Sentences with phrase «high lumber prices»

Industry observers believe high lumber prices will provide some short - term relief until the addition of anti-dumping duties punish small and independent producers.

In addition, higher lumber prices will lead to substitution towards steel, engineered wood products and concrete in some construction applications.

Weyerhaeuser is incredibly levered to higher lumber prices and production volume — both at the same time would be even better.

Although builders are struggling with shortages of labor and lots, as well as higher lumber prices, market conditions on balance remain favorable, and we expect solid growth in the 55 - plus housing sector.»

Not exact matches

Contractors are already grappling with higher prices on key materials for construction projects like diesel fuel, steel, copper, wallboard, and lumber, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Association of General Contractors, a lobbying group with about 26,000 members which also includes suppliers.

This seems like a high threshold now, given that lumber prices fell below that for only six weeks in 2004 and four weeks last year.

«Given that home builders are already grappling with 20 percent tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and that the price of lumber and other key building materials are near record highs, this announcement by the president could not have come at a worse time.

Canada currently supplies over 1/3 of U.S. lumber consumption and if the current rate of growth in housing starts continues, the U.S. will need to increasingly rely on higher - priced imported lumber from outside of North America to fulfill their needs if they impose a quota restriction on Canadian lumber.

The name stems for the fact that lumber shipped from the Memphis market to foreign buyers fetched higher prices.

A key element in this shift is China; the value of Chinese exports to Canada tripled over this period and Canadian exports to China, while still small relative to exports to the US, have grown steadily in value driven by commodity exports which have been buoyed by high prices and huge demand in China for key Canadian exports such as minerals (nickel, coking coal, potash, copper and iron ore), pulp and lumber.

The Commerce Department has imposed tariffs averaging more than 20 % on Canadian lumber shipments into the U.S. that have driven lumber prices to record highs and harmed housing affordability.

«Lumber prices are high right now, and the reality is the United States needs our lumber,» she said.

The Commerce Department has imposed tariffs averaging 20 % on Canadian lumber shipments into the U.S. NAHB believes the tariffs are harming housing affordability, home builders and consumers by artificially inflating lumber prices, which are running at an all - time high.

To preserve the number of oak trees from being cut for lumber, wood was priced quite high by the government.

Thanks to the Giulia's high purchase price and 189g / km CO2 emissions, you'll also be lumbered with an # 800 first year car tax rate, and # 450 annual VED charges for the following four years.

The lumber and mortgage for your home, the cereal and coffee you had for breakfast and the gas in your car would be priced many times higher without the participation of speculators (you) in the futures markets.

The name stems for the fact that lumber shipped from the Memphis market to foreign buyers fetched higher prices.

Both Madidi and Pilón Lajas were converted into nature reserves fairly recently and most of their high priced lumber had been exploited in the»80s and»90s.

The name stems for the fact that lumber shipped from the Memphis market to foreign buyers fetched higher prices.

I also priced out the materials at a lumber yard and a fence company - WAY higher.

This disagreement has come up before — and the last time it did, the price of lumber more than doubled and stayed high for years.

Higher development fees in many municipalities are also adding to costs, as are fuel surcharges increasingly being levied by gravel, lumber and concrete suppliers in the face of soaring diesel prices.»

Overall producer prices are up less than 3 % while softwood lumber, OSB and gypsum prices are 30 %, 80 % and 26 % higher than at the start of 2012.