National Hardwood Magazine - April 2017

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LAKE STATES Continued ple, Walnut and aromatic and white cedar. “White Oak is selling best for me right now,” the Wisconsin Hardwood lumberman reported. His customers include makers of cabinets, moulding furniture and woodwork for both domestic and export markets. 72 APRIL 2017 NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE “Our customers are all saying they have good markets and they’re busy,” the source continued. “It’s just the timing of the orders and right now we’re having a real tough time getting orders because of the competition.” It’s also an issue of pricing, this Wisconsin contact said. “The only thing customers care about right now is price.” This contact reported no problems with transportation. Log and lumber inventories are in good shape. NORTHEAST Continued from page 6 Kiln-dried levels are relatively low and could stand to be built back up some. “We can’t think of anything in Ash that we could make that we couldn’t sell,” the lumberman said. He added that Cherry is good and improving; Red Oak, particularly the low grades, are moving well. White Oak is good. “Soft Maple is still good, but not as stellar in demand as it was this time last year.” For Hard Maple, “we’re out of some things that we manufacture, but upper grades and 4/4 are doing well. We have more demand for certain sizes and grades than we can easily produce.” For this Pennsylvania Hardwood lumberman, increased activity in industrial stocks, pallets and so forth is particularly encouraging. “We’ve had too many industrial products on the market and that’s no longer the case, at least in our area. We have more demand for cants than we can supply, which is great.” A Vermont Hardwood lumberman described the markets in his area as “fair.” That’s about the same as he would have answered six months ago. “I think we’ll have a slight increase over the next three months,” the source commented. He offers northern Hardwoods of Red Oak, Hard and Soft Maple and Ash. Of these, Red Oak, Soft Maple and Ash are moving well. “Hard Maple is the one that’s got us wondering,” the Hardwood representative said. “Hard Maple is a little sluggish right now, but it appears to have experienced a little improvement from where it was a few months ago.” Log inventories are a “little robust,

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