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In late September, SFPA Deputy Director Eric Gee and Caribbean Consultant Fradbelin Escarraman visited Guatemala as part of the Emerging Markets Program (EMP) Central America project. EMP projects reach potential new emerging markets, and surveys of those trained through these projects show significant increases in the understanding of and desire to begin importing U.S. softwoods. […]

Representatives held a pair of technical seminars in St. Maarten and Aruba during the first week of November. Aimed at wood traders and specifiers, the purpose of these seminars was to educate attendees on the uses and specifications of U.S. softwood lumber. Overall, attendees responded very favorably to both seminars, showing a desire for more […]

SFPA Communications Manager Julia Milrod and retired SFPA Vice President of Communications Richard Wallace attended DeckExpo in Louisville in early November. Exhibiting as part of the Softwood Lumber Board’s Think Wood campaign, SFPA representatives were on hand to provide information, publications, and resources about Sothern Pine lumber to interested attendees. As plastics and composite materials […]

In late October, SFPA Deputy Director Eric Gee, and SPC International Program Consultant Jerry Hingle traveled to Santiago to introduce U.S. softwood lumber to key Chilean wood importers and distributors, and assess the market for Southern Pine lumber from the U.S. A producer of significant volumes of softwood lumber itself, Chile has become a promising […]

Representatives from American Softwoods attended the International Softwood Conference (ISC) October 15-18 in Antwerp, Belgium. Occurring annually at a different European capital, ISC exists so that producers and users of wood and wood products can engage in dialogue on markets and resolve any bilateral issues. Formatted as a series of presentations and less formal discussions, […]

For the first time in ten years, representatives from American Softwoods attended the Vietnam Wood Show in Ho Chi Minh City to promote U.S. softwoods. Vietnam Wood is considered the largest and best trade show for the wood manufacturing sector in Vietnam. U.S. softwood lumber exports to Southeast Asia have been increasing in recent years […]

In early October, American Softwoods held two seminars in Cairo and Alexandria to increase awareness and demand for U.S. wood products. Egypt is currently the largest market for American softwood in the Middle East/ North Africa region. The Emerging Markets Program identified sales potential to Egypt of 100,000 cubic meters or $32 million. In an […]

SFPA Fall Committee Meetings were held on October 16 in San Antonio, immediately prior to the NAWLA Traders Market. The Expo Advisory Committee reviewed the Exhibitor and Attendee Surveys from the 2019 Expo and discussed the need to increase visitor attendance at the show.  The dates for the 2021 show will keep the same pattern, […]

Lumber Manufacturer Any individual, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the  U.S. domestic manufacture  of Southern Pine lumber whether from the log or from rough green, and shipped whether treated or untreated, from all the Member’s plants, irrespective of the destination of such shipments (including member’s shipments to a member’s distribution center).  Dues are paid […]

Raised Wood Floor Foundations Although the majority of housing starts in the U.S. occur in the South, about 66% of all homes in this region utilize slab-on-grade construction. SFPA’s promotional objective is to convince consumers, professional designers, planners, code and government officials that, in flood-prone areas, raised wood floor foundations represent a safer and equally […]