Compared with April 2025, production was down 6%.
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Compared with April 2025, production was down 3%.
Compared with March 2025, production was up 0.2%.
Weaker housing-related conditions in Ontario and British Columbia and more severe winter weather disrupted shipments and cut quarterly deliveries.
Association cites a significant 20-year decline in wood use in construction and links faster wood building to investment, exports and jobs.
Price for lumber imported to Egypt decreased 6%.
Price for lumber exported from Thailand to China gained 1.0%.
Benchmark measure shows no change from previous week and a $2 decline from one month ago.
Price for lumber exported from Sweden to Morocco decreased slightly 0.9%.
Price for lumber exported from Sweden lost 7%.
Exports of lumber from New Zealand expanded 6%.
Price for lumber exported from Belarus to China expanded 6%.
Price for softwood lumber imported to China decreased slightly 0.2%.
Price for lumber exported from the EU to Egypt dipped 1.6%.
Price for lumber exported from the EU to MENA lost 9%.
The closures will leave Vida operating 13 sawmills across central and southern Sweden.
Price for lumber imported to the UK grew only 0.8%.
Exports of lumber from Norway rose 1.3%.
Lumber prices rose from late-2025 lows, but duty deposits and reduced operating days continued to pressure liquidity and volumes.
Two biggest single-project awards fund curved glulam output and wood-fibre foam capacity.