Market Intelligence
Southern Pine
Market Intelligence


Southern Pine
Lumber Shipments
SFPA tabulates monthly Southern Pine shipment totals in collaboration with the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) and Timber Products Inspection (TP) and has annual shipment data going back to 1915.
March 2025 Shipments
Southern Pine lumber shipments in March totaled 1.830 billion board feet (BBF), nearly equal to February’s revised shipments of 1.827 BBF.
Southern Pine Exports, Softwood Lumber Imports
SFPA compiles monthly data on Southern Pine lumber exports and softwood lumber imports from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS).
Export totals by all countries focus on dressed and rough Southern Yellow Pine and treated lumber. Import totals, meanwhile, include all softwood lumber imported to the United States by USDA partners. SFPA’s analysis, which includes commentary, trends, and insight from our international consultants, focuses on month-over-month and year-over-year totals and comparisons.
april 2025 Exports
April 2025 Southern Pine lumber exports (treated and untreated) were up 22.7% over the same month in 2024 at 57.4 MMBF and up 34.8% over March 2025.
