Many framing lumber prices firmed and then moved higher amid spurts of sales reaching the mills. Traders at all levels of the market continued to label price trends as "supply-driven," with few noting any major increases in consumption...
Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was
more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase
in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last year
was China, which increased imports by 75% thereby passing Japan…
This report contains prices of logs, wooden beams, veneer, plywood, solid wood flooring and other items from timber markets in several Chinese regions: Jiashan Kaihua, Shanghai Furen...
A shot of activity hitting the framing lumber market Wednesday firmed up mill quotes, but producers struggled to bounce prices back to the levels at which they started the week...
Buyers pulled back from the market for the third straight week, and many framing lumber prices softened. Weakness encompassed Std/#2&Btr random dimension and studs across all producing regions...
The sentiment in the trade, according to the JLR, is that
the tropical log market has seen the bottom of price
declines and that an upward movement in prices should be
observed from February...
Log consumption for lumber production in 2009 has been
estimated at 15.4 mil cu.m, 13% less than in 2008. Double
digit declines were reported for both imported and
domestic logs destined for lumber mills...
