Wood fiber costs for pulp manufacturers declined in the 4Q/11 as pulp
prices fell – with Global Wood Fiber Price Indices dropping 3.5%,
reports the Wood Resource Quarterly [more...]
This report contains prices of logs, wooden beams, veneer, plywood, solid wood flooring and other items from timber markets in several Chinese regions: Jiashan Kaihua, Shanghai Furen, Beijing Dongba... [more...]
Trends were mixed, but gainers far outweighed losers as mild weather kept framing lumber and 1-inch boards moving briskly through the distribution system... [more...]
French research center CEEB (Centre d’Etudes de l’Economie du Bois) together with the national wood federation FNB (Federation Nationale du Bois) quarterly publish average prices for French lumber... [more...]
In November, sales of the German sawing, planing and impregnating plants were 4.8% higher then in November last year. This as a result of a strong increase in domestic sales of +7.38% and due to a better situation in exports. While in October export sales were about 8% in the red, exports have stabilized in November and showed just a slight decrease of 0.1%. [more...]
Reduced log export tariffs in Russia unlikely to boost the country’s log
export volumes back up to historic levels, reports the Wood Resource
Quarterly [more...]
China is now the world’s largest importer of softwood lumber and logs
despite a slowdown in imports during the 4Q/11, reports the Wood
Resource Quarterly [more...]
