Canadian lumber production drops sharply in February

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Lumber production in Canada fell 9.2% from January to 5 293.0 thousand cubic metres of lumber in February. Production was 2.5% lower than in February 2017.

Canadian sawmills shipped 4 878.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in February, down 7.8% from January, and 4.7% lower than in February 2017.

  2017 2018
October November December January February
Total softwood and hardwood, production 
5,991.0 5,929.0 4,826.5 5,829.2 5,293.0
Total hardwood, production  110.8 123.5 89.0 102.5 102.4
Total softwood, production  5,880.2 5,805.5 4,737.5 5,726.6 5,190.6
Spruce, pine and fir, production  5,368.9 5,229.2 4,318.0 5,221.4 4,744.3
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, production 
511.3 576.3 419.5 505.2 446.3
Lumber, total shipments  5,884.0 5,656.2 4,811.5 5,291.7 4,878.2
Total softwood and hardwood, stocks
7,154.9 7,474.5 7,501.8 8,154.0 8,339.5
Total hardwood, stocks  83.7 84.4 83.7 F F
Total softwood, stocks  7,071.3 7,390.1 7,418.1 7,993.1 8,187.8
Spruce, pine and fir, stocks  6,499.6 6,704.6 6,780.3 7,302.8 7,518.8
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, stocks 
571.6 685.5 637.8 690.4 668.9
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