Canadian lumber production up 19% through three quarters
Dec 02, 2010. Canadian lumber production rebounded modestly in September, after two months of declines, to reach its highest level since April. At 1.9 billion board feet in September, production was up 4% from August and up 11% from September 2009.
Dec 02, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Canadian lumber production rebounded modestly in September, after two months of declines, to reach its highest level since April. At 1.9 billion board feet in September, production was up 4% from August and up 11% from September 2009, as Random Lengths reported.
Production through three quarters reached 16.6 billion board feet, 19% ahead of the year-earlier pace. September production in British Columbia hit 980 million board feet, up 4% from August but down from a July peak.
At 8.6 billion board feet, B.C. was 20% ahead of the 2009 pace. In Eastern Canada, Ontario stood out as lagging the year-earlier pace by 3%, and Nova Scotia was 68% ahead of the 2009 level, although both provinces combined for just 1.3 billion board feet of production through three quarters.