Production increases of Canada's top lumber producers tied to hot China market

摘要

West Fraser and Cantor retain their top one and two positions in a ranking of the Top Lumber Producers in Canada. The WOOD MARKETS' 2010 annua! survey of the top Canadian lumber producers confirms that 2009 marked the low point for North American softwood lumber production in the current economic/U.S. housing starts cycle—and that 2010 was likely the turnaround year for Canadian lumber output. After four years of declining lumber production in Canada, higher lumber prices and improved demand in 2010encouraged sawmill owners to add shifts and in some cases re-open sawmills that had been closed indefinitely over the last three years.