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North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices last week improved greatly over those one-month-ago, even surpassing what prices were in May 2019.
The wholesaler price of benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr (RL) last week was US$354 mfbm (net FOB sawmill), catapulting up +$22, or almost +7%, compared to the same week in 2019.
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