Canadian lumber output jumped sharply from August to September, putting the total through three quarters at 18.6 billion board feet (bbf), 1% ahead of the year-earlier pace. In September, mills produced 2.1 bbf, 9% more than the previous month and 6% more than the same month a year earlier.
Dec 05, 2014. /Lesprom Network/.
Canadian lumber output jumped sharply from August to September, putting
the total through three quarters at 18.6 billion board feet (bbf), 1% ahead of
the year-earlier pace. In September, mills produced 2.1 bbf, 9% more than the
previous month and 6% more than the same month a year earlier, Random Lengths
reports.
Quebec gained 21% from
August to 464 million board feet, although the total of 3.9 bbf through
September was just 1% ahead of a year earlier.
Alberta gained 13% from
August to match last year's running total of 2.7 bbf through September.
Year-to-date output in British Columbia reached 9.6 bbf, 1%
behind the 2013 pace, after 1.1 bbf of production in September.
