Benchmark index holds steady near prior month level despite slight weekly decline.
Price for wood chips exported from Vietnam to Japan grew 7%.
Commerce issues a preliminary critical-circumstances finding; CBP to collect cash deposits on covered entries starting Monday.
Price for wood pellets imported to Japan rose 4%.
Price for plywood imported to Japan slid 1.5%.
Log imports drop 13.1% and timber production falls 1.1% from 2024.
Overall housing starts dip 0.4%
Hardwood lumber producer prices rise 0.3%, and softwood veneer and plywood producer prices rise 1.0%
Subheading Import volumes rise to 3.23 million m3 as Vietnam and Indonesia expand shipments.
Imports of logs to the European Union slid 1.9%.
Price for lumber exported from Latvia rose 1.5%.
Funding backs a planned clean-fuel facility in Nova Scotia and construction, Indigenous forestry, and export-focused projects in New Brunswick.
Natural Resources Canada opens national funding calls across four programs and announces $2.8 million for seven projects in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The mill will use kappa analyzer technology to expand online real-time fiberline measurements for process stability and pulp-quality control.
Shipments fall 7.8% and ending inventory drops 8.1% from December.
The 10-city composite rises 1.93% and the 20-city composite rises 1.38%, while Detroit has no December reading because of Wayne County recording delays.