Compared with the previous month, production was down 0.1%.
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Price for plywood exported from China grew only 0.8%.
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.
Prices rose 6.0% from June and remained up 12.0% from a year earlier; Canada's broader factory-gate prices were up 12.4% year over year.
Higher lumber deliveries lifted sales, while high wood and logistics costs and weak chipboard demand reduced earnings.
Economic uncertainty is delaying equipment orders, while cost savings are reducing customer maintenance activity and Services demand.
Price for plywood exported from Chile slipped 1.3%.
Price for plywood imported to Taiwan grew 5%.
Brazil’s plywood exports fell 17% overall, while shipments to Mexico rose 58% and exports to the United States declined 23%.
Price for plywood exported from Brazil dipped 1.0%.
Lower wood and fixed costs partly offset weaker pulp and paperboard prices, while maintenance shutdowns will reduce third-quarter earnings.
Price for plywood exported from Malaysia to the U.S. grew 10%.
Price for plywood exported from Cambodia to the U.S. contracted 21%.
Price for plywood exported from Russia to the U.S. contracted 11%.
Imports of plywood to the U.S. declined only 0.9%.
Project could generate 0.5% of Latvia's GDP and reduce emissions by 6%.
Price for plywood imported to Mexico slipped 2%.
Price for plywood imported to Japan gained 2%.
Price for plywood imported to Egypt increased 6%.
Price for plywood exported from Russia to China contracted 22%.