Permits for new single-family houses were 7.8% higher and those for two-family houses 21.7% higher in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year.
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The antidumping part is 6.40% after an offset for export subsidies, and the countervailing, or subsidy, part is 9.37%, up from 3.67% at the preliminary stage.
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 Kazakhstan contracted 10%.
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue suspending liquidation of entries made on or after May 27, 2026, and to collect cash deposits at the final rate.
Custom cabinet sales rise 12.2%, semi-custom fall 9.0% and stock fall 13.6%, while cabinet quantity drops 11.4%.
Imports of newsprint paper to Egypt rose 1.1%.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share rose 8.3 pp; Canada had the largest decline, with shipments down 61%.
Paper manufacturers' sales rose 1.0% to C$2.57 billion.
Vietnam remained South Korea’s largest supplier as its share fell 7.6 pp; China’s shipments rose 25% and Vietnam’s fell 25%
Final-demand producer prices rise 1.3% month over month and 6.3% year over year.
Price for lumber imported to the UK lost 6%.
Price for wood chips imported to the UK increased 33%.
Price for wood pellets imported to the UK slipped 3%.
Imports of wood chips to South Korea rose 3%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnamese to South Korea grew 6%.
Price for newsprint paper exported from South Korea slid 1.7%.
Price for wood pellets imported to South Korea lost 9%.
The preliminary administrative review covers one company and rescinds proceedings for four others, with final cash deposit requirements still pending.
Residential permits rise 15.3% from July; single-family permits edge down.