The shipments of lumber rose 6.1%.

Lumber

Canada increases 15.0% lumber production in August

Canada increases 15.0% lumber production in August

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Canada increased 15.0% lumber production to 4.07 million m3 in August from the month prior, the Statistics Canada reported on Friday. This was still 4.6% lower than a year ago.

Canadian sawmills shipped 3.91 million m3 of lumber in August, up 6.1% from July and down 12.5% from August 2022.