Price for lumber exported from Swedish grew 5.1%.

The weekly figure counts pulp in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses that can be delivered against SHFE bleached softwood kraft pulp futures.

Price for lumber imported to Tunisia slid 2.8%.

Price for plywood imported to Taiwan dipped 4.2%.

The deal covers Programmed Timber's business and the land and buildings it works from in St Marys.

Work has begun, and startup of the new lines is scheduled for late next year.

Sweden's share slipped 4.8 percentage points, while Norway's shipments grew 1.5-fold.

The deal brings the group to seven brands and four plants in Ontario, British Columbia, Idaho and Michigan.

The 15-year fixed mortgage rate declined, reaching 6.45% from 6.57% a week earlier.

Seemann joined the company in 2002 and most recently served as technical director.

The United States remained the largest supplier, while Canada's shipments climbed 68.3% from a year earlier.

Compared with the previous month, production was down 2.4%.

Residential permits fell 5.8% from August, with single-family permits up 2%.

Price for lumber imported to the UK decreased 12.6%.

Price for wood chips imported to the UK lost 11%.

Plywood prices jumped 30% from a year earlier, while glulam and logs also rose on the month.