Finnish timber exporters managed to raise their softwood lumber and planed product exports in August 2011 by 9% against the same month last year to a total of approximately 355, 000 m³ (August 2010: 326, 000 m³). Here, growth was ...
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In view of poor economic growth and increasing unemployment, the softwood division of the Timber Trade Federation forecasts that softwood lumber consumption in the UK in 2011 will fall by 4% against last year to 7.82m m³. This is ...
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 ...
The US government has appointed 19 representatives to the first national Softwood Lumber Board. The board has been set up following the creation of the Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order, ...
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The pace of business activity on German and foreign softwood lumber markets is being shaped to an increasing extent by seasonal factors and has correspondingly continued to slow slightly in the last few days. Although the outflow of ...
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While the nation's wholesale prices increased for the first time in five months, construction materials prices were unchanged in September, according to the October 18 Producer Price Index (PPI) report by the Department of Labor. ...
Tags: Construction Materials
The pressure on prices for imported softwood lumber has increased on the British market in the last few weeks, against the background of low demand and inflated supply. Buyers are now voicing concerns that lumber prices might continue to ...
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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 ...