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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: December 2019
North America Softwood Lumber Production: Jan – Dec 2019 The latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, for January-December 2019, shows US lumber production volumes up more than 1% over the previous year, to 35,319 mmfbm. January – December softwood lumber production in Canada continued big drops compared to 2018, falling…
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Softwood lumber sales activity screeched to a halt across the board as public concern over the Coronavirus continued to wreak economic havoc.
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: November 2019
North America Softwood Lumber Production: Jan – Nov 2019 Last year started out pretty flat but by 3Q 2019 North American softwood lumber production recovered nicely, says the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, for January-November 2019. The latest data shows US lumber production volume improving enough to match the…
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Utility-Grade Lumber Prices Jump, Forestry Labour Stoppage Resolved, Sawmill Capacity Utilization Improves
What a month for Big News in forestry February 2020 has been so far; with last week’s US Commerce Dept announcement of preliminary lowered softwood lumber duties on Canadian wood imports, and just this week a potential resolution to the extremely long-lasting forestry labour disruption on British Columbia’s west coast.As well this week the Western…
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Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir #3/Utility Prices Surge: Feb 3, 2020
Madison’s Lumber Reporter has received several inquiries over the past couple of weeks about the reasons behind the sudden surge in #3/Utility grade Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir dimension softwood lumber prices. After connecting with industry, Madison’s discovered these lumber market conditions: Sales volumes cruised along at a “great pace” this week for Canadian producers of Western-Spruce-Pine-Fir softwood lumber…
