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New Zealand: July export log prices slipped as China’s seasonal demand falls

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zealand export logs in July decreased an average of $8-9 per [...]

July 26, 2021

Log demand in China expected to drop as some sawmills are forced to relocate

Softwood log inventory in China has risen to about 5.5m m3 and daily port off-take has dropped to [...]

July 22, 2021

Log prices in Poland have doubled in recent months

Wood prices in Poland more than doubled in recent months. A cubic meter of pine logs now costs about PLN [...]

July 22, 2021

Log demand in China slows in July

The past six months have brought record New Zealand export log prices to China This has been because of a [...]

July 15, 2021

Australia: Softwood log exports crash due to China ban, prices stable

Australia’s average softwood log export price slumped to a reported AUDFob109/m3 in May 2021, down 16% on the [...]

July 14, 2021

British Columbia log costs surge as lumber producers move South

British Columbia is sharply increasing the cost of trees for lumber producers just as wood-product prices slump and Canadian [...]

July 7, 2021

DACH region: Sawmills struggling to get logs; historical price increases

Within the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) softwood lumber prices in June are still on the rise due to [...]

June 21, 2021

China’s high prices leave New Zealand wood industry fearing for its survival

Thirty years ago the Government sold off much of its Crown forestry estate. Today it's looking to forestry, now [...]

June 16, 2021

Finland: Softwood log prices up by almost 20% in May

In January-May, purchases of logs in Finland rose by 48 percent year-on-year, while prices for softwood logs [...]

June 15, 2021

Czech Republic: Bark beetle crisis drags log prices down; heavy losses for forest owners

Last year saw a record 35.8 million cubic meters of wood logged in the Czech [...]

June 4, 2021

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