North America

US softwood lumber demand forecast to grow at its highest rate by 2030

U.S. softwood lumber demand will grow at an annual rate of 2.3 per cent through 2030, which will [...]

Chinese producers adjust plywood export codes as to avoid US tariffs

China increases its attempts to avoid the US tariffs on plywood imports. Thus, the identification codes which will be placed [...]

Lumber prices in the US keep on going down

Framing lumber prices in the US continued to tumble, as supplies easily outpaced demand across North America.    [...]

Lumber prices in the US on decrease at the beginning of October

Downward momentum eased in some framing lumber species in US. But even with quarter-end pressure to sell behind them [...]

Swiss Krono to expand in US

    A $200+ million, 250,000 square-foot expansion of the Swiss Krono plant in Barnwell, South [...]

Wood products trade between China and the US slows

China’s Customs data shows that in the first half of 2018 the value of wood products trade between China [...]

Softwood lumber prices in the US continue falling trend

    Prices of framing lumber in the US continued to drop last week, although lower prices generated [...]