Price for logs exported from Canada downed 4%.
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Price for newsprint exported from Canada upped 1.3%.
Price for logs exported from the U.S. decreased 6%.
Price for wood pellets exported from the U.S. rose 3%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Canada increased 7%.
Exports of lumber from Canada decreased slightly 0.3%.
Price for wood pellets exported from Russia to South Korea slid 2%.
Second-quarter sales rose despite weaker housing starts, while the company expects affordability pressures, volatile pricing and subdued residential construction to continue influencing operations.
Wooden homes account for 59.4% of new housing starts, while first-half housing starts post modest year-over-year growth.
The homebuilder has contracted for homesites in two Bay County communities, with first-phase development anticipated to begin in 2027.
Residential spending declined from May, while nonresidential private construction rose slightly and public construction remained virtually unchanged.
Index gains $13 from one month ago while holding flat year-over-year at $556.
Price for wood pellets exported from Indonesia upped 2%.
Price for wood chips exported from Indonesia slipped 2%.
Price for logs imported to Japan lost 9%.
Price for softwood chips imported to Turkey contracted 13%.
Wood product producer prices were 1.7% higher year over year.
Manufacturing, services and construction activity indexes all declined from June.
Price for particleboard exported from Turkey rose 1.6%.
Higher lumber volumes and western log realizations helped counter transportation, fuel, freight and resin cost pressures.