Keyword: softwood lumber

Steady recovery in Sweden’s softwood lumber exports to Europe

    During September 2020, Swedish exporters increased their supply of softwood lumber to European customers by 28 [...]

N. America: Wood products pricing volatility likely to persist this year

  Pandemic-related supply constraints likely in new year  A year marked by high demand, supply constraints [...]

Canada challenges U.S. softwood lumber export duties through WTO

Canada said it will be considering “all of its legal options” to challenge Canadian softwood lumber export duties unveiled by [...]

Hopes that the Biden administration will end the softwood lumber dispute

There's a glimmer of hope the ongoing softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the United States might come to [...]

Chinese softwood logs and lumber imports update (Sep. 2020)

    Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.6 million m3 at the [...]

North American softwood lumber prices correct further down

North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices did correct down a bit more last week; however, demand remained quite [...]

Outlook of the Finnish softwood lumber industry in 2020-21

Cooling of the Finnish economy could already be seen in autumn 2019. The Finnish economy has suffered seriously from the [...]

Outlook of the US softwood lumber market in 2020-21

   In 2021, softwood lumber mills will increase production to meet stronger expected demand.    Softwood lumber prices [...]

Canadian softwood lumber market outlook in 2020/2021

The main driver for Canadian softwood lumber production is not domestic consumption, but rather exports— and exports to the US [...]