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
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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
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NZ log prices drop sharply; shippers blame cheap Russian and Scandinavian sawn timber arriving by train
New Zealand logs are piling up on Chinese wharves as cheap sawn timber arrives by train from Russia and Scandinavia [...]
July 10, 2019
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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
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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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New Zealand radiata pine will enter the Chinese market in large quantities in the next 3-5 years
The radiata pine plantations planted in New Zealand in the mid-to-late 1980s have now entered into a maturity [...]
May 15, 2019
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New Zealand and China sign forestry cooperation arrangement
New Zealand and China signed an arrangement this week for future forestry cooperation and boosting bilateral trade. [...]
May 13, 2019
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XLam to close New Zealand CLT plant
The CLT manufacturer XLam announced that it will close its New Zealand plant in Nelson. As [...]
May 8, 2019
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The price of New Zealand’s logs dropped in April as uncertainty in the Chinese market grows
The price of logs transported to the ports around New Zealand dropped by an average of NZ$7 in April [...]
May 7, 2019
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Uncertainty in China log market lowers prices for New Zealand’s logs exports
At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand decreased on average 7 NZD per JASm3 [...]
April 11, 2019
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