Apr 09, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service recently reported exports of Southern Pine was approximately 44.2 million board feet (MMbf) for January 2014. This volume represents an increase of 44% above the same month last year. Offshore shipments during January roughly break down as follows: 23.5 MMbf dressed, 9.6 MMbf rough, and 11.1 MMbf treated lumber, as the Southern Forest Products Association said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Softwood lumber imports to the U.S. during January were just over 874.5 million board feet (MMbf), up 12% from the volume imported during January of 2013. Canada shipped approximately 847 MMbf into the U.S. in January.

The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) was founded in 1915 as the Southern Pine Association. Today, SFPA 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. SFPA’s members produce about 45% of the Southern Pine lumber in the United States.