Price for softwood logs imported to China downed 1.8%.
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Price for softwood lumber imported to China rose 1.2%.
Price for bleached kraft pulp imported to China downed 1.2%.
Price for lumber exported from Belarus to China rose marginally 0.4%.
Price for logs imported to China downed 4%.
Pine sawlogs fell the most, down 12.3% from the first quarter, followed by spruce sawlogs, down 8.5%.
Completions of owner-built houses fell 26% and those in apartment buildings rose 10% so far in 2026 compared with the same period last year.
Softwood sawlogs led the gains, up 0.6% from July, followed by hardwood pulpwood, up 0.4%.
Friday's $13 drop was the steepest session of the week, the fourth straight day of declines.
Spruce and fir pulpwood and groundwood (mixed price) led the gains, up 1.5% from June, followed by spruce and fir pulpwood, up 1.3%.
Exports of lumber from New Zealand fell marginally 0.6%.
Price for logs exported from New Zealand upped 3%.
Notified area for January-August was 9% below the same period last year.
Oak sawlogs led the monthly gains, up 6.8% from June, followed by beech pulpwood, up 2.1%. Beech sawlogs recorded the biggest monthly decline, falling 8.6% from June.
Imports of wood furniture to Switzerland stayed flat.
Residential permits fell 8.9% from the previous month, with the single-family component down 6.2%.
Permits for new single-family houses were 10% higher and those for two-family houses 25% higher in the first seven months of 2026 than in the same period last year.
Standing-sale log prices were unchanged for softwood logs and up 2% for birch, while pulpwood prices moved no more than 1%.
Single-family starts rose 7.6% from July.
The new-construction starts lagged a year earlier by 30.5%.