The uphill trend observed for some time in North American structural panels production has intensified in the second quarter of 2012. APA-The Engineered Wood Association reports an overall year-on-year production growth of 7% to 6.287 million m³. The output thus was also 5% higher than in the first quarter, when North American producers made 5.984 million m³. Like in the first quarter, this growth was solely due to higher OSB output. North American manufacturers produced 3.811 million m³ of OSB in the second quarter, which equates to an increase by 11% compared to last year and 7% compared to the 3.565 million m³ produced in the first quarter. Softwood plywood production at 2.476 only was a little higher than last year and 2% higher than the first-quarter output. Source: euwid-wood-products
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