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British Columbia Lumber Exports: May 2016
British Columbia’s exports of solid wood products climbed 16.3 per cent over the first five months of 2016, compared to the same period a year earlier, said BC Stats Wednesday. Shipments of softwood lumber to the US jumped 38.7 per cent year-to-date to May, which helped boost the value of exports of softwood lumber to…
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Softwood #LUMBER Wholesale Prices 06/10/16:
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews Softwood #LUMBER PRICES 06/10/16: Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$322 mfbm, -$7; ESPF KD 2×4 US$420, +$0; Douglas Fir green 2×4 US$357, +$0; Southern Yellow Pine KD 2×4 East Side US$420, -$5; WSPF KD 2×4 STUDS US$270, +$0. *Oriented Strand Boad 7/16″ Ontario C$345 msf, +$0. All prices are net FOB mill…
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US and Canadian Softwood Lumber Production & Sawmill Capacity Utilization: March 2016
US Softwood Lumber Production is up +1.7% for the first three months of 2016, at 8,049 million board feet, compared to 7,912 million board feet for the same time period last year, according to the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track, released Wednesday http://www.wwpa.org Canada Softwood Lumber Production is up…
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British Columbia Forest Product Exports: April 2016
Highlight of Exports YTD 2016 (April), compared to YTD 2015 (April): B.C. forest product exports totalled $4.56 billion, up 6.5% from $4.28 billion. Share of export value by market: U.S. (52.3%, up from 46.2%), China + Hong Kong (24.9%, down from 30.9%), Japan (8.4%, down from 9.2%) and other destinations (14.4%, up from…
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Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Exports: February 2016
Exports of southern yellow pine lumber remained steady in February, amounting to 51.7 million board feet, according to the Southern Forest Products Association. This volume represents a boost of 12 per cent above the same month in 2015, contributing to a year-to-date increase of 23 per cent when compared with the first two months of…
