US Sawmill Products Exports : VALUES 2010 to Nov 2014. Canada Provincial Sawmill Manufacturing Sales VALUES : 2010 to Nov 2014. Construction Framing Panel Price Comparison, North America : Plywood and OSB January 2012 to 2015. Canada and US Lumber Production and Sawmill Capacity Utilization: Oct 2014 North America Construction Panel Producer Company Shares : January 2013 to 2015.

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US Sawmill Products Exports : Values 2010 to Nov 2014
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VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China Jan – Nov 2013: US$959 million
VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China Jan – Nov 2013: US$1,199 million (up 20%)
VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China & Japan combined for Jan – Nov 2014 was US$1,236 million
compared to US$1,490 million for the same time in 2013, a 17% improvement.
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US Sawmill Products Exports:
To China and Japan
VALUES 2010 to NOVEMBER 2014
SOURCE: US Census

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Canada Provincial Sawmill
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VALUES 2010 to November 2014
VALUES Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales ( Top 3 Provinces) Jan – Nov 2013: C$7,936 million
VALUES Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales (Top 3 Provinces) Jan – Nov 2014: C$8,427 (up 5.8%)
BC lumber sales are flat compared to last year. Improvements in Canadian lumber sales are being lead by Quebec.
Increases to Quebec lumber sales can usually be credited almost exclusively to US buying, while BC plays between
customers from US and China.
SOURCE: Statistics Canada

3. Construction panel prices are often a good leading indicator of general dimension lumber price movement.
For at least two decades plywood and OSB manufacturers have been able to prevent panel prices falling below cost-of-production.
The same can decidedly not be said about dimension lumber prices.
Now there are even fewer, and much more highly-efficient, panel mill operations in Canada and the US, meaning producers can successfully
resist customer (wholesalers, reloads) counter-offers.
Critical to producer efforts is discipline with capacity and inventories; any oversupply is recognized by customers who promptly slow buying
in an effort to achieve lower prices.
Benchmark Oriented Strand Board 7/16” Ontario prices Jan: 2015 US$436, 2014 US$389 (up 11%)
Canadian Softwood Plywood 9.5mm Toronto prices Jan: 2015 US$230, 2014 US$227 (up 1.3%)
All prices C$ dollars per thousand square feet net fob mill
Construction Panel Lumber Price Comparison : North America
Oriented Strand Board 7/16” Ontario vs Canadian
Softwood Plywood 9.5mm Toronto January 2012 to 2015
SOURCE: Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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5. Canada and US Softwood Lumber Production and
Sawmill Capacity Rates: January to October 2014
SOURCE: Western Wood Products Association
US Softwood Lumber Production Jan – Oct 2013: 25,388 million board feet
US Softwood Lumber Production Jan – Oct 2014: 26,578 million board feet (up 4.7%)
Canada Softwood Lumber Production Jan – Oct 2013: 20,705 million board feet
Canada Softwood Lumber Production Jan – Oct 2014: 20,775 million board feet (up 0.3%)
US Softwood Sawmill Capacity Utilization up 4% to 84% for January to October 2014 compared to 2013.
Canada Softwood Sawmill Capacity Utilization flat at 79% for January to October 2014 compared to 2013.

6. SOURCE: Google Finance
Boise Cascade, Lousiana-Pacific, Norbord, Ainsworth
January 2013 to 2015 :
Share prices of major North American construction panel producers
in the past two years have
increased by between -15% and +44% (with an average of +12%) .
While the S&P TSX index has increased by +20% in the same time frame.
NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION PANEL PRODUCER
COMPANY SHARES vs S&P TSX Index :
Jan 2013 to 2015