Canadian lumber production increased 19.2% from December to 5 154.3 thousand cubic metres in January, but was down 10.1% compared with January 2018.
Canada's sawmills shipped 4 983.4 thousand cubic metres of lumber in January, up 17.9% from December but 2.6% lower than in January 2018.
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North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) | September 2018 | October 2018 | November 2018 | December 2018 | January 2019 |
Cubic metres | |||||
Total softwood and hardwood, production | 5,359.6 | 5,753.8 | 5,309.9 | 4,324.4 | 5,154.3 |
Total hardwood, production | 109.8 | 112.7 | 103.1 | 85.8 | 79.3 |
Total softwood, production 4 | 5,249.7 | 5,641.1 | 5,206.8 | 4,238.6 | 5,075.0 |
Spruce, pine and fir, production 5 | 4,532.1 | 4,990.9 | 4,524.1 | 3,783.1 | 4,454.7 |
Douglas fir and western larch, production | 349.0 | 273.4 | 286.1 | 167.7 | 268.0 |
Hemlock fir, production 6 | x | 159.7 | 185.9 | 128.6 | 131.9 |
Western red cedar, production | 154.7 | x | x | x | 154.2 |
All other softwood, not elsewhere specified, production 7 | 64.2 | 74.5 | 67.7 | 51.3 | 66.1 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, production 8 | 717.6 | 650.2 | 682.7 | 455.5 | 620.3 |
Total softwood and hardwood, shipments | 5,262.0 | 5,512.6 | 5,170.1 | 4,225.2 | 4,983.4 |
Total softwood and hardwood, stocks | 7,730.1 | 7,930.9 | 7,731.9 | 7,722.2 | 7,861.5 |
Total hardwood, stocks | F | F | F | F | 132.3 |
Total softwood, stocks 4 | 7,587.1 | 7,787.7 | 7,606.6 | 7,597.0 | 7,729.1 |
Spruce, pine and fir, stocks 5 | 6,661.0 | 6,886.5 | 6,657.4 | 6,776.6 | 6,794.6 |
Douglas fir and western larch, stocks | 318.2 | 251.4 | 270.2 | 209.8 | 270.1 |
Hemlock fir, stocks 6 | x | x | 263.3 | x | 209.1 |
Western red cedar, stocks | 232.7 | 239.2 | x | 261.6 | 306.5 |
All other softwood, not elsewhere specified, stocks 7 | 148.4 | 155.2 | 153.4 | 149.5 | 148.8 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, stocks 8 | 926.1 | 901.2 | 949.2 | 820.4 | 934.5 |