After a short break at the end of January/beginning of February, the upward trend in softwood lumber prices on the US market has remained unabated over the last four weeks. According to Random Lengths, the price for the benchmark grade of ...
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The unexpectedly brisk recovery in the US building industry and increasing exports of softwood lumber to China and Japan are currently putting many Canadian and US timber groups in an optimistic frame of mind. Producers are working from the ...
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In the last few months, UK prices for imported softwood lumber have risen by up to £20/m3 for exchange-rate reasons. The strength of the British pound against the relevant currencies has decreased considerably since March 2012. The ...
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Finnish exports of softwood lumber and planed products in December 2012 were 6.5% higher than the reference figure for the year before at a total of 526,000 m3 after a reduction of almost 3% had been recorded for the previous month. Exports ...
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The Swedish company Sodra recorded an operating result of -SEK929m for its business year 2012. The bulk of this was borne by the “Timber” division with an operating loss of -SEK469m. Interim CEO Gunilla Saltin attributes the ...
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Notwithstanding the continuing wintry weather, the last two to three weeks have seen a revival in business activity on German softwood-lumber markets. Important reasons for this trend are what are evidently for some businesses’ ...
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Metsä is expecting to see an improvement in business development its wood activities this year. Owing to decreasing stocks amongst manufacturers and buyers, Metsä is working from the assumption that the softwood lumber markets are ...
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The Brazilian Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) is considering imposing a series of measures to promote the country’s plywood and sawmilling industry, according to the International Tropical Timber ...
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Medium-sized sawmills in southern Germany were still not able to increase turnover in the final weeks of 2012. Numerous businesses accordingly claim to have closed out the 2012 financial year with losses. Many southern German sawmills have ...
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North American softwood lumber output rose in the third quarter of 2012 by a total of 4% against the same period of the year before to 13.445m m3, perpetuating the positive development of 5% and 6% seen in the preceding quarters. Cumulated ...
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Extensive stoppages in the German sawmilling industry and the simultaneous interruptions in business in the building and value-adding sectors have been the cause of heavily restricted activity on the domestic softwood lumber markets in the ...
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North-west Russian forestry and sawmill company Norwood, which belongs to Latvian timber group Norvik Timber Industries launched production at its new sawmill on 26 November 2012. The sawmill, which has a production capacity of 90,000m3 of ...
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The Framing Lumber Composite Price published by the US news service Random Lengths rose at the beginning of December to a figure of $362/1,000 bdft, falling only $5 short of the last record level reached on 30 April 2010. Positive sales ...
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The onset of winter in the last few days has accelerated an already seasonal reduction in demand on the German sales markets for softwood lumber. Irrespective of this, there have been no major slumps in softwood prices in the last two ...
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Sweden’s exports of softwood lumber and planed products in September were almost 9% lower than last year’s level at roughly 865,900 m3. The cause of the sharp decline was the reduction in exports to buyers in Europe, which fell ...
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