Reduced supply from New Zealand increase price pressure for logs in China
Log demand in China has not increased as much as expected after the Lunar New Year, but there will be significantly reduced log supply from New Zealand due to several severe weather events across the top half of the North Island. This will likely increase price pressure for logs in China. The domestic demand for logs is weakening as building projects are cancelled or delayed. China softwood log inventory is just over 4m m3 and port offtake is still stubbornly sitting at about 60k per day. There are very recent indications port offtake may be increasing ...
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