To begin the new year, exports of Southern Pine lumber dropped 15% in January, when compared with the same period last year. Southern Pine lumber exports to be approximately 37.5 million board feet (MMbf) during January 2015.

Southern pine lumber exports down 15% in January

15:55 / March 30, 2015

Mar 31, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. To begin the new year, exports of Southern Pine lumber dropped 15% in January, when compared with the same period last year, as the Southern Forest Products Association said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Southern Pine lumber exports to be approximately 37.5 million board feet (MMbf) during January 2015. Offshore shipments during January roughly break down as follows: 21.3 MMbf dressed, 7.7 MMbf rough, and 8.5 MMbf treated lumber.

Softwood lumber imports to the U.S. during January were just below 1 billion board feet, up 10% from the volume imported during January of 2014.

Southern Forest Products Association is recognized as one of the foremost trade organizations in the forest products industry and represents Southern Pine lumber manufacturers from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

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Southern pine lumber exports down 15% in January

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