Newsletter

Southern Pine lumber shipments in June totaled 1.573 billion board feet (Bbf), 10% above May’s revised shipments of 1.427 Bbf. May was revised upward 8%. June year-to-date shipments totaled 8.807 Bbf or 7% above the same period in 2015, and 12% above the same period in 2014. June 2016 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in April totaled 1.386 billion board feet (Bbf), 5% below March’s revised shipments of 1.458 Bbf. March was revised upward 2%. April year-to-date shipments totaled 5.575 Bbf or 3% above the same period in 2015, and 9% above the same period in 2014. April 2016 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in May totaled 1.313 billion board feet (Bbf), 8% below April’s revised shipments of 1.428 Bbf. April was revised upward 3%. May year-to-date shipments totaled 6.932 Bbf or 3% above the same period in 2015, and 7% above the same period in 2014. May 2016 News Release

Lively discussions this week punctuated the annual meeting of the American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) in Puerto Rico. Within the meeting of the T-2 Committee, efforts to add a new Use Category 3C for critical above ground use did not win the required two-thirds majority.  AWPA had already established the Above Ground Hazard Class Review Task Force for […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in January totaled 1.299 billion board feet (Bbf), 3% below December’s revised shipments of 1.341 Bbf. December was revised upward 2%. January 2016 shipments are 3% below the same period in 2015, and no change from January 2014 shipments. January 2016 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in August totaled 1.363 billion board feet (Bbf), 8% below July’s revised shipments of 1.474 Bbf. July was revised upward 4%. August year-to-date shipments totaled 11.066 Bbf or 3% above the same period in 2014, and 10% above the same period in 2013. August 2015 News Release

A housing deficit in Peru is one of the many factors encouraging builders there to consider wood-frame construction. Recently, a detailed assessment was made in the country regarding what technical and promotional assistance is needed to grow the market for imports of U.S. softwoods. Peru represents a significant opportunity for softwood lumber exports, volumes that are […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in April totaled 1.391 billion board feet (Bbf), 2% above March’s revised shipments of 1.358 Bbf. March was revised upward 1%. April year-to-date shipments totaled 5.339 Bbf or 4% above the same period in 2014, and 7% above the same period in 2013. April 2015 News Release

An electrical outage has forced the closure of the SFPA offices.  Staff may be reached on their cell phones or by email. We expect to re-open on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.

The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) has launched a new program called “SPIB eLearning”.  This program is comprised of a set of online lumber grading courses to supplement on-the-job experience and classroom training, and to accelerate the education of lumber graders, lumber quality technicians, dealers, and others in the lumber and construction industries. The Southern Pine […]