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US Construction Spending, House Prices, Home Builder Shares
Read more: US Construction Spending, House Prices, Home Builder SharesPrivate residential construction in the US got off to an auspicious start in 2017, continuing the growth trend that began in October of last year. National Associ- ation of Home Builders analysis of Census Construction Spending data released Wednesday shows that total private residential construction spending grew 0.5 per cent in January 2017 to a…
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Residential Construction Investment, Canada: 4Q 2016
Read more: Residential Construction Investment, Canada: 4Q 2016In 4Q 2016, total investment in residential construction in Canada rose 5.6 per cent from the same quarter of 2015 to $31.4 billion, reflecting increased spending on every component except cottages, said Statistics Canada Thursday. Higher investment in single-family dwellings, up 11.5 per cent to $7.3 billion, accounted for nearly half of the increase at…
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Softwood Lumber Board Nominees Sought
Read more: Softwood Lumber Board Nominees SoughtThe US Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations to ll seven seats on the Softwood Lumber Board coming open in January 2018. The 19-member board will hold elections to ll the seats of directors whose terms expire on December 31, 2017. The deadline for submitting nominations is March 13, 2017. Domestic manufacturers are being sought…
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British Columbia Coastal Forest Industry Update
Read more: British Columbia Coastal Forest Industry UpdateKeta Kosman, Publisher and Editor, Madison’s Lumber Reporter February 20, 2017 The annual Truck Logger Association Convention & Trade Show was held in Vancouver, BC, on January 18 to 20 this year, to a jam-packed crowd of attendees and some very interesting presentations. As always, lunch featured the BC Premier, Christy Clark, and many provincial…
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New Canadian Task Force on Softwood Lumber Trade
Read more: New Canadian Task Force on Softwood Lumber TradeTODAY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A TASK FORCE SPECIFICALLY FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER TRADE: Canada’s forest sector is vital to a strong Canadian economy. Enhanced collaboration between federal and provincial governments will help to keep our forest sector, and the workers and communities that depend on it, strong and resilient. Wednesday, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources,…
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Canada & US Lumber Exports & Imports: Full Year 2016
Read more: Canada & US Lumber Exports & Imports: Full Year 2016North America’s forest products manufacturers had a great 2016, in terms of production volumes, sales, and imports and exports, according to the very latest data this week from Statistics Canada and the US Census. Softwood Lumber and Log Imports and Exports: Canada and US 2016 CANADA SOFTWOOD LUMBER EXPORTS FULL-YEAR 2016 :: VALUES HS 440710…
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Global Harmonization Code Update
Read more: Global Harmonization Code UpdateThe World Customs Organization administers and develops the international goods nomenclature known as the Harmonized System, which enables products to be identified by the same code all over the world. Every five years the WCO HS committee issues amendments to the HS nomenclature. The WCO has published the accepted amendments to the Harmonized System Nomenclature…
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More Canada – US Softwood Lumber Trade Updates
Read more: More Canada – US Softwood Lumber Trade UpdatesNew movements by the Canadian and US governments, as well as provincially in Quebec and British Columbia on softwood lumber trade between Canada and the US. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Monday announced a former federal cabinet minister has been appointed the BC government’s trade envoy to try and reach a new softwood lumber deal…
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BC Softwood Lumber Exports: 2016
Read more: BC Softwood Lumber Exports: 2016The latest data released by BC Stats shows British Columbia softwood lumber export volumes and values continue to improve. British Columbia Lumber Exports: 2016 This week BC Stats released the latest data on British Columbia softwood lumber exports to main customer countries like USA, Japan, and China as well as world totals:
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North America Lumber Production: November 2016
Read more: North America Lumber Production: November 2016The Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track shows steady improvement in Canadian and US sawmill capacity utilization rates and softwood lumber production volumes: Canadian and US lumber production volumes and sawmill capacity utilization rates continue to improve:
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Canada Sawmill Production: November 2016
Read more: Canada Sawmill Production: November 2016Lumber production by sawmills rose 1.7 per cent from October to 6,019 thousand cubic metres in November, said Statistics Canada February 2. Production was up 7.8 per cent compared with November 2015. Sawmills shipped 5,944 thousand cubic metres of lumber in November, up 1.3 per cent from October. Shipments were 8.6 per cent higher compared…
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Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jump 15% – 20% Week of Feb 10, 2017
Read more: Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jump 15% – 20% Week of Feb 10, 2017Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jumped 15% – 20% Week of February 10, 2017, according to weekly forest industry trade publication Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Benchmark dimension lumber commodity Western Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr up US$72 ( 19% ) to US$388 mfbm compared to one year ago Eastern Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4…
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China Log Imports
Read more: China Log ImportsChina imported record-high volumes of softwood lumber in 2016 and softwood log imports reached their second highest level on record, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) Tuesday. Despite relatively pessimistic forecasts for wood demand early in 2016, China’s need for imported wood picked up during the summer and autumn with import volumes of both logs…
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Canada – US Softwood Trade Update
Read more: Canada – US Softwood Trade UpdateQuebec-based Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau said to the Globe and Mail Thursday he is confident he can demonstrate to American authorities this month that the region deserves free and unencumbered access to the US market. The forestry sectors of Ontario and Quebec are modelled after the market-based systems in the US, and that…
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Canada Softwood Lumber CVD and AD Possible Retroactive Dates
Read more: Canada Softwood Lumber CVD and AD Possible Retroactive DatesClarification this week on the latest US Commerce Dept announcement from intrepid US customs broker Mike Jones: CVD Preliminary Determination Postponed – CVD Retroactive Date Jan. 24, 2017 – ADD Feb 3, 2017 “[…] the Commerce’s attached January 27th (just last Friday) announcement postponing their Countervailing Duty Preliminary Determination until April 24th, we can now…
