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Canada Sawmill Production: November 2016
Lumber production by sawmills rose 1.7 per cent from October to 6,019 thousand cubic metres in November, said Statistics Canada February 2. Production was up 7.8 per cent compared with November 2015. Sawmills shipped 5,944 thousand cubic metres of lumber in November, up 1.3 per cent from October. Shipments were 8.6 per cent higher compared…
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Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jump 15% – 20% Week of Feb 10, 2017
Construction Framing Dimension Softwood Lumber Prices Jumped 15% – 20% Week of February 10, 2017, according to weekly forest industry trade publication Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Benchmark dimension lumber commodity Western Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr up US$72 ( 19% ) to US$388 mfbm compared to one year ago Eastern Spruce Pine Fir KD 2×4…
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China Log Imports
China imported record-high volumes of softwood lumber in 2016 and softwood log imports reached their second highest level on record, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) Tuesday. Despite relatively pessimistic forecasts for wood demand early in 2016, China’s need for imported wood picked up during the summer and autumn with import volumes of both logs…
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Canada – US Softwood Trade Update
Quebec-based Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau said to the Globe and Mail Thursday he is confident he can demonstrate to American authorities this month that the region deserves free and unencumbered access to the US market. The forestry sectors of Ontario and Quebec are modelled after the market-based systems in the US, and that…
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Canada Softwood Lumber CVD and AD Possible Retroactive Dates
Clarification this week on the latest US Commerce Dept announcement from intrepid US customs broker Mike Jones: CVD Preliminary Determination Postponed – CVD Retroactive Date Jan. 24, 2017 – ADD Feb 3, 2017 “[…] the Commerce’s attached January 27th (just last Friday) announcement postponing their Countervailing Duty Preliminary Determination until April 24th, we can now…
