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Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices
Prices updated June 23, 2020 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE) Key comment: “Following a comparatively quiet digestion period the previous week, lumber and plywood demand went bananas while that for Oriented Strand Board was flat.”
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Potential Relief for AR1 Non-Applicants: US Softwood Lumber Duty Adjustment
A phone call from a Canadian sawmill last week made Madison’s think that perhaps this is very useful information that some may not have received. In particular please note this:Unless were are incorrect, we believe it has been the “general” understanding that if your company did not apply for the Administrative Review, and if your…
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Madison’s Western S-P-F Lumber Prices June 19: sneak preview
The full Madison’s Lumber Reporter North America softwood lumber price list was updated as usual first thing this morning (Friday) Eastern time. Here is a SNEAK PEAK at benchmark Western Spruce-Pine-Fir (WSPF) prices: Recovering well from big drops in April and May, for the week ending June 19, 2020, the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood…
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BC Forest Practices Board
Seeking Manager of Special Projects June 11, 2020 The BC Forest Practices Board is searching for a dynamic professional to lead a broad range of projects through all phases of the project management life cycle. As the Manager of Special Projects, you thrive on objectively analyzing forestry issues of public importance, and enjoy working in…
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Softwood Lumber Prices June & US Housing Starts May: 2020
The USA purchases approximately 65% of Canadian lumber production mostly for construction framing, while Canadian buyers account for about 10%, and those in Japan take 6%.However: US and Canadian customers purchase mostly standard grades (#2&Btr), while Japan buys almost exclusively premium or “appearance” grades (J-grade) which sells for quite a bit more than standard grade…
