Price for newsprint exported from Canada gained 1.8%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Canada rose 1.4%.
Exports fell 6.6%.
Price for plywood exported from Russia to the U.S. declined only 0.6%.
Price for wood pellets exported from the U.S. slid 2%.
Price for softwood lumber imported to the U.S. rose 3%.
Operating rate declines to 85.7% as unbleached kraft and coated recycled boxboard unmade orders jump 27% from prior quarter.
Expedited first five-year review finds dumping would likely continue if the order was revoked, with weighted-average dumping margins up to 231.60% for imports from China.
For delivery timber, prices increased on sawlogs and decreased on pulpwood.
Two-phase project relocates European production processes to Mexico, creating 40 new jobs by 2028.
New executive joins from Boliden in autumn 2026 as current SVP Anders Edholm departs on July 31.
Equipment delivery and commissioning scheduled for summer 2026.
Volatile mortgage rates, weather disruptions, and cautious housing demand weigh on results and margins, with the largest pricing and gross-margin pressure in engineered wood products.
Lumber sales realizations rise 13% from fourth-quarter averages and oriented strand board realizations rise 8%.
The deal covers pallet operations in Pennsylvania and Virginia, while the Dilwyn, Va., sawmill stays with Kamps.
Index drops 5% month-over-month from $552.