Current lumber, pulp and panel prices

May 14, 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	May 9, 2025	May 2, 2025	4-week average	52-weeks average
2x4 eastern spruce-pine-fir (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^a	630	640	644	620
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	454	468	470	422
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) #2 and better (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	430	460	458	431
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) Utility #3 (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	331	331	336	317

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	May 9, 2025	May 2, 2025	4-week average	52-week average
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	491	493	499	533
15/32" 4-ply exterior (south) (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	522	509	514	529
9.5mm 4-ply exterior (west) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	583	595	592	599
7/16" oriented strand board (north central) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	400	400	409	481

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.
	March 2025	February 2025	3-months average	12-months average
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (U.S.)	1,805	1,745	1,753	1,725
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (Europe)	1,565	1,540	1,537	1,553
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (China)	800	805	798	789
Bleached chemithermomechanical pulp (China)^Footnote^b	440	440	440	469

Figure 4: Weekly exchange rates

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