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As Canadian operators were off for the August long weekend holiday, sales of lumber across North America remained muted. Customers in the US south had pre-ordered wood from the north and west to arrive before the full force of softwood lumber duty came into effect this month. Demand flowed mostly to reloads and wholesalers, with […] The post Lukewarm Macro-Economic Conditions Keep Lumber Sales Low first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

The enormous increases in the softwood lumber duty on Canadian wood shipments into the US finally arrived. This during a normal slower time for both housing construction activity and sawmill manufacturing. As hot summer weather across most of the continent sent folks off to vacation, lumber industry players worked out their responses to this additional […] The post Big Duty Hikes Hit Softwood Lumber first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

Following the dual national holiday long weekends for Canada and the US, sales of softwood lumber reached their usual mid-summer torpor. Most conversations were about the previously-announced sizeable increase in lumber duties on Canadian wood entering the US, expected to come in August. As true summer heat arrived in the east, Quebec entered its annual […] The post Usual Mid-Summer Torpor Arrived for Softwood Lumber Sales first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.