The benchmark was down 11.3% year on year, while U.S. market import volume rose 1.4% month on month.
Trade
Exports of lumber from New Zealand dipped 5%.
Exports of wood veneer from China contracted 6%.
Price for wood furniture exported from China dipped 1.4%.
Price for logs exported from New Zealand upped 1.0%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp imported to China increased slightly 0.1%.
Exports of lumber from Belarus to China rose 3%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp exported from Uruguay to China upped 2%.
Price for plywood exported from China grew only 0.8%.
Price for wood chips exported from Australia to China dipped 4%.
Price for logs imported to China downed 3%.
Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China slipped 2%.
Price for softwood logs imported to China downed 1.2%.
Price for softwood lumber imported to China rose 4%.
The USITC made affirmative injury determinations on hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia and Vietnam, clearing the way for antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Funding will connect private forest owners with businesses using mill by-products and underused wood.
Lower electricity prices, weaker wood-product earnings and cautious construction demand affect operations, while board and paper deliveries improve.
Price for lumber imported to India slid 1.3%.
Price for wood pellets imported to Denmark increased 5%.
Price for wood veneer imported to India increased slightly 0.7%.