Archives: March 2015

Softwood lumber prices drop in major global markets

Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to trend upward ever since the global financial crises in 2008. In 2014 [...]

Changing plywood market shares in EU imports

EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood [...]
March 15, 2015 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / Europe

Canadian sawmills continue to expand in the U.S.

Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers reported modest gains in 2014 as lumber demand continues to rise slowly (but [...]

Cross-laminated timber arrives to America

A super-strong engineered wood product popular in Europe, known as cross-laminated timber (CLT), is coming to America under [...]