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New Zealand log exports to China up 27.2% in Q2/2019

Log exports from New Zealand to China expanded 27.2% y-o-y in second quarter of 2019 to 4 [...]

August 22, 2019

Wood starts to gradually replace concrete, as wooden skycrapers spread across the world

For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]

August 22, 2019

Timber exports to China: Russia and New Zealand at ”war”

Russia is currently China's largest timber source. In 2018, Russian exports to China reached 15.65 million cubic meters [...]

August 20, 2019

New Zealand’s Spectrum Group plans to build sawmill on former Waverley Sawmills site

While Waverley Sawmills is closed for business its new owner has been working towards a modern state-of-the-art [...]

August 1, 2019

New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices overseas

New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In June 2019, the value [...]

July 24, 2019

Changing trends in China’s wood supply market: Why the NZ log exports and prices have fallen?

Several cascading effects have impacted Chinese markets for NZ pine logs in Q2 CY19, which will have ramifications throughout Q3 [...]

July 17, 2019

Wood fiber costs for softwood pulp manufacturers have reached the highest level in five years

The Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has risen the past two years. In the 1Q/19, the Index reached its [...]

July 15, 2019

Global sawlog prices fell to the lowest level in two years in the 1Q/2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the global sawlog prices fell to the lowest level in two years. Sawlog prices [...]

July 9, 2019

China prices for New Zealand logs drop dramatically on oversupply

From a sale price of US$130 per JASm3 for A grade the price dropped -US$15 in one week [...]

July 8, 2019

Price drops in exports of New Zealand logs to China

Prices for New Zealand domestic log sales in June are mostly unchanged from May as we move to the end [...]

June 19, 2019

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