Southern Pine lumber exports were just under 46 MMbf during June 2015, the Southern Forest Products Association said in the press release also Wednesday. This volume represents a boost of 11 per cent above the same month last year, contributing to a year-to-date increase of 7 per cent when compared with the first half of 2014.
Like the previous month, softwood lumber imports to the US during June were just over a billion board feet, up 6 per cent from the volume imported during June of 2014. When compared with last year, year-to-date softwood imports remain up 7 per cent.
