Inventory reaches 1.62 million units, while the median existing-home price rises 1.6% from a year earlier.
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The association cites a continued weakened market situation and lower demand for the reductions.
Regional constraints, limited plantation expansion and infrastructure barriers will restrict how much additional softwood roundwood reaches markets.
Price for lumber imported to the UK upped 3%.
Plywood prices rose 25.8% year over year, while wooden log prices gained 0.9% in August.
Price for wood chips imported to the UK decreased 27%.
Price for wood pellets imported to the UK rose 2%.
Price for lumber imported to Egypt upped 2%.
Price for lumber imported to the UK gained 2%.
Price for wood chips imported to the UK increased 21%.
Price for wood pellets imported to the UK fell marginally 0.6%.
Price for plywood imported to Taiwan rose marginally 0.7%.
Softwood lumber prices rose 11.8% year over year, compared with a 5.1% increase in residential building material prices.
Wood-processing prices edged down 0.1% month over month in August.
The planned closure will remove about 110 thousand m3 of annual lumber production.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 99%.
Index drops $18 from one month ago but rises $41 year-over-year with 9% gain.
Price for lumber imported to Egypt upped 1.0%.
Price for plywood exported from Chilean dipped 1.1%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 17%.