Index falls $13 from one month ago with 3% decline since late August.
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Profits across all industrial enterprises rose 15.7% over the same period.
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.
Price for wood chips exported from Thailand\'s decreased 6%.
Price for particleboard exported from Thailand\'s rose 5%.
Price for MDF panels exported from Thailand\'s expanded 7%.
Price for lumber exported from Thailand\'s to China grew only 0.7%.
Price for wood chips exported from Vietnamese to China gained 2%.
Private forests supplied 4.0 million m3, 3% less than a year earlier.
Compared with August 2025, production was up 2%.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 16%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp imported to China slid 1.6%.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 6%.
Sales of new single-family homes rose to 684,000 in August from 643,000 in July but were 2% below a year earlier.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 6%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 1.1%.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 5%.