Current lumber, pulp and panel prices

June 11, 2025

The most recent prices for key forest sector products in Canada published on a weekly basis by the Canadian Forest Service.

Information includes:

Figure 1: Weekly lumber prices in North America

This table shows weekly softwood lumber prices in North America for the current week, as well as a 4-week and 52 week averages.
Dollars per thousand board feet	June 6, 2025	May 30, 2025	4-week average	52-weeks average
2x4 eastern spruce-pine-fir (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^a	645	635	633	622
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	432	438	440	427
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) #2 and better (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	456	450	449	436
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) Utility #3 (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	325	325	328	318

Figure 2: Weekly panel prices in North America

This table shows weekly panel prices in North America for the current week, as well as a 4-week and 52 week averages.
Dollars per thousand square feet	June 6, 2025	May 30, 2025	4-week average	52-week average
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	477	482	483	525
15/32" 4-ply exterior (south) (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	534	534	529	525
9.5mm 4-ply exterior (west) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	565	570	569	601
7/16" oriented strand board (north central) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	355	365	370	462

Figure 3: Monthly pulp prices

U.S. dollars per metric ton

This table shows monthly prices of U.S.-NBSK pulp, Europe-NBSK pulp, China-NBSK pulp and China-BCTMP as well as their 3- and 12-month average in U.S. dollars per metric ton.
	April 2025	March 2025	3-months average	12-months average
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (U.S.)	1,825	1,805	1,792	1,743
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (Europe)	1,600	1,565	1,568	1,557
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (China)	775	800	793	787
Bleached chemithermomechanical pulp (China)^Footnote^b	440	440	440	463

Figure 4: Weekly exchange rates

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