Month: April 2023
173 posts
Business Trends Abroad
Vietnam – There has been a decline in wood and wood product (W&WP) exports to almost all markets at the beginning of 2023. Exports to the U.S., their top market, were valued at US$367.3 million, down 60 percent compared to the beginning of 2022, followed by the Chinese market (US$132.9 million, down one percent) and […]
Allegheny Wood Products Hosts U.S. House OfRepresentatives Ways And Means Committee
Petersburg, WV—Allegheny Wood Products (AWP), located here, recently hosted members of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee at the Petersburg Dry Kiln Facility. West Virginia Congresswoman Carol Miller, AWP President John Crites II and Phyllis Cole of AWP government relations, were all instrumental in the committee choosing AWP Petersburg as the site […]
Quebec Business Trends
With spring upon us, logging activity will be increasing in some areas. This is good news as many in the province and along the U.S. border states commented log supplies were low, which had been due to poor weather conditions, competition for logs and some controlled log costs. Prices, it was noted, for most species […]
2023 Builders’ Show Draws Largest Attendance In More Than 10 Years
Las Vegas, Nevada –Nearly 70,000 home building professionals from around the globe filled the exhibit halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center recently as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) hosted the NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS), the largest annual light construction show in the world. IBS exhibit space totaled more than 600,000 net […]
Ontario Business Trends
The usual slowdown for spring thaw affected logging activity. In December 2022, according to figures published, hardwood production had a 4.2 percent gain in output. In February, contacts commented there had been a lot of green grade lumber entering the market based on buyers’ current needs and was reflected in prices for green Hard and […]
Just-In-Time At Jackel Enterprises Inc.
“As a lumberyard and mill, we are part of a collective stewardship in a unique supply chain, from forest to finished product. We source quality lumber, wood products and services providing a palette of materials to fulfill residential and commercial project needs catering to architects, designers, builders and craftsmen.” – Steve Jackel, owner and president […]
West Coast Business Trends
On the West Coast, lumbermen rated their markets from “pretty slow” to “order-to-order” to “strong” at the time of these interviews. In Washington, a lumber provider said his business activity was “pretty slow.” He said the previous month was “pretty good. Many companies had lowered their inventories earlier” and had made up for that the […]
Woodbox Offers Export Solutions For NorthAmerican Mills
“We want to be a solution for our suppliers. We know that they are proud of the quality of their products, and we are proud of that quality, too. They work hard to source the logs, to cut and dry the lumber properly, and we want to help them market their products. We want to […]
Southeast Business Trends
Throughout the Southeast region sources agreed, that at the time of this writing, sales were doing well. In Mississippi a lumber salesman said that while they have been doing pretty well the past few weeks, they are doing worse than they were six months ago. “We are having a hard time getting logs. It’s been […]
