Tag: US lumber prices

US lumber prices decline in early August

Dropping markedly after two weeks flat, for the week ending August 5, 2022 the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $610 mfbm, according to Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is down by...

US lumber price increases slow down

As the month drew to a close and players recovered from the shock of a big pop in lumber prices two weeks ago, for the week ending February 25 these price increases slowed down. After a big pop...

US lumber prices continue to rise in mid-January 2022

Momentum from strong demand at the end of 2021 pushed prices higher, so in the week ending January 14, 2022 the price of benchmark lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) continued rising; up by +$70 or...

US lumber prices are rallying again, scaling toward their highest level in seven months

Increasingly significantly over the end of 2021, for the week ending January 07, 2022, the price of benchmark construcition framing dimension softwood lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $1,100 mfbm, reports Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This...

After multi-week rises, most softwood lumber prices US declined slightly in early November

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending November 5, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $620 ($400/m³). Compared to the previous week, lumber fell by $10...

US lumber prices continue to rise, ignoring seasonal declines

As far as the seasonal cycle of lumber sales — thus prices — goes, normally, after the Labour Day long weekend, demand starts to drop and by U.S. Thanksgiving, demand reaches the annual low. This didn’t happen last...

Current US lumber price increases mirror one year ago

Still pushing up at an unusual time of year, for the week of October 8, 2021 the price of Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $580 mfbm, according to Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is up by +$40, or...

US lumber prices continue to plummet

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending july 16, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $555 ($359/m³), reaching the minimum value since the beginning of the...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...