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Global trade of lumber up 25 percent the past two years, with signs of better times ahead for the lumber industry

2012-06-01 21:04 Wood Resources International International trade of softwood lumber increased in 2011 after two years of decline. Imports were up to China, Japan, Spain and South Korea while they fell in the US, the UK, France and Egypt. In Europe, lumber prices might have bottomed and could start increasing if additional supply doesl not outpace higher demand.

Global sawlog prices fell in late 2011, especially in lumber export-oriented countries such as Western Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and New Zealand

2012-04-03 18:18 Wood Resources International Weakening lumber markets in Asia and Europe reduced demand for sawlogs in many countries late last year. As a result, log prices in a number of the major lumber-producing countries in the world fell during the second half of 2011, according to the market report the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Weaker lumber markets are causing global sawlog prices to fall for first time since early 2009

2011-12-16 19:32 Wood Resources International Slowing lumber markets throughout the world have resulted in declining sawlog prices in many of the major lumber-producing regions in Europe and North America, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest price reductions occurred in Japan, Sweden, Poland and Russia.

The Global Sawlog Price Index reached a 16-year high in the 2Q/11; the biggest price increases occurred in Europe, Canada, Russia and New Zealand

2011-10-21 18:46 Wood Resources International Increased consumption of softwood lumber throughout the world has moved sawlog prices to new highs in 2011. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached a 16-year record high in the 2Q/11, with the greatest increases over last year’s prices occurring in Latvia, Poland, Japan, Russia and Germany, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Exports of logs and lumber from the US and Canada to China are on pace to reach a record 2.6 billion dollars in 2011

2011-10-04 23:02 Wood Resources International The US and Canada have been exporting record volumes of logs and lumber to China in 2011. The Wood Resource Quarterly predicts that exports in 2011 will double those seen in 2010 to reach an estimated value of $2.6 billion. Lumber shipments from Canada alone could reach $1.2 billion. The North American share of log and lumber import volumes to China has increased from 4% in 2005 to 18% in 2010.

Asia’s increasing demand for wood drives sawlog prices up in the US and Canada, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

2011-05-22 23:23 Wood Resources International Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010 as an result of increased competition for logs from log buyers in China, South Korea and Japan, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. Prices for logs in the US South and Canada also moved up last year, but at a slower rate. Sawmills in Western Canada currently have some of the lowest wood costs in the world.

Lumber demand is increasing worldwide and has resulted in higher lumber prices in the 1Q/11 in the US, Japan, China and Europe

2011-05-09 17:36 Wood Resources International Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased 18 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Wood costs for the global pulp industry have increased 17 percent the past two years; only the US South has bucked the trend

2011-03-19 01:19 Wood Resources International Global market pulp production increased by seven percent in 2010, which increased demand for wood raw-material. As a result, prices for wood chips and pulplogs were up in most regions of the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has increased 16.5 % the past two years, while the Hardwood Wood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) went up 17.7 percent.

Global sawlog prices in the 3Q 2010 were almost back up to pre-crisis levels, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2011-01-29 19:48 Wood Resources International Sawlog costs for many sawmills around the world went up during 2010, and the Global Sawlog Price Index reached the highest level in over two years in the 3Q/10, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest wood price increases occurred in Western US, Germany, Sweden and Northwest Russia.

US and Canadian log and lumber exports to China up over 150 percent in 2010

2011-01-06 20:22 Wood Resources International The value of softwood logs and lumber exported from North America to China reached over 1.6 billion dollars in 2010, which was 150 percent higher than the previous year and more than ten times as much as in 2006, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.