Jan 28, 2016. /Lesprom Network/. As in previous years, November exports of Southern Pine (SP) lumber typically trend lower. SP exports to be just under 48 million board feet (MMbf) during November. This volume represents a drop of 6% below the same month of 2014, overall tallying a year-to-date increase of 6% when compared with the first eleven months of 2014, as Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Offshore shipments during November roughly break down as follows: 30.1MMbf dressed, 8.5 MMbf rough, and 9.3 MMbf treated lumber.

Conversely, softwood lumber imports to the U.S. have trended upward now for the last five months, reaching 1.31 billion board feet during November, up 30% from the volume imported during November of 2014. When compared with 2014, softwood imports through November remained up 10%.