OTTAWA — The federal government says softwood lumber shipments from British Columbia to the United States plunged 20 per cent in March from a year ago amid railway transportation problems.<\/p>\n
Global Affairs Canada says the country’s largest lumber-producing province exported 514.4 million board feet to the United States last month, down from 614.7 million board feet a year ago.<\/p>\n
First-quarter shipments from the B.C. Interior, which account for more than 90 per cent of B.C.’s lumber exports, were 18 per cent weaker than a year ago, largely due to transportation issues. B.C. Coastal shipments were 36 per cent lower.<\/p>\n
Total Canadian shipments in the first three months were down 17.4 per cent.<\/p>\n
Shipments from Quebec — Canada’s second-largest forestry producing region — were down 16.6 per cent in the first quarter, while Ontario was 8.6 per cent lower.<\/p>\n
Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway say western Canadian routes were more affected by cold winter weather and unexpected volume increases that slowed traffic.<\/p>\n
Companies in this story: (TSX:CNR, TSX:CP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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