Lumber exports from British Columbia to China start to go down, as demand decreases
British Columbia's lumber exports to China are decreasing, as the country's slowing economic growth traces demand for one [...]
February 19, 2019
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Lumber prices keep on rising in US
Sales of US framing lumber slowed as winter took a toll on consumption across the continent. Snow in the Northwest [...]
February 18, 2019
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Slowdown in Chinese lumber imports in 2018; weaker demand and price uncertainty due to trade war with US
China's demand for logs and lumber grew in 2018 as compared to 2017, but most of the gains were [...]
February 18, 2019
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Record year for Western Forest Products, despite paying $43 million in softwood lumber duties
Despite paying up more than $43 million in softwood lumber duties, Western Forest Products managed to realize a profit of [...]
February 15, 2019
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Södra achieves record-high result in 2018
Södra’s consolidated net sales for full-year 2018 rose 18 percent to SEK 24,230 million (2018: 20 [...]
February 15, 2019
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Canadian lumber giants face huge forestry sector crisis
Last week, Canfor Corp. announced that it temporarily curtailed operations at three of its sawmills in British Columbia, because of [...]
February 13, 2019
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Interfor boosts lumber shipments to China due to Chinese tariffs on US products
Interfor Corp. says the company has markedly increased lumber shipments from Canada to China as a result of tariffs imposed [...]
February 11, 2019
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Steady rise in Russian lumber exports during 2018
In 2018, the Russian lumber exports went up in value and volume terms. During the mentioned period, the country exported [...]
February 8, 2019
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Canfor curtails production at three other mills in BC
Canadian lumber giant Canfor has again curtailed production at three of its British Columbia mills. Citing [...]
February 6, 2019
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More US hardwood likely to be diverted to Europe
The on-going trade dispute between the US and China may lead to an increase in tariffs on US hardwood [...]
February 5, 2019
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