US lumber production up by 3.2% in the first nine months of 2017

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U.S. sawmills produced 25.509 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first nine months of 2017, an increase of 3.2% from 24.730 bbf in the same period of 2016, according to the latest Lumber Track report by the Western Wood Products Assn. (WWPA) of Portland, Oregon.

Western U.S. sawmills contributed 10.608 bbf to the nine-month total, a gain of 2.4% % from last year’s 10.356 bbf, while output from Southern sawmills at 13.700 bbf was up 3.7% from 13.209 bbf a year earlier.

In September alone, production was 2.737 bbf – up 1.0% from 2.710 bbf last year, but down 10.3% from output in August 2017 of 3.050 bbf.

Sawmills in the West produced 1.144 bbf of September’s total, up 0.6% from 1.137 bbf last year, but down 13.8% from 1.137 bbf in the previous month. Southern sawmills accounted for 1.464 bbf, a year-over-year gain of 1.2% from 1.446 bbf, but down 7.3% from 1.580 bbf in August 2017.

Apparent U.S. softwood lumber consumption in the first nine months was 35.937 bbf, down 0.2% from 36.006 in the same period last year. Apparent consumption in September was 3.907 bbf – up 0.1% from 3.905 bbf in September last year, but down 3.3% from 4.039 bbf in August.

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