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Southern Pine lumber shipments in June totaled 1.202 billion board feet, 4% belowMay’s revised shipments of 1.255 BBF. May was revised upward 1%. June year-to-dateshipments totaled 7.440 BBF or 3% above the same period in 2012, and 9% above thesame period in 2011. June 2013 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in July totaled 1.187 billion board feet, 3% above June’s revised shipments of 1.147 BBF. June was revised upward 0.5%. July year-to-date shipments totaled 8.376 BBF or 5% above the same period in 2011, and 17% above the same period in 2010. The seasonally adjusted annual rate for July is 13.378 […]

June 1, 2012 The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) has issued Supplement No. 9 to SPIB’s 2002 Standard Grading Rules for Southern Pine Lumber providing new design values effective June 1, 2012. The only design values that will change on June 1 apply to visually graded Southern Pine and Mixed Southern Pine sized 2” to  4” wide and […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in January totaled 1.300 billion board feet, 23% above December’s revised shipments of 1.060 BBF. December was revised upward 1%. January year-to-date shipments totaled 1.300 BBF or 10% above the same period in 2012, and 23% above the same period in 2011. January Shipments – News Release

Treated SP Shines at DeckExpoSFPA’s marketing efforts for treated Southern Pine products were enhanced last week with an exhibit at the Remodeling Show and DeckExpo in Chicago.  Russell Richardson, SFPA’s director of treated and industrial markets, reported the show was a solid success. “This show had an impressive turnout.   I answered a range of questions from […]