by Web Editor | Jan 20, 2014 | News
Global trade of both logs and softwood lumber was higher in 2013 than it was in 2012 with both products reaching their highest levels traded since before the global financial crises in 2008, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). The total value that was...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2013 | News
The importation of softwood lumber and logs to China continues to boom in 2013, as reported in Wood Resources Quarterly. Second quarter numbers are up $600 million from an impressive first quarter that followed a rough 2012. The numbers are also up 30% from the same...
by Web Editor | Feb 15, 2013 | News
Softwood lumber prices in the US and Canada are back on the rise as an improving housing market in the US has fed through to higher levels of demand and Canadian exports of softwood lumber to China are booming, the latest report has found. In its January 2013 edition...
by Web Editor | Jan 27, 2012 | News
A two-year extension to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) has been agreed upon, extending the program to October 2015 and granting stability to the volume softwood trade between the U.S. and Canada. The SLA was originally signed by the U.S. and Canadian...