Sales run at a 3.98 million annual pace as inventory rises and the 2026 forecast is lowered.
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Residential permits reached $8.1 billion on gains in multi-unit projects, while total building permits fell 8.4% after a sharp drop in non-residential approvals.
Commerce preliminarily sets combined duties at 25%, but the current 35% rate stays in effect until a final determination.
Preliminary results cover 2024 and include partial rescissions for withdrawn requests and no-shipment firms.
Pulpwood value jumps 17.1% while fuel wood climbs 2.6% and coniferous logs lead sawlog gains.
Price for wood furniture exported from Brazil expanded 7%.
Industry groups seek a three-year bankruptcy moratorium as losses top 15 billion rubles.
The planned deal will add cabinets, flooring and distribution brands to the company’s home services business, with closing scheduled after its annual shareholder meeting in May.
Exports of logs from Brazil contracted 29%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Brazil grew only 0.9%.
Price for lumber exported from Brazil slipped 2%.
Price for plywood exported from Brazil gained 4%.
Exports of plywood from Chile gained 2%.
Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Chile upped 4%.
Price for bleached softwood kraft pulp exported from Chile gained 3%.
Price for lumber exported from Chile upped 1.0%.
Benchmark gains $4 weekly and $31 monthly as futures-linked composite tracks North American production.
Price for lumber exported from the European Union to United Arab Emirates grew 6%.
Price for plywood imported to the U.S. gained 1.7%.
Price for wood chips exported from the U.S. slipped 5%.