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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 05/20/16
North American W-SPF 2×4 dimension softwood #lumber prices rise further this week, by +$8, on tight and fast-moving inventory; sawmill production high with order files one month out. E-SPF 2×4 also up, +$5 only. Southern Pine 2×4 East Side moderates downward, –$5 only. US single-family housing starts April 2016 up +3.3% #building W-SPF 2×4 studs…
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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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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…
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Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015
New forest industry data out today from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada: Canada’s Total Exports for Sawmills (except Shingle and Shake Mills) To All Countries full year 2015, were up 3.5 per cent to $9,142 million, from $8,836 million the year earlier, said Statistics Canada today (Feb 24, 2016). Canadian Sawmill exports to US were…
