The companies plan to propose remedies other than divestments as they seek European Commission approval.

EU producer prices and Canada sawmill production are due Monday.

Thursday's $9 drop was the steepest session of the week, the second straight day of declines.

Canada became the largest supplier with a 25.0% share by value; the top five countries accounted for 74.5% of import value.

Price for wood furniture exported from Turkish rose 2%.

Developers launched 78,016 apartments; January–September launches were 603,542, up 6.3% from a year earlier.

Year to date, wood products shipments were up 0.1% and paper products shipments up 2.0%, against a 7.1% gain for all manufacturing.

Price for wood chips imported to Japan rose marginally 0.2%.

Private residential construction spending was at an $882.3 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate in August, up from $872.7 billion in July.

The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also increased, reaching 6.60% from 6.42% a week earlier.

Price for logs exported from Japanese dipped 4%.

The acquisition adds bandsaw, circular saw, industrial knife and saw-shop operations in New Zealand and Australia.

Bell takes the role after serving as corporate finance manager and operations controller.

Owner-built house completions were 23% lower and apartment-building completions 8% higher so far in 2026 compared with the same period last year.

Sinowolf operates two manufacturing sites with 1 billion metres annual edge banding capacity.

Price for MDF panels exported from Turkish dipped 2%.