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Monthly lumber production by sawmills fell 13.6% in February to 3 494.2 thousand cubic metres. Compared with the same month in 2008, lumber production declined 30.6%.
Sawmills shipped 3 555.3 thousand cubic metres of lumber in February, down 6.5% from January.
Available on CANSIM: table 303-0009.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2134.
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