According to a forecast by the UK Timber Trade Federation, British softwood lumber imports in 2012 are going to be 3.4% lower than last year at 4.81m m³. As such, imports from Sweden will fall by 2% to 2.19m m³. A reduction of 13% ...
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The pressure exerted by volumes on the markets for TMP woodchips until well into July has gradually waned in the last few weeks. The supply has decreased perceptibly due to the holiday-related production stoppages and reduced shifts in the ...
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Demand for softwood lumber remains slack in France even though the holidays are now over. With the exception of individual, though only minor replenishment purchases in the first few days after the holidays, French buyers’ purchasing ...
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The competitiveness of Finnish sawmills has weakened continuously since the beginning of this year and their market share has decreased. Further production losses are also feared. In the view of CEO Kai Merivuori of the Finnish Sawmills ...
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Softwood sawlog prices continued their slide throughout the world in the 2Q/12, and the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) was down for the fourth consecutive quarter to $82.90/m3. The Index was down 3.4 % from the 1Q/12, and 11.5 % from ...
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Wood chip prices in British Columbia have fallen 16 percent over the past six months, the second biggest price decline in North America, after Alberta. Temporary pulpmill shutdowns have led to lower wood fiber demand and sharply reduced ...
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German sawmills and industrial-scale planing mills have reduced their output sometimes significantly in the first quarter of 2012 against the background of excessive supply and insufficient demand on the domestic and most foreign sales ...
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Residential flooring manufacturers in the U. S. Increased their lumber purchases, but several were not receiving as much as they wanted. Unfinished oak strip flooring prices have trended steadily higher since early spring, which some credit ...
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Investment activity in the Russian sawmill industry has increased significantly since last year, after prior years had mainly seen isolated new and expansion investments. Production capacity in the Russian sawmill industry is expected to ...
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For some reason, investors seem to be wary of stocks. It may be because bonds have beaten the stuffing out of stocks for the past 20 years. It may be the stream of scandals plaguing Wall Street. Or it may be that they are Facebook ...
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British sawmills raised their share of the domestic softwood lumber market sharply last year to 41%. This is the result the forestry company UPM Tilhill comes to after assessing data from HMRC. The data shows that lumber imports to the UK ...
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It's been a good summer for sawmills in northeastern Ontario — and that has some thinking optimistically about the forest industry for the first time in years. More Americans are building houses this summer, bumping up lumber prices. ...
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The timber trade has given further positive reaction to the publication of the Independent Panel on Forestry’s final report to government. As reported in TTJ, the panel has made the bold recommendation that incentives be used to ...
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The young man dressed in a dark blue overcoat wipes sweat from his brow as he struggles to carry a 20-meter piece of timber to a lorry. With the timber balancing delicately on his right shoulder, he walks for about ten meters and places it ...
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Austrian softwood lumber producers believe business activity on the European sales markets has scarcely improved at all in the last six weeks. Producers are still talking of a rather sluggish influx of orders for the time of year. In some ...
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