by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2013 | News
Lumber exports to China from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2012, jumping to 89.4 million board feet, an increase of 97.2% compared to the third quarter of the year, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific...
by Web Editor | Sep 7, 2012 | News
Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska totaled 736 million board feet in the first 6 months of 2012, a decrease of 25% compared to the same time last year, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. During...
by Web Editor | Aug 8, 2012 | News
China’s slowing economy may benefit Oregon’s lumber and plywood mills by making more timber available at reasonable prices, industry observers say. Wood Resource Quarterly, an industry journal based in Seattle, reported China reduced log imports from the...
by Web Editor | Dec 2, 2011 | News
Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 have surpassed the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. “The increasing shipments to China...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2011 | News
Swanson Lumber recently announced that they are planning extended shutdowns due to hard times in the lumber industry at sawmills in Glendale and Roseburg, which will idle about 700 workers. The mills will shut down for two weeks starting Nov. 14. Two company owned...
