The price established by the US information service Random Lengths for the benchmark grade of western SPF 2x4 #2&Btr KD for 18 May 2012 was roughly 41% higher than last year’s level at $308/1, 000 bdft and thereby reached a ...
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Although satisfactory sales opportunities in terms of volumes remain the most prevalent on the softwood lumber markets of North Africa and the Middle East in the early weeks of the second quarter, central European exporters believe the ...
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After considerable delays arose in some cases in handling volumes under contract during the course of the first quarter, Finnish as well as Swedish shippers were unable to agree follow-on second-quarter delivery contracts with whitewood ...
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Central European decor printers continue to face a shortage of orders.Order intake,which has long fallen short of expectations,has stabilised at March's level at best over the past few weeks.A few printers saw a further decline in sales ...
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The upswing in demand that surfaced in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the second half of February actually intensified in March. At the same time, a number of European export markets have picked up, as well. As a result, Central ...
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Local PVC availability in Italy has been squeezed due to the absence of several mainstream European suppliers, as per ChemOrbis. Some of the suppliers are still facing production issues at their plants while some already sold out their ...
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From the point of view of Central European manufacturers of standard pallets, the period from the beginning of February to mid-March 2012 showed a slight revival in demand again. Following a weak start to the year and a first slight ...
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February brought a widespread end to the downward spiral that has afflicted Central European OSB prices since mid-2011, a number of OSB manufacturers report. Prices have altered little in the past few weeks after buyers managed to secure ...
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Weaker demand in February resulted in a slight softening in prices for Siberian larch lumber on the Central European markets. From what market insiders say, demand for larch was initially satisfactory at the beginning of the year. However, ...
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The sales opportunities for ENplus and DINplus pellets (A1 products) on the central European markets are largely exhausted at the beginning of the year. In the last few weeks, merchants’ and retail consumers’ adequately-filled ...
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Central European OSB prices remained under pressure at the start of 2012, as they had been in the final quarter of 2011. As a result, prices for large-volume orders and individual projects, in particular, have continued to slide. OSB prices ...
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The financial problems facing the Central European sawmill industry since 2010 have continued during 2011 as well. Additional major players in the sector reported significant financial problems early in the year, which sometimes led to ...
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On account of the tight profit situation which has prevailed for several months in the Central European sawmill industry, various companies are evidently now no longer willing to continue at the beginning of 2012 to pay the roundwood prices ...
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The general slight flattening in economic activity has also been reflected in slightly slacker demand for load carriers in the past few weeks. The tapering out of seasonal influences and the usual lower stocks in the industry at the end of ...
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Central European OSB prices have dipped slightly over the course of the past few weeks after stabilising briefly in September. Prices fell even though demand is relatively steady for this time of year. A variety of manufacturers and buyers ...
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