Newsletter - Business

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has declared the wood products industry a critical infrastructure industry during the COVID-19 outbreak. Functioning infrastructure is especially important during the response to the COVID-19 emergency not only for public health and safety but for community well-being as well. Guidelines issued March 19 by the Department of Homeland Security’s […]

Wood pellets have been listed in the latest Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) Denmark exporter guide report as one of the best high-value product prospects for exports to the country. Although Denmark is a small market compared to the rest of the European Union, it is the EU’s second-largest importer of […]

On February 18, China’s Tariff Committee of the State Council announced that it will open a process for companies to apply for retaliatory tariff exemptions. To secure an exemption, companies registered to conduct business in China must file an application and specify the amount of product they plan to import from the U.S. under a […]

On December 9, North American mass timber giant, Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, announced it will expand its operations into North America with a plant in Conway, Arkansas. Structurlam will invest $90 million to purchase, retrofit, and equip a former steel plant. Set to open mid-2021 the timber production facility will create 130 new jobs, and […]

July Shipments Southern Pine lumber shipments in July totaled 1.673 billion board feet (Bbf), 5% above June’s revised shipments of 1.596 Bbf.  June was revised upward 4%.  July year to date shipments totaled 11.297 Bbf, 1% above the same period in 2018, and 6% above the same period in 2017. July 2019 News Release June […]

Nearly 100 companies have contracted fully 80% of the available exhibit space for the 35th Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – Expo 2019 – to be held June 26-28, 2019 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. “Participation in Expo is approaching an early sell-out; most of the larger exhibit spaces are already occupied,” commented Eric Gee, […]

SFPA member The Westervelt Company, headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recently announced plans to construct a new Southern Pine sawmill in Thomasville, Alabama. Click here to read the company’s News Release. The new mill will join the company’s existing facility in Moundville, Alabama, which began operations in 1997. “We’re excited to be a part of this community,” said […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in November totaled 1.078 billion board feet, 22%below October’s revised shipments of 1.387 BBF. October was revised upward 11%.November year-to-date shipments totaled 13.787 BBF or 4% above the same period in2012, and 11% above the same period in 2011. The seasonally adjusted annual rate forNovember is 14.538 BBF. November 2013 News […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in August totaled 1.199 billion board feet, 2% belowJuly’s revised shipments of 1.224 BBF. July was revised upward 3%. August year-to-dateshipments totaled 9.617 BBF or 6% above the same period in 2011, and 17% above thesame period in 2010. The seasonally adjusted annual rate for August is 13.890 BBF. August Shipments […]