Imports of plywood into Spain have dropped again in the first three months of 2012 after a weak final quarter of 2011. AEIM, an organisation representing Spanish wood importers, reported that imports of non-tropical hardwood and softwood ...
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The Metsa Group is continuing to expand its capacity in the field of surface processing at its Suolahti softwood plywood plant. The company apparently intends to install a new six-head sanding machine from the Italian manufacturer Imeas in ...
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The depletion of the duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the European Union has slowed again during April. Just 45, 000m³ of the quota had been booked by 25 April. Nearly 182, 000m³ of the quota was used in January, ...
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The British customs authority HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent a letter to the Timber Trade Federation on 27 February promising to step up its inspections of softwood plywood imported into the EU against the duty-free quota. HMRC said ...
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Third quarter US and Canadian production of OSB and softwood plywood was largely unchanged from that reported in the second quarter and in the same period of last year. A total of 5.966 million m³ of structural panels was produced in ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for construction materials held steady in September after a dropping 0.6% in August. Meanwhile, the measure was up 8.1% from a year earlier, although only ...
Construction materials price inflation rose 0.3% in July after a small DIP in June due to lower energy prices and a decline in the pace of economic growth.The index is 8.9% higher than a year ago.The 7.1% increase in copper pipe and tube ...