Actualités de la filière bois de États-Unis

September brought a 4.8-month supply of homes, while prices recorded their 39th consecutive month of year-over-year gains.

United States remained the largest buyer as its share fell 9.1 pp; Thailand's share rose 4.9 pp.

Pulp production preparations begin as wastewater discharge resumes under environmental authority coordination.

Japanese corporate goods prices, Slovenian roundwood purchases, Swedish felling notifications, Chinese producer prices and U.S. import prices are scheduled.

Friday's $14.50 gain was the steepest session of the week, the second straight day of gains.

Local managers, unionized workers and First Nations aim to restart production after the October shutdown.

Construction employment is up 1.3% from a year earlier, wood products down 1.8%

Utilization is 1.1 points below a year earlier

The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also increased, reaching 6.73% from 6.60% a week earlier.

United States remained Brazil's largest plywood destination as its share rose 3.7 pp; Netherlands shipments grew more than twofold and Dominican Republic shipments fell 3.2%.

Inventories at the same wholesalers rise 0.8% month on month and fall 0.8% year on year

The company identified high input costs, limited labor and housing availability, and sustained declines in pricing as factors behind the decision.

Commerce must exclude Jiangyang Wood and Dehua TB from the hardwood plywood antidumping order and cannot reopen the record to calculate new rates.

The United States remained the largest buyer as its share rose 7.4 pp; Guatemala's purchases rose 19% and Peru's fell 36%.

China stayed the largest destination as its share fell 4.2 pp; Turkey's purchases rose more than twofold and Germany's fell 9.9%.

United States supplied 56% of Chile's plywood exports, Colombia's shipments rose 82%, and New Zealand's fell 24%.

The Anderson County facility will make processed pine products for building and millwork applications.

The ISM Manufacturing PMI fell to 54.5% from 54.6% in August.

The platform combines standardized forest and harvested wood product carbon data and is planned for a full release in summer 2027.

EU producer prices and Canada sawmill production are due Monday.

Thursday's $9 drop was the steepest session of the week, the second straight day of declines.

Canada became the largest supplier with a 25.0% share by value; the top five countries accounted for 74.5% of import value.

Year to date, wood products shipments were up 0.1% and paper products shipments up 2.0%, against a 7.1% gain for all manufacturing.

Private residential construction spending was at an $882.3 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate in August, up from $872.7 billion in July.

The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also increased, reaching 6.60% from 6.42% a week earlier.

Construction openings were up 17.8% from a year earlier, against a 2.3% rise for all nonfarm industries.

The annual gain followed a 1.6% increase in June, while inflation outpaced nominal home price growth.

The Chinese list covers hardwood and softwood lumber, logs, OSB, fiberboard, plywood and flooring, while tariff reductions still require domestic procedures.

New package includes $200 million revolver and $275 million term loan maturing in 2031.

China manufacturing PMI arrives Wednesday as U.S. construction spending is due Thursday.

Daily closes stayed between $535 and $538 all week.

U.S. hardwood log exports to China reached 380.6 thousand m3 worth $285 million in January-August 2026, exceeding full-year 2025 shipments.

Mill closures have reduced pulpwood outlets, while weak housing and construction activity has reduced demand for hardwood products.

Santiago paper machine produces 250,000 tons annually, integrates recycled paper across Argentina, Peru, and Ecuador.

Closure removes 120,000 tons of annual capacity and affects approximately 90 workers.

Sales of new single-family homes rose to 684,000 in August from 643,000 in July but were 2% below a year earlier.

The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also increased, reaching 6.42% from 6.26% a week earlier.

Net imports rise 26% in July as coated free sheet gains 51%.

The change will primarily affect European lumber measured after drying and planing.

About 947 thousand wood-framed single-family homes were completed, while steel-framed completions reached about 5 thousand.

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

Six-colour offset press added in Indianapolis; upgrades planned in Chicago and Naperville.

Single-family starts rose 7.6% from July.

Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper plans boiler and chemical-plant upgrades expected to raise daily kraft production by 11% and increase its use of forest biomass.

The agreement covers prescribed fire, timber and fuels treatments, longleaf pine restoration, wildlife habitat and invasive species management across ownership boundaries.

The 30-year fixed rate increased from the previous week and remained above its year-earlier level.

The five-year agreement covers conservation, restoration and active forest management across the 64,000-square-mile watershed.

The Ashland Sawmill project is expected to create and retain the equivalent of 220 permanent full-time jobs.

Dealers report higher supplier prices, reduced Canadian shipments and longer lead times after the duties took effect.

The expansions will create greater opportunities for local forest management and help maintain fibre supplies for local facilities.

The additional capital will fund selective acquisitions and value-creation projects across existing and future timberland holdings.

Inventory reaches 1.62 million units, while the median existing-home price rises 1.6% from a year earlier.

Regional constraints, limited plantation expansion and infrastructure barriers will restrict how much additional softwood roundwood reaches markets.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage also rose, while both rates remain above year-ago levels.

The mill will start at 80 million board feet annually and reach 108 million board feet at full capacity.

Softwood lumber prices rose 11.8% year over year, compared with a 5.1% increase in residential building material prices.

The sawmill has an annual capacity of 70 million board feet and faces timber supply and operating-cost concerns.

Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's softwood log imports; Sweden imported 1.4 million m3.

Malaysia gained 10 percentage points of U.S. hardwood plywood imports as the United States imported 581 thousand m3.

Sweden imported 1.4 million m3 in Q2 as Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's imports.