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 ...
Tags: softwood, German demand, softwood market, softwood lumber
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 ...
Tags: market view, softwood
There is an old adage that says, he more things change, the more they stay the same. I never have found that one to be functionally practical the way many old sayings can often be. Maybe it actually refers to technology changing and human ...
Tags: industry trends, lumber
With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the WRQ. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) declined in the 3Q for the first time since the 1Q/09 to $90.18/m3. With a ...
Tags: market view, sawlog, lumber, price