Canadian shipments fall under U.S. duties, allowing European suppliers to gain share on a shrinking market.
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Forecast growth is led by infrastructure spending, higher premises investment and a gradual housing-start rebound.
Daily offtake remains solid and supply from New Zealand is expected to ease from April as harvesting conditions tighten.
Sawlog harvesting drops 11% in February, while energywood totals 0.5 million m3, mostly delimbed stems and whole trees.
Forest chips fell to 9.1 million m3, while forest industry by-products rose to 10.4 million m3 in heat-only and combined heat and power generation.
Buyer market growth also raises trade probability by 1.68%, confirming demand as the main market driver.
Standing-sale softwood log prices stayed near January levels, and delivery-sale spruce and birch pulpwood stabilized while pine edged lower.
First-time buyers take 34% share as inventory rises 2.4% from January.
Weak demand, sky-high sawlog prices, deteriorating currency conditions, and weaker energy assortment revenue weighed on fourth-quarter results.
Lumber demand stayed weak through most of the quarter, while scheduled maintenance reduced pulp output.
Finnfund economist Tangeni Shatiwa says dollar weakness can improve export receipts and ease servicing costs for dollar debt held by many commodity-dependent economies.
Lease recalculations add back charges for 2024–2025 as exports weaken and borrowing costs stay high.
Non-manufacturing PMI edges up to 49.5 while the composite output index dips to 49.5.
The bill would automatically exempt many homebuilding inputs and set an application process for other exclusions.
Log imports drop 13.1% and timber production falls 1.1% from 2024.
The 10-city composite rises 1.93% and the 20-city composite rises 1.38%, while Detroit has no December reading because of Wayne County recording delays.
Pine and spruce each account for more than 2.1 million m3 across logs and pulpwood.
A newly implemented national modeling framework changes the reported aboveground carbon total for standing dead trees across the lower 48 states.
Amazon agreed to pay $700 million for a Prince William County site as the region’s housing shortfall topped 75,000 homes.
Standing-sale stumpage prices for pine, spruce and birch sawlogs slip 1% month over month, while pine pulpwood drops 10%.