadian negotiators were in Washington last week to meet with their US counterparts about a new lumber-trade agreement. A spokesperson for the…
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Canada Trade Outlook: Conference Board
Read more: Canada Trade Outlook: Conference BoardCanada’s exporters are entering a new era of lower commodity prices and strong demand from a rebounding US economy, but many are not prepared to take ad- vantage of this major shift in trade patterns, says a new report by the Conference Board of Canada study, published Thursday. Among Canadian industries best positioned to capitalize…
