March 26–28 program includes mill visits and supplier meetings with log and lumber companies.
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Canadian shipments fall under U.S. duties, allowing European suppliers to gain share on a shrinking market.
Agency will reorganize around 15 state directors and shift regional-office functions to service centers in six cities.
Forecast growth is led by infrastructure spending, higher premises investment and a gradual housing-start rebound.
Wooden starts account for 59.6% of February starts, while both total and wooden starts rise from January.
Daily offtake remains solid and supply from New Zealand is expected to ease from April as harvesting conditions tighten.
Preliminary duties of up to nearly 200% already apply to imports as investigation enters final phase.
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.
Millwork prices fall 0.3% while final-demand producer prices rise 0.7% as services rise 0.5% and goods rise 1.1%.
Single-family permits run at a 873,000 annual rate in January, down 0.9% from a revised 881,000 in December.
Section 301 probes could hit dozens of countries as temporary 10% tariffs expire in mid-July.
Historical procurement data reduces county sawlog estimate RMSE from 619 to 261 MCF.
The new format will carry more than 2,000 items in store, with the full range available via pick-up or delivery, as Ingka expands beyond large out-of-town locations.
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.
The reviews will begin March 9, 2026, and will cover 2025 shipments of Canadian softwood lumber and Chinese hardwood plywood and wooden bedroom furniture.
Lumber demand stayed weak through most of the quarter, while scheduled maintenance reduced pulp output.