Focus on OSB: North America | 13


STABILIZED IN 2023


NORTH AMERICAN OSB INDUSTRY


OSB demand and prices fell as higher mortgage rates slowed down housing construction and reduced need for building materials, report WBPI North America contributors Richard and Dick Baldwin


orth American OSB producers achieved a successful 2023 as demand and prices found a new equilibrium after unprecedented market volatility from summer 2020 to summer 2022.


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Above: LP OSB mill at Jasper, Tennessee www.wbpionline.com | April/May 2024 | WBPI


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