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US Southern Pine Lumber Exports: October 2015
For the fourth consecutive month, export volumes of Southern Pine lumber have established an upward trend, said the Southern Forest Products Association in the press release Wednesday. During October, US pine exports to be just over 58 million board feet. This volume represents a boost of 7 per cent above the same month last year,…
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BMO Capital Markets’ North American Lumber & Wood Panel Markets Conference Call
This week was held an update on North American Lumber & Wood Panel Markets by Forest Economic Advisors, at a BMO Capital Markets Conference call. BMO Capital Markets Update on the North American Lumber & Wood Panel Markets : Forest Economic Advisors • US Starts Were Weaker Than Most Analysts Expected • US New Home…
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production: September 2015
Lumber production by sawmills increased 5.2 per cent from August to 5,563.5 thou- sand cubic metres in September, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday. Compared with September 2014, lumber production rose 7.8 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,609.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in September, up 8.5 per cent from August. Shipments rose…
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Canada Lumber Exports Up, US Log Exports Down
The latest StatsCan data, out Monday shows an interesting picture for North American forest products…while the lumber business in the US is improving there it is going to be a slow, steady haul for the next approx three years I think :-/ Right now we’re into the usual seasonal ‘boring’ end-of-year slowdown and curtailments. At…
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US Softwood Lumber Imports from Europe Double
At a total of 111,777 cubic metres, the USA imported more than twice as much softwood lumber from Europe in 3Q than it had done in the same period of last year, according to EUWID Wednesday. Foreign trade data from the US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) shows that Sweden was the main…
