{"id":756,"date":"2026-08-27T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/?p=756"},"modified":"2026-08-27T20:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:36:05","slug":"market-update-spf-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Market Update: SPF August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For North American\u00a0<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 in August, weakness was concentrated in 2&#215;4, with prices falling 8% through the month, while wides remained relatively stable. The market became more selective amid modest demand and weaker futures, although limited availability continued to support wider widths.<\/li>\n<li>Q4 negotiations for export J-grade are currently underway. Export prices still offer little to no premium over North American levels, even after some softening in August, maintaining mills\u2019 incentive to push prices higher to catch up with North America.<\/li>\n<li>At the same time, there is growing expectation of a softer North American market beyond Q3, which could encourage mills to move more export volume. With these conflicting factors, the final outcome will depend on whether mills place more emphasis on higher prices or greater volume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-757\" src=\"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40DA620E-6497-4761-818F-549EC100F2A2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40DA620E-6497-4761-818F-549EC100F2A2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40DA620E-6497-4761-818F-549EC100F2A2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40DA620E-6497-4761-818F-549EC100F2A2.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Western SPF J-Grade 2\u2033x4\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 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>August 2026: $475<\/li>\n<li>MoM: \u25b2$41 (\u25b28.0%)<\/li>\n<li>YoY: +$28 (+6.3%)<\/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>August 2026: $405<\/li>\n<li>MoM: \u25b2$50 (\u25b211.0%)<\/li>\n<li>YoY: +$95 (+30.7%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*FOB Mill in Canada, USD per Thousand Board Feet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways For North American\u00a0#2 &amp; Btr SPF in August, weakness was concentrated in 2&#215;4, with prices falling 8% through the month, while wides remained relatively stable. The market became more selective amid modest demand and weaker futures, although limited availability continued to support wider widths. Q4 negotiations for export J-grade are currently underway. Export [&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-756","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\/756","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=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandhforest.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}