US wood pellets production boosts during Q1/2018
Pellet production in the US amounted to 406,380 tonnes of pellets for the heating market and 1,431m tonnes [...]
June 29, 2018
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Softwood lumber production in the US grows, while Canadian production falls
US sawmills produce 8.557 bbf of softwood lumber in first three months of 2018, up [...]
June 26, 2018
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US lumber prices fell during last week
Prices for framing lumber in the US continued to go down, but in some cases the [...]
June 26, 2018
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Current state and forecast of the US plywood market
The U.S. plywood market totaled 13.1M cubic metres in 2017, a decline of 3.1M cubic metres (or [...]
June 25, 2018
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Booming costs for US homebuilding due to lumber tariffs
Last week, Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, addressed attendees at the National Association of [...]
June 20, 2018
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Lumber prices in the US keep record levels up
A second muted week of trading since the U.S. holiday generated cracks in prices of framing lumber. [...]
June 13, 2018
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Canada might enforce tariffs on US plywood imports
Canada has recently announced it would impose tariffs on plywood and other products imported from the US. [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Latest trends in US particleboard market
The U.S. particleboard market totalled 22.8M cubic metres in 2017, 4.6M cubic metres (or 17%) less than [...]
June 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
US pulpmills increased costs for wood fiber during the Q1/2018
During the first quarter of 2018, there were substantial increases in wood costs for pulpmills in Western US and Canada [...]
June 11, 2018
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Chinese imports of US hardwood reach record levels in Q1/2018
Amidst the trade dispute between China and the US, the hardwood exports to Sea and Greater China rallied [...]
June 6, 2018
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