Brazil expands plywood exports to EU as falling supplies to US
In May, Brazil reduced plywood exports to the U.S. by 38% year-on-year to [...]
June 21, 2022
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Fuel prices forcing shutdowns, threaten entire US timber supply chain
Skyrocketing, record-breaking diesel fuel prices are forcing some logging and trucking operations to shut down [...]
June 21, 2022
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N. American lumber prices sink further as homebuyers lose affordability
North American lumber prices are spiraling as red-hot house prices and the rising cost of [...]
June 16, 2022
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Decreasing US softwood lumber imports as shipments from Canada fall
From January to April, US import volumes fell by nearly 7% or 860,000 m³. This is the result of [...]
June 16, 2022
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Boise Cascade to acquire Coastal Plywood Company for $512 million
Boise Cascade has reached an agreement to acquire Coastal Plywood Company, including its two manufacturing locations, from Coastal Forest Resources [...]
June 16, 2022
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Global port congestion improves, freight rates will remain high
High freight costs, congestion at terminals, earlier peak seasons and due to strict Covid-19 lockdown measures have had a [...]
June 13, 2022
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Rebound in China’s log imports expected from August
Generally, in June there is a supply and demand imbalance in China as the seasonal demand drops during the Chinese [...]
June 10, 2022
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BC’s forestry sector dealing with challenges amid inflation, interest rate hikes
“It’s been an incredible period of volatility and uncertainty in our world and markets,” That [...]
June 10, 2022
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US lawsuit bans Brazilian plywood due to poor quality
A federal court judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently entered a permanent injunction ordering the revocation [...]
June 8, 2022
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PotlatchDeltic to invest US$ 131 million in lumber mill expansion
PotlatchDeltic Corp. announced Monday that it is investing $131 million to expand and modernize its Waldo sawmill located in Columbia [...]
June 8, 2022
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