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No product rose from the first quarter; pine sawlogs fell the most, down 12.3%.

Completions of owner-built houses fell 26% and those in apartment buildings rose 10% so far in 2026 compared with the same period last year.

Softwood sawlogs led the gains, up 0.6% from July, followed by hardwood pulpwood, up 0.4%.

Friday's $13 drop was the steepest session of the week, the fourth straight day of declines.

Spruce and fir pulpwood and groundwood (mixed price) led the gains, up 1.5% from June, followed by spruce and fir pulpwood, up 1.3%.

Exports of lumber from New Zealand fell marginally 0.6%.

Price for logs exported from New Zealand upped 3%.

Notified area for January-August was 9% below the same period last year.

Oak sawlogs led the monthly gains, up 6.8% from June, followed by beech pulpwood, up 2.1%. Beech sawlogs recorded the biggest monthly decline, falling 8.6% from June.

Imports of wood furniture to Switzerland stayed flat.

Residential permits fell 8.9% from the previous month, with the single-family component down 6.2%.

Permits for new single-family houses were 10% higher and those for two-family houses 25% higher in the first seven months of 2026 than in the same period last year.

Standing-sale log prices were unchanged for softwood logs and up 2% for birch, while pulpwood prices moved no more than 1%.

Single-family starts rose 7.6% from July.

The new-construction starts lagged a year earlier by 30.5%.

Prices fell 1.2% from July but remained up 8.6% from a year earlier; Canada's broader factory-gate prices were up 13.5% year over year.

Prices were 19.7% higher than a year earlier after a 0.9% rise in July.

Price for particleboard and OSB exported from Belarus to Kazakhstan rose 1.9%.