Annual growth outpaced that of Slovak industrial producer prices by 8.1 percentage points.
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Price for SYP lumber exported from the U.S. contracted 5.7%.
The Australian Forest Products Association estimates that up to 100,000 cubic meters of imported timber products a year may contain Russian fiber, enough for 15,000 homes, and wants testing and country-of-origin labeling.
The United States remained the largest buyer as its share rose 0.7 pp, while Mexico's shipments climbed 60.3% and Japan's fell 15.4%.
The timberland owner expects fourth-quarter lumber realizations to ease from the highest level since 2022 and will buy back up to $300 million more of its shares.
Exports of lumber from Canada decreased slightly 0.8%.
The petition by Alta Forest Products, Sierra Pacific Industries and Mendocino Forest Products alleges dumping margins of up to 296%.
Worthington, president of the UFP Packaging segment, succeeds Stanley Elliott, who is leaving the company.
Housing completions in Germany are expected to drop below 200,000 in 2026, the lowest since 2011, and the sawmill association warns against planned cuts to new-build subsidies.
Canada's share of U.S. softwood lumber imports rose 1.2 pp, while Germany's shipments dropped 18.1%, the steepest fall among large suppliers.
The board set him the tasks of reaching a sustained positive operating cash flow, raising capacity utilization and cutting debt.
Planing, painting and impregnation will continue at the site with lumber from another Holmen mill.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 4%.
Exports of lumber from the U.S. to Mexico gained 1.1%.
Prices received by New Zealand producers for wood and timber were 2.1% higher than a year earlier.
Adjusted EBITDA fell to $98.1 million on weaker lumber results, and the company expects challenging conditions through the balance of 2026.
The group tracked logs from eight clear-cut continuity forests to SCA sawmills that supply the makers of its IVAR and HEJNE pine shelving. IKEA says the harvests were legal and FSC-compliant, and SCA calls the report misleading.
The cut applies only to the rates from the 2017 investigation that started the duties. The largest producers already pay rates set in annual reviews, so their payments do not change, while exporters never reviewed will pay 12.80% instead of 14.19%.
Year to date, wood products shipments were up 0.4% and paper products shipments up 2.0%, against a 7.5% gain for all manufacturing.
Holders of more than 87% of the senior notes and a majority of shareholders back the plan, which cuts about $96 million of annual interest and brings in $400 million of new money. Existing shareholders will keep about 8.5% of the new common stock.