Price for lumber imported to Egypt slipped 3%.
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Higher lumber prices improved second-quarter operations, while weak pulp demand, elevated inventories and lower pricing increased losses and contributed to mill closures.
The company maintains lumber and panel shipment targets while continuing sawmill optimization, production improvements and capacity consolidation.
Price for lumber exported from Finland to China upped 1.8%.
Price for wood chips imported to China upped 2%.
Price for sack paper imported to China decreased slightly 0.5%.
Price for wood furniture exported from China rose 4%.
Price for wood veneer exported from China decreased 5%.
The closure will end production at the Fox Creek facility after weak lumber markets, U.S. softwood lumber duties and tariffs, wildfire-related fibre constraints, and the end of Alberta's mountain pine beetle strategy reduced the mill's long-term viability.
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Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp imported to China slipped 1.1%.
Price for plywood exported from Russia to China contracted 22%.
Price for wooden pallets imported to China decreased 6%.
Price for plywood exported from China rose 1.2%.
Imports of corrugated boxes to Kazakhstan downed 1.2%.
Compared with June 2025, production was down 3%.
Price for lumber imported to Kazakhstan rose 4%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 14%.
Price for softwood logs imported to China grew 8%.