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American Softwoods representatives report success at Indiawood 2020! In late February/ early March, American Softwoods representatives attended Indiawood in Bangalore, India to acquire more knowledge of the Indian market for […]

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 […]

In December, American Softwoods carried out a trio of educational seminars in Peru (Trujillo, Lima, and Cusco). Lon Sibert participated in the trip and represented Southern Pine. American Softwoods partnered […]

Congratulations to Fritz Mason on being named the Timber Processing 2020 Person of the Year by Timber Processing Magazine.  Mason is the President and General Manager of Georgia Pacific. Deeply […]

In mid-November, American Softwoods held a hands-on construction workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico to make attendees more comfortable working with U.S. wood products with the goal of increasing specification rates in […]

SFPA Deputy Director, Eric Gee, and SFPA Communications Manager, Julia Milrod, represented Southern Pine at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) which took place in Las Vegas on January 21-23, 2020. […]

We are pleased to welcome King City Forwarding USA, Inc. to the SFPA family! King City Forwarding joined SFPA as an Associate Member on January 1, 2020. A domestic and […]

In early October, American Softwoods representatives, including several representatives from SFPA member companies, attended the Edifica trade show in Santiago, Chile to exhibit U.S. softwood lumber samples and a preservative […]

Representatives from American Softwoods attended EXCON in Lima, Peru to promote U.S. softwood lumber, engineered wood products, and structural panels in mid-October. This was the 23rd iteration of EXCON and […]

The final report of the Central American Emerging Markets Program (EMP) project is now available to SFPA members. This is just one of several EMP projects that the U.S. forest […]