North America

Sluggish Chinese economy affects global lumber market

As a result of the Chinese economy going down and the trade disputes the country has with the U.S [...]

US lumber prices start to go up in January

    Trading in dry framing lumber picked up amid more curtailment news in British Columbia, and a [...]

ISO published new standard for chain of custody of wood products

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has published a new, voluntary standard for chain of custody (CoC) of wood and [...]

West Fraser temporarily stops production at 3 of its sawmills in BC

    West Fraser announced temporary curtailments of approximately three weeks of production throughout the first quarter of [...]

Chinese traders are worried over rising prices of US hardwoods caused by trade war

The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially Chinese manufacturers [...]

Trends in US lumber prices in the vary at the beginning of 2018

    The first full workweek of the year generated more inquiries and sales of framing lumber in [...]

Lumber market in North America forecast to go up in 2019, along with rise in prices

    Growth in U.S. domestic softwood lumber consumption is expected to continue next year and well [...]

Forecasts for 2019’s wood pellets market

    From a North American producer’s perspective, 2018 was one of the best years in quite [...]

British Columbia lumber market sees great improvement in exports to China

British Columbia lumber producers are getting ready for a rough 2019, considering the concerns over Canada-China trade, the US [...]

Lumber prices in the US keep on going down at the beginning of 2019

    US traders welcomed a new year, but failed to discern a clear direction for the market [...]