Newsletter

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 […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in March totaled 1.343 billion board feet (Bbf), 7% above February’s revised shipments of 1.254 Bbf. February was revised upward 2%. March year-to-date shipments totaled 3.930 Bbf or 6% above the same period in 2014, and 6% above the same period in 2013. March 2015 News Release

A unified exhibit of softwood trade associations will greet attendees this week at JLC LIVE, the Residential Construction Show, to be held March 20-21 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. Once again, the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is sponsoring an exhibit of association partners: SFPA, SLMA, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, Western Wood Products Association and California Redwood Association. […]

Southern Pine lumber shipments in February totaled 1.226 billion board feet (Bbf), 8% below January’s revised shipments of 1.332 Bbf. January was revised upward 10%. February year-to-date shipments totaled 2.558 Bbf or 4% above the same period in 2014, and 1% above the same period in 2013. February 2015 News Release

Southern Pine lumber shipments in November totaled 0.986 billion board feet (Bbf), 35% below October’s revised shipments of 1.516 Bbf. October was revised upward 8%. November year-to-date shipments totaled 14.492 Bbf or 4% above the same period in 2013, and 9% above the same period in 2012. November 2014 News Release

One final push to promote exhibit sales has been launched for Expo 2015 – SFPA’s 33rd Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition, set for June 10-12 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. A direct mail campaign began last week. Over the next three weeks, nearly 1,000 prospective exhibitors will be receiving a trio of oversized postcards, […]