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U.S. softwood lumber production up 1.2% in 2019; Canadian output down sharply

U.S. sawmills in 2019 produced 35.319 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in 2019, up 1.2 [...]

March 10, 2020

Slight drop in U.S. softwood lumber production

U.S. sawmills produced 32.612 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first 11 months [...]

February 19, 2020

Canadian lumber giants’ shares rise on news that the U.S. will greatly reduce softwood lumber duties

News that the U.S. could reduce duties on Canadian softwood lumber, have increased the Canadian lumber companies [...]

February 6, 2020

Europe surpasses Canada to become China’s second softwood lumber supplier

Europe is now the second softwood lumber supplier to China; with a 60% yoy increase in deliveries. [...]

February 6, 2020

North American softwood lumber prices mostly flat despite skyrocketing U.S. housing starts

New home building in the U.S. skyrocketted by almost 17 per cent last month, however, this is after an [...]

January 23, 2020

Sweden sends a record batch of softwood lumber to the United States

Last week, the ship MS Saga Faith, loaded with lumber in the amount of more than 65 thousand cubic meters [...]

January 23, 2020

Global softwood lumber production is forecast to grow by 1.6% in 2020

In reviewing 2019, where Europe is grouped as “one region,” the five largest producers are Europe, the U.S., Canada [...]

January 14, 2020

Major rise in German softwood lumber exports to China and U.S.

A significant surge in softwood lumber exports from Germany to China has been reported during the nine-month period of [...]

January 9, 2020

Slight decline in U.S. softwood lumber production for Jan.-Oct. 2019

U.S. sawmills produced 29.909 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first 10 months of 2019 [...]

January 7, 2020

North American softwood lumber production on a downward trend

U.S. sawmills produced 26.616 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first nine months, edging down [...]

December 17, 2019

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