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Softwood Lumber Prices Slowly Recover from Recent Lows: May 2019
Some wholesaler (net FOB sawmill) standard construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices rebounded slightly last week from recent lows, while most prices remained flat from the end of April. While reasonable amounts of wood are being traded, demand could hardly be regarded as lush. Sellers, whether producers or secondary suppliers, had plenty of lumber commodity…
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British Columbia State of the Forests 2015
In aggregate, 2015 was a similar year to 2014 for BC’s forest products sector, with a mix of “ups” and “downs”, said the BC Ministry of Forests “Economic State of the Forest Sector 2015” report, released Thursday. BC’s forest sector manufacturing sales increased slightly in 2015, though many product prices fell. Sales gains were almost…
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Madison’s Interactive Web Price Graphing Tool : Beta Testing
Take this limited-time opportunity to be a beta-tester! Madison’s Interactive Web Price Graphing Tool is almost finished development stage and will soon begin pre-publication sale. To access simply visit: http://mlrdemo.gobi.ca Username: portland Password: Pine2014
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B.C. Forest Product Exports – March 2016
Highlight of Exports YTD 2016 (March), compared to YTD 2015 (March): B.C. forest product exports totalled $3.46 billion, up 8.7% from $3.18 billion. Share of export value by market: U.S. (52.0%, up from 47.0%), China + Hong Kong (25.4%, down from 30.1%), Japan (8.5%, down from 9.0%) and other destinations (14.2%, up…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Full-Year 2015
Lumber 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…
