April 12, 2021 —How do we see lower wood product prices? One year ago this month, we were experiencing the onset of COVID and the subsequent dramatic government mandated shutdowns that followed....
March 12, 2012— Plywood and veneer prices continue an unrelenting climb higher. While we are a local wood products producer, plywood and other structural panel products are globally traded commodities and our production levels rarely have much of an effect on the overall marketplace. Wood...
October 28, 2019 — The end of October brought a welcome week of strong sales for panel markets. All commodity panel markets had some level of participation–OSB, SYP and Western Plywood. A few things likely came together in the past week–10 days to make this...
September 30, 2019 — The commodity plywood markets level out, remaining largely unchanged over the past few weeks. Before, during, and after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas and then raked the southeast coastline of the U.S., the sheathing markets firmed considerably in the South, and...
September 9, 2019 — Plywood sales gainshave finally arrived. Over the last few weeks we have gradually increased sales volumes. Granted, volumes hit very low levels and it was hard to gain any traction. Whether Hurricane Dorian, lower interest rates, or the final gasp of...
August 26, 2019 — The plywood markets are largely unchanged. Prices on commodity products have continued to leak a few dollars each week. Unfortunately, that has been the trend for most of the spring and summer, so we continue to register many year lows on almost...
August 9, 2018 — End-use markets continue to grow and exhibit strength along with the overall economy despite a lagging NW wood products market. US housing starts are flat to slight growth, repair and remodeling is up 3%, mobile home production is up 4%, industrial...
July 29, 2019 — Commodity plywood markets continued to march in place, with some semblance of balance out there between supply and demand. Though every week has some extreme price incidents, most of the bread and butter sheathing items are trading relatively “flat," pricewise. Not...
June 11, 2019 — According to RISI, an industry trade publication, demand on US plywood mills dropped by over 8% in 2018 due to a surge in offshore imports, primarily from China and Brazil, and a declining housing market due to high interest rates and...
May 28, 2019 — The plywood market's slow start has continued into the building season. The past month has recorded flat pricing and day-to-day dickering on orders as the rule of the day. Some production is quietly being trimmed from several western plywood mills as...