{"id":87299,"date":"2024-02-22T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/top-10-north-american-softwood-lumber-producers-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:01:34","slug":"top-10-north-american-softwood-lumber-producers-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/top-10-north-american-softwood-lumber-producers-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 North American softwood lumber producers in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After peaking the past three years, softwood lumber prices finally returned to break-even levels in 2023. Poorly positioned lumber producers closed, reducing North American lumber capacity by 2% after gains in 2022 and 2021. Closures included 9 sawmills with capacities over 100 MMBF.<span id=\"more-34705\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber-1-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34712 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber-1-1-300x256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber-1-1-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber-1-1.png 489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>North America\u2019s top 10 softwood lumber firms can produce 36.9 billion board feet of lumber and represent 49% of total North American capacity. Several of these companies closed facilities or reduced production in 2023. West Fraser, the largest softwood lumber producer in North America at 7.0 billion board feet of capacity, slightly increased capacity in 2023 with the purchase of the 150 MMBF Spray Lake sawmill in Cochrane, Alberta to offset the closing of the 130 MMBF Perry, FL sawmill.<\/p>\n<p>Interfor is the third largest lumber producer in North America after completing an expansion in Perry, GA adding 45 MMBF. Canfor falls two spots to number 4 after reopening the purchased DeRidder, LA mill and closing mills in Houston and Chetwynd British Columbia. Paper Excellence moves into the top ten with the purchase of Resolute Forest Products, the 6th largest producer in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Total North American softwood lumber production capacity for 2023 was over 75 BBFT.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 softwood lumber producers in the U.S. have the capacity to produce 24.9 billion board feet of lumber, which represents 53% of the total U.S. industry. Weyerhaeuser tops the list at 4.6 billion board feet of capacity, followed by West Fraser at 3.5 billion board feet.<\/p>\n<p>The order of the top ten U.S. lumber producers has not changed versus one year ago, though Georgia-Pacific added 70 MMBF<a href=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34713 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber2-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber2-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/timberindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/North_America_softwood_lumber2-1.png 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> with the modernization at Pineland, TX, increasing GP\u2019s U.S. capacity by 3%. Hampton Affiliates lost 85 MMBF with the October 2023 news of permanent curtailment at Banks, Oregon, decreasing their U.S. capacity by 5%.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change was Canfor opening the DeRidder, LA sawmill and adding 12% to their U.S. capacity. Year end 2023 total U.S. softwood lumber production capacity is 47 BBFT.<\/p>\n<p>In Q1 2024 significant capacity changes are already reported. New facilities include Hunt-Tolko in Talyor, LA and Roseburg in Weldon, NC, plus closings by Interfor in Philomath, OR, and West Fraser in Maxville, FL, Fraser Lake, British Columbia, and Huttig, AR.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After peaking the past three years, softwood lumber prices finally returned to break-even levels in 2023. Poorly positioned lumber producers closed, reducing North American lumber capacity by 2% after gains in 2022 and 2021. Closures included 9 sawmills with capacities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/top-10-north-american-softwood-lumber-producers-in-2023\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top 10 North American softwood lumber producers in 2023 - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/top-10-north-american-softwood-lumber-producers-in-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 10 North American softwood lumber producers in 2023 - Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After peaking the past three years, softwood lumber prices finally returned to break-even levels in 2023. 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