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Lake States Business Trends
Lake States Business Trends Wintertime Woes Coupled With Springtime Expectations Hardwood markets across the Lake States remain steady but restrained, with suppliers describing seasonal softness, cautious customer behavior and repeat business. While activity has not fallen off sharply, most buyers are limiting exposure and ordering only what is needed for current production. A Michigan hardwood […]
Northeast Business Trends
Northeast Business Trends A New Year With Old Challenges Northeastern hardwood lumber representatives reported that tariffs, high inventory, low demand and labor struggles are causing challenges. Despite difficulties, they hope for improvement. The market, according to one Maryland lumber source, is average. “We’re trying to get some business out here on our export side before […]
Southeast Business Trends
Southeast Business Trends Will Hopes Or Fears For 2026 Be Fulfilled? Lumber sources share concerns about the younger generation’s lack of interest in the lumber industry and state their lack of knowledge can’t supplant the generation aging out of the workforce. Overall, they said the market is down but somewhat stable for the majority. A […]
Full Steam Ahead Into The New Year
Full Steam Ahead Into The New Year After an unpredictable 2025 wrought with trade wars, shifting tariffs, inflation, bankruptcy, losing employees and shaky supply chains, shipping, freight and trucking companies did their utmost to navigate troubled waters. Sources have decided to remain optimistic that 2026 will be less turbulent due to innovations in AI and […]
West Coast Business Trends
West Coast Business Trends West Coast Commitment Issues Hardwood market activity in the West Coast remains cautious, with suppliers in Washington and California reporting tepid buying behavior, steady transportation conditions and limited forward commitments. Across the region, activity is being shaped less by supply constraints and more by uncertainty among customers who continue to order […]
What Will 2026 Bring For Trade?
What Will 2026 Bring For Trade? Ashley A. Amidon, CAEExecutive DirectorInternational WoodProducts Association 2025 was quite the tumultuous year for any business involved in international trade, and especially importers of wood products that endured months of uncertainty associated with the Trump Administration’s Section 232 investigation on the national security impact of wood products. While our […]
Ontario Business Trends
Ontario Business Trends New Markets May Provide Canadian Solutions As we move into 2026, and with continued tariffs, hardwood businesses pursue their plans to seek new markets for their products. The Government of Canada has provided some assistance to businesses to ease the imposed U.S. tariff burdens. At the time of this writing, Canada was […]
MoPac Lumber Company: The Gold Standard In Walnut For Four Generations
MoPac Lumber Company: The Gold Standard In Walnut For Four Generations “We rely on the distributors to handle and satisfy these smaller customers that are bringing beautiful high end, luxury products into the market.” – Bucky Pescaglia, former president, Missouri Pacific Lumber Company Shown here is the Pescaglia family. From left to right is Vince […]
Quebec Business Trends
Quebec Business Trends Cautious Steps Into 2026 The hardwood sector continues to face challenging business conditions and uncertainty. As the country focuses on eliminating barriers between provinces and trying to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S. to ease imposed tariffs, businesses continue dealing with the shortage of qualified workers, supply chain issues, finding new […]
Warren Trask, A Best-In-Class Distributor, Continues To Diversify Their Import Offerings
Warren Trask, A Best-In-Class Distributor, Continues To Diversify Their Import Offerings “We work closely with our customers and strive to add value to their product mix.”– Gil Adams, vice president of sales, Warren Trask Co. Pictured from left to right is Dan Maher, purchasing, Mike Miller, president, Erin Carr, purchasing and import specialist, Gil Adams, […]
