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  • Why Southern Pine
    • What Is Southern Pine?
    • Sustainability
    • Pressure Treated
    • Resource Design Values
    • Versatility
  • Using Southern Pine
    • Residential
      • Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
      • Headers and Beams
      • Decks and Porches
        • Preparing For Your Southern Pine Deck
        • Southern Pine Deck Framing Lumber
        • Building a Southern Pine Deck
        • Deck Connections and Fasteners
        • Finishing, Maintenance, and Inspection
        • Real Wood vs. Composite Materials
        • Building a Porch
      • Raised Wood Floor Foundations
        • Benefits and Advantages
        • Lumber and Materials
        • Foundation Preparation
        • Foundation Options
        • Framing Details
        • Moisture and Pest Management
      • Permanent Wood Foundations
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      • Piers, Docks, and Boardwalks
      • Bridges and Noise Barriers
      • Pallets and Crates
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    • Best Use and Practices
      • Specification Guidelines
      • Lumber Storage
      • Mold and Moisture
    • DIY Projects
  • Resources
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      • Joists & Rafters
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Southern Pine Logo - Full Color
  • Why Southern Pine
    • What Is Southern Pine?
    • Sustainability
    • Pressure Treated
    • Resource Design Values
    • Versatility
  • Using Southern Pine
    • Residential
      • Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
      • Headers and Beams
      • Decks and Porches
        • Preparing For Your Southern Pine Deck
        • Southern Pine Deck Framing Lumber
        • Building a Southern Pine Deck
        • Deck Connections and Fasteners
        • Finishing, Maintenance, and Inspection
        • Real Wood vs. Composite Materials
        • Building a Porch
      • Raised Wood Floor Foundations
        • Benefits and Advantages
        • Lumber and Materials
        • Foundation Preparation
        • Foundation Options
        • Framing Details
        • Moisture and Pest Management
      • Permanent Wood Foundations
    • Commercial/industrial
      • Piers, Docks, and Boardwalks
      • Bridges and Noise Barriers
      • Pallets and Crates
      • Post-Frame Construction
    • Finish Applications
      • Flooring
    • Best Use and Practices
      • Specification Guidelines
      • Lumber Storage
      • Mold and Moisture
    • DIY Projects
    • Residential
      Decks and Porches
      • Preparing For Your Southern Pine Deck
      • Southern Pine Deck Framing Lumber
      • Building a Southern Pine Deck
      • Deck Connections and Fasteners
      • Finishing, Maintenance, and Inspection
      • Real Wood vs. Composite or Plastic Decking
      • Building a Porch
      • Preparing For Your Southern Pine Deck
      • Southern Pine Deck Framing Lumber
      • Building a Southern Pine Deck
      • Deck Connections and Fasteners
      • Finishing, Maintenance, and Inspection
      • Real Wood vs. Composite or Plastic Decking
      • Building a Porch
      Raised Wood Floor Foundations
      • Benefits and Advantages
      • Lumber and Materials
      • Foundation Preparation
      • Foundation Options
      • Framing Details
      • Moisture and Pest Management
      • Benefits and Advantages
      • Lumber and Materials
      • Foundation Preparation
      • Foundation Options
      • Framing Details
      • Moisture and Pest Management
      Other Applications
      • Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs
      • Headers and Beams
      • Permanent Wood Foundations
    • Commercial/industrial
      • Piers, Docks, and Boardwalks
      • Bridges and Noise Barriers
      • Pallets and Crates
      • Post-Frame Construction
    • Finish Applications
      • Flooring
    • Best Use and Practices
      • Specification Guidelines
      • Lumber Storage
      • Mold and Moisture
    • DIY Projects
  • Resources
    • Span Tables
      • Joists & Rafters
      • Headers and Beams
      • Headers & Beams
        Size Selection Tables
      • Headers & Beams
        Allowable Load Tables
        Visual and Glulam Grades
      • Headers & Beams
        Allowable Load Tables
        Machine-Graded Lumber
    • Lumber Library
    • Resource Design Values
    • Specifying Southern Pine Lumber
      • Specification Guidelines
      • Sizing
      • Seasoning Requirements
      • American Softwood Lumber Standard
    • Industry Links
    • Lumber Grading
      • Descriptions
      • Methods
      • Grade and Quality Marks
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American Softwoods In-Person at Interzum Guangzhou

In late March, American Softwoods (AmSo) representatives attended Interzum Guangzhou to promote U.S. softwood products. Because all travelers who enter China are screened upon arrival and subject to a minimum

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June 14, 2021 No Comments

American Softwoods at the Taipei Building Show

American Softwoods was represented in-person at the Taipei Building Show in mid-December 2020. Taiwan has been successful in containing the COVID-19 virus, allowing business operations and trade shows to continue.

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March 1, 2021 No Comments

SFPA Ends Year with Caribbean Seminar

SFPA wrapped up this year’s schedule of webinars with Antigua and Curaçao in late October. Like elsewhere in the Caribbean, the U.S. has a dominant share of these markets but

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December 17, 2020 No Comments

Virtual Seminars Reach the British Virgin Islands and Dominica

For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. has reached out to softwood markets in the British Virgin Islands and Dominica with a virtual educational seminar presented by

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October 14, 2020 No Comments

New Book on International Marketing for Forest Products Firms Published

Dr. Bob Smith from the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech recently co-authored a book titled International Marketing Practices for Small to Medium Sized Forest Products Firms. with Dr.

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September 25, 2020 No Comments

Costa Rica Lumber Training Webinar

Despite COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions, education and promotional efforts continued in July with a lumber training webinar targeting lumber traders and construction professionals in Costa Rica. This webinar was

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September 11, 2020 No Comments

Expo CAMACOL Seminar

In late August, American Softwoods representative Fernanda Vale presented a webinar at Expo CAMACOL. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, CAMACOL exhibitors (like American Softwoods) were given the opportunity to virtually present

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September 11, 2020 No Comments

Virtual Training Seminars: A First for SFPA!

In late June, SFPA conducted a pair of successful virtual training seminars targeting lumber traders and construction professionals in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. The Dominican Republic and Jamaica are

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August 7, 2020 No Comments

Trade Servicing and Seminars in Mexico are a Success!

American Softwoods conducted a series of trade services and seminars in Mexico in early March to educate importers, distributors, and design professionals regarding Southern Yellow Pine lumber, structural panels, and

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July 2, 2020 No Comments

American Softwoods Attends IMEXFOR Meeting

In late February, Fernanda Vale, Director of the American Softwoods Mexico Office, attended the IMEXFOR meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico. To increase member participation, IMEXFOR took place at the same time

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April 8, 2020 No Comments
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