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Canada and US Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: Sept 2017
US sawmills produced 25.509 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first nine months of 2017, another 3.2 per cent increase over last month, from 24.730 bbf in the previous year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track report Monday. For their part, sawmills in Canada produced 21.374 bbf of…
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Canada Softwood Lumber WTO Case
Even in advance of the final US International Trade Commission determination, Canada’s Foreign Trade Ministry formally requested World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations with the United States concerning the US Department of Commerce’s recent final softwood lumber anti-dumping and countervailing duty determinations on imports of certain products from Canada, said Woodworking.net November 27. Canada that Tuesday…
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Year-End for North America’s Lumber Industry Arrives with a Bang
As sawmills across Canada and the US start to make their usual year-end curtailment and maintenance upgrade plans, producers look forward to a New Year 2018 as busy as it was this year. These current high lumber prices have everyone boggling their minds, but it’s likely there will be some shocks coming at the start…
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Strong Softwood Lumber Prices Plus Duties for Canada : 3Q 2017
The 3Q 2017 issue of Madison’s Forest Pulse is almost ready to be sent to subscribers! Don’t miss out on this vital and timely information. Much is being made of current high softwood lumber prices, as opinions abound about the near-future supply-demand balance. Forestry has been a seller’s market from the very beginning of this…
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Update on Immediate Loss to Merchantable Timber Supply due to Wildfires: British Columbia
Kamloops, British Columbia — right there in the middle of sawmill country for western North America — area directors in the Cariboo Regional District were given a briefing Monday on the estimated timber losses industry is facing in light of this summer’s devastating wildfire season. Reasonable expectations are that the immediate loss to merchantable timber…
