US lumber prices hit record despite slowdown in sales
Western SPF (spruce, pine, fir) lumber prices rose to a four-digit close for the first time on [...]
February 23, 2021
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Are European lumber producers missing advantages of booming US market?
As US homebuilding continues at a steady pace, US lumber producers have risen to meet the immense demand from the [...]
February 21, 2021
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Homebuilders in US urge Biden to help ease skyrocketing lumber prices
The biggest U.S. homebuilders group urged the Biden administration to help increase lumber supply, saying record-high costs threaten [...]
February 19, 2021
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Interfor buys new sawmill in US South
Lumber giant Interfor Corp. is buying a sawmill in South Carolina from WestRock Co. for US$59 million in cash [...]
February 16, 2021
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US softwood lumber market evolution in 2021-2022
According to the Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Index, the price of softwood lumber in the [...]
February 11, 2021
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US DoC determines China dumped wood mouldings and millwork
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of wood mouldings and [...]
February 1, 2021
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US is increasingly dependent on overseas lumber supply
During the first ten months of 2020, US importation of overseas softwood lumber was 39% higher than during the same [...]
January 25, 2021
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IKEA’s parent company to buy forestland in US
Ingka Group, the parent company of IKEA, has announced it has acquired forestland property in the U.S. from The [...]
January 25, 2021
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Brazil not dumping wood mouldings in US
On December 29, the Department of Commerce announced its final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) determinations on wood [...]
January 25, 2021
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Vietnamese wood products temporarily free from US tariffs
There has been no punitive tariff on Vietnamese wood product export to the US after the US Trade Representative (USTR [...]
January 25, 2021
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