{"id":717,"date":"2026-07-31T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/?p=717"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:38:22","slug":"market-update-spf-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Market Update: SPF July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North American <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/2\/\">#2<\/a>&amp;Btr SPF prices advanced further in July as constrained production and limited availability offset cautious buying sentiment. Market activity remained selective, with buyers focused mainly on wider widths where supply was particularly tight, resulting in price increases of approximately $50-$70 over the month.<\/li>\n<li>For J-grade, Q3 negotiations were completed and attention shifted toward monthly spot business. While Japan\u2019s housing market and weak yen continued to weigh on demand, limited inventories among importers and disciplined mill supply prevented significant price erosion, with Q3 pricing achieving only slight gains and remaining well below North American market levels.<\/li>\n<li>The key question going forward is whether the recent North American price strength can be sustained. With the price gap between domestic and export continuing to widen, export pricing may eventually face pressure to adjust, although the timing and the extent remain difficult to predict.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PNE Amphitheatre<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccdVancoucer, BC, Canada<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-718\" src=\"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/44460DFD-03D4-46CA-AB7F-D61F180DA74D-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Western SPF J-Grade 2\u2033x4\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 2026: $570-$580<\/li>\n<li>MoM: +$0<\/li>\n<li>YoY: \u25b2$75 (\u25b211.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*C&amp;F JPN, USD per Thousand Board Feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western SPF #2&amp;BTR 2\u2033x4\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 2026: $516<\/li>\n<li>MoM: +$16 (+3.2%)<\/li>\n<li>YoY: \u25b2$19 (\u25b23.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*FOB Mill in Canada, USD per Thousand Board Feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western SPF #3\/Utility 2\u2033x4\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 2026: $455<\/li>\n<li>MoM: +$2 (+0.4%)<\/li>\n<li>YoY: +$120 (+35.8%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*FOB Mill in Canada, USD per Thousand Board Feet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways North American #2&amp;Btr SPF prices advanced further in July as constrained production and limited availability offset cautious buying sentiment. Market activity remained selective, with buyers focused mainly on wider widths where supply was particularly tight, resulting in price increases of approximately $50-$70 over the month. For J-grade, Q3 negotiations were completed and attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-update","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}