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India Softwood Lumber Use: 2016
Read more: India Softwood Lumber Use: 2016At the annual Truck Logger AGM last week in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Premier Christy Clark spoke about the largest ever shipment of British Columbia wood having just been sent over to India. As well, BC announced first major commercial wood demonstration project in India. Coming up in March is the annual DelhiWood woodworking show,…
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CVD Preliminary Determination Postponed – CVD Retroactive Date Jan.24, 2017 – ADD Feb 3, 2017
Read more: CVD Preliminary Determination Postponed – CVD Retroactive Date Jan.24, 2017 – ADD Feb 3, 2017SOFTWOOD LUMBER DUTIES UPDATE: CANADA – US TRADE CVD date: captured materials imported into the U.S. on or after January 24, 2017 AD date: captured materials imported into the U.S. on or after February 3, 2017 CVD amount: tba CVD Preliminary Determination until April 24th AD amount: tba ADD Preliminary Determination date is presently scheduled…
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Tembec Open to Quotas: CEO
Read more: Tembec Open to Quotas: CEOEastern Canadian lumber producer Tembec’s chief executive James Lopez said in an interview with Canadian Press Thursday before Tembec’s annual meeting it is open to quotas on exports to the United States, in a break from the positions of some Canadian rivals and the Quebec government. Lopez said he agrees that Canadian lumber should be…
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Southern Pine Lumber Exports: November 2016
Read more: Southern Pine Lumber Exports: November 2016Exports of Southern Pine lumber remained strong in November, amounting to just under 62 million board feet (MMbf). This volume represents a hefty increase of 29 per cent above the same month last year, contributing to a year-to-date increase of 16 per cent when compared with the rst eleven months of 2015, said the Southern…
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Chile Devastating Wild Fires
Read more: Chile Devastating Wild FiresA series of fast-spreading fires, mostly in Chile’s central region, are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and a prolonged drought. One town, Santa Olga, has been destroyed by the blaze, said the BBC Friday. Epic Wildfires, Chile A prolonged drought and high temperatures have worsened the Chile blazes, which have so far destroyed…
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Madison’s Forest Pulse : 3Q 2016 Forest and Timber Analysis
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Building Materials Price Index, US: December 2016
Read more: Building Materials Price Index, US: December 2016The price of softwood lumber rose by 2.3 per cent in December, while prices paid for ready-mix concrete, gypsum products, and OSB all fell, according to the latest Producer Price Index release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics January 13. The 2.3 per cent increase in the softwood lumber price index is the largest monthly…
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US Railcar Loadings, Trucking Index: January 2017
Read more: US Railcar Loadings, Trucking Index: January 2017The Association of American Railroads Wednesday reported week ending January 14, 2017 total US weekly rail traffic was 516,229 carloads and intermodal units, up 2 per cent from the same week last year. US Railcar Loadings, Trucking Index: January 2017 Total carloads for the week ending January 14 were 253,223 carloads, up 4.4 per cent…
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Japan Housing Starts: November 2016
Read more: Japan Housing Starts: November 2016Housing starts in Japan for November were 85,051 units, a 6.7 per cent increase over 2015 and a 2.5 per cent drop from October, according the Japan Lumber Reports Thursday. Japan Housing Starts: November 2016 The accumulated total of starts for eleven months in 2016 was 888,831, a 6.8 per cent increase over the previous…
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Canada Railcar Loadings: October 2016
Read more: Canada Railcar Loadings: October 2016The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 31.3 million tonnes in October, down 0.6 per cent from the same month last year, said Statistics Canada Thursday. In October, freight originating in Canada decreased 0.3 per cent from the same month last year to 28.5 million tonnes. In comparison, tonnages of logs and other…
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US ITC Confirms “Material Injury”
Read more: US ITC Confirms “Material Injury”An email last week from Canada’s federal department of Global Affairs provides the latest updates on this Canada-US softwood lumber dispute: “The US International Trade Commission (ITC) today confirmed that they have preliminarily determined that the US industry is materially injured by virtue of imports of Canadian softwood lumber into the United States. This is…
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US Construction Labour Shortage
Read more: US Construction Labour ShortageAlso at the NAHB Design and Construction Week, was a lot of conversation about a looming and serious shortage in skilled construction labour. During a three-hour seminar Wednesday morning, builders shared tips for finding and training newcomers and maintaining ties with their trades when labour is hard to find. US Home Builders and Skilled-Labor Shortage:…
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National Association of Home Builders: January 2017
Read more: National Association of Home Builders: January 2017The annual International Builders’ Show was held by the National Association of Home Builders in Orlando, FL, this week. US Housing Market: 2017 Forecast At the annual International Builders’ Show was held by the National Association of Home Builders in Orlando, FL, this week, attendees were told almost 50,000 apartments are being built in North…
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BC Dimension Cedar Producers Hike Prices in Anticipation of Softwood Lumber Duties
Read more: BC Dimension Cedar Producers Hike Prices in Anticipation of Softwood Lumber DutiesDimension cedar mills in Lower Mainland, British Columbia, pushed their prices up another ten per cent, with plans for further hikes designed to mitigate forthcoming retroactive duties on their US-bound shipments. At least one large producer was “working hard” at getting Western red cedar exempted from the ongoing and embittered US-Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute. In…
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Western Wood Products Association: Lumber Track October 2016
Read more: Western Wood Products Association: Lumber Track October 2016Western US lumber production dipped 3.7 per cent in November 2016, from 1.17 BBF in October to 1.13 BBF, according to the Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track. Year-over-year, western production in November rose 9 per cent compared to November 2015. Through November of last year, western production totalled 12.82 BBF, an increase of…
