Current lumber, pulp and panel prices

April 9, 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	April 4, 2025	March 28, 2025	4-week average	52-weeks average
2x4 eastern spruce-pine-fir (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^a	655	655	655	620
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	490	488	487	414
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) #2 and better (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	545	545	544	425
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) Utility #3 (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	348	348	347	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	April 4, 2025	March 28, 2025	4-week average	52-week average
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	520	530	534	546
15/32" 4-ply exterior (south) (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	538	564	566	538
9.5mm 4-ply exterior (west) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	565	570	592	606
7/16" oriented strand board (north central) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	425	435	450	509

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.
	February 2025	January 2025	3-months average	12-months average
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (U.S.)	1,745	1,710	1,710	1,700
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (Europe)	1,540	1,505	1,510	1,544
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (China)	805	790	790	788
Bleached chemithermomechanical pulp (China)^Footnote^b	440	440	440	474

Figure 4: Weekly exchange rates

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