North America

Sawmills in the US increased softwood lumber production during January-April 2018

Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in the first four months of 2018 was 11.579 billion board ft [...]

Many more Chinese wood products to be subject of US tariffs

    Many wood products and furniture items from China are on the latest list by the Trump [...]

Lumber companies in Canada lost millions of dollars due to US tariffs

U.S. duties introduced on softwood lumber imports from Canada determined a lot of financial difficulties to Canadian lumber companies [...]

New US tariffs on Chinese wood products include wood flooring

Wood flooring is included in a new list of 10 percent tariffs proposed for Chinese products by the Trump administration [...]

Rex Lumber starts construction of its sawmill in Alabama

Rex Lumber, headquartered in Graceville, Florida has initiated construction on it's greenfield sawmill in Troy, Alabama on Tuesday, July [...]

Valutec to enter USA market

Pleasant River Lumber of Maine, USA, is the first company in North America to invest in TC continuous kilns from [...]

Costs for wood pellet producers in North America on the rise

Wood fiber costs for pellet producers in both Canada and the US were slightly higher in the 1Q/18 than [...]

Canada imposes 10% duties on imports of US plywood

Starting July 1 Canada imposed a 10% import duty on plywood and upholstered seating furniture made in the U.S [...]

Conifex Timber increases capacity by 50% with acquisition of US South sawmills

Conifex Timber, publicly listed softwood forest products company operating in the Northern Interior region of British Columbia, Canada, has completed [...]

Chinese wood products companies relocate to Vietnam due to US tariffs

Wood and wooden products manufacturers in China have been imposed 25% tariffs on all exports on the US market, as [...]