{"id":76140,"date":"2018-07-25T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/sawmills-us-increased-softwood-lumber-production-january-april-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:48:37","slug":"sawmills-us-increased-softwood-lumber-production-january-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/sawmills-us-increased-softwood-lumber-production-january-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawmills in the US increased softwood lumber production during January-April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in the first four months of 2018 was 11.579 billion board ft. (bbf), a year-over-year increase of 5.5% from 10.980 bbf in the same period last year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Western U.S. sawmills contributed 4.899 bbf to the four-month total, up 10.0% from 4.455 bbf a year earlier, while production at southern U.S. sawmills gained 2.1% to reach 6.134 bbf, up from 6.005 bbf last year,\u00a0reported the Western Wood Products Assn. in its latest Lumber Track report.<\/p>\n

In April, U.S. sawmills produced 3.014 bbf, up 11.9% from 2.695 bbf in April 2017, and 2.4% higher than output in March 2018 of 2.943 bbf.<\/p>\n

Of April\u2019s total, Western sawmills accounted for 1.236 bbf \u2013 up 14.5% from last year\u2019s 1.079 bbf, but down 1.6% from 1.256 bbf in March 2018.<\/p>\n

Sawmills in the South contributed 1.636 bbf, an increase of 9.9% from 1.488 bbf in April 2017, and up 5.7% from the previous month\u2019s production of 1.548 bbf, WWPA reported.<\/p>\n

Apparent U.S. softwood lumber consumption dropped 2.1% in the four-month period to 15.682 bbf, down from 16.017 bbf in the previous year. In April, consumption was 4.173 bbf \u2013 up 2.4% from 4.074 bbf last year, and 3.5% higher than consumption in March 2018 of 4.032 bbf.<\/p>\n

Canadian softwood lumber production\/consumption<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canadian sawmills produced 9.534 bbf of softwood lumber in the first four months, a 1.2% drop from 9.652 bbf a year earlier. The decline was driven by a 4.3% dip in British Columbia\u2019s output to 4.260 bbf in the four-month period from 4.452 bbf. Production by sawmills East of the Rockies increased, by 1.4% to 5.274 bbf from 5.200 bbf a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Production in April alone was 2.459 bbf, a year-over-year advance of 2.4% from 2.403 bbf, and up 0.5% from 2.448 bbf in March this year.<\/p>\n

Sawmills in British Columbia contributed 1.123 bbf to Canada\u2019s production in April, a year-over-year increase of 0.1% from 1.121 bbf, and up 4.6% from the previous month\u2019s volume of 1.073 bbf. Sawmills east of the Rockies produced 1.337 bbf, a 4.3% year-over-year gain from 1.282 bbf, but down 2.8% from 1.375 bbf in the previous month.<\/p>\n

Apparent Canadian softwood lumber consumption for the four-month period jumped by 19.1% to 3.559 bbf from 2.988 bbf last year. Consumption in April was 935 million board ft. (mmbf), up 25.6% from 744 mmbf last year, and up 16.2% from 805 mmbf in March 2018.<\/p>\n

U.S. and Canada utilization\/inventories<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. production as a percentage of practical capacity averaged 85% in the first four months, up from 84% in the same period last year. Canada\u2019s percentage dropped to 90% in the year-to-date compared with 92% in the first four months of 2017.<\/p>\n

U.S. inventories were up 2.1% in April to 2.978 compared with last year\u2019s 2.915 bbf, while Canadian inventories surged 18.0% to 3.698 bbf from 3.132 bbf.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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