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North America Lumber and Panel Prices Settle Back to Normal Territory
While still high compared to recent years, US and Canadian lumber prices this week started to approach what could be considered normal territory . Inventories in the field remain lean, however sawmills have managed to get wood ordered in 2Q out to their customers and are now able to assess the assets in their own…
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Canada Sawmills: April 2018
Lumber production in Canada rose +0.5% from March to 5,925 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Production was +2.5% higher than in April 2017. Sawmills shipped 5,807 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, up +7.7% from March but -1.4% lower than in April 2017.
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British Columbia Coastal Log Prices: May 2018
Your weekly North American softwood lumber and panel price guide, Madison’s Lumber Reporter, is delighted to announce a brand-new data set to help keep the Canadian and US forest products industry informed and up-to-date on the latest data and market information. DON’T MISS OUT, ORDER TODAY! British Columbia Coastal Log Prices, Monthly: 2013 to May…
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Japan Wood Product Demand Projection: 1H 2018
The Japan Forestry Agency has held it’s meeting for estimating wood product demand projection for the first half of 2018, said the Japan Lumber Reports Monday. Officials expect a drop in domestic supply of logs to bring an increase in Japan’s log imports from North America in 2Q 2018 and from New Zealand in 1Q.…
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Japan Housing Starts: November 2017
According to a report released by the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on December 27th, Japan’s housing starts in November 2017 were 84,703 units (down 0.4 per cent from the same month in the previous year), falling below the previous year’s results for five consecutive months, said the Japan Lumber Journal Monday.…
