As expected by log traders, Germany's beech log exports in June were well above the previous year. Export prices averaged over all countries were at € 86 per m³ (+0.4%). From January to June, an average price of € 96 per m³ (-1.7%) can be calculated from the statistics of the German Federal Statistical Office, Destatis.
Framing lumber prices carried some momentum from the previous week into early trading. But midweek news that U.S. sales of new and pre-owned homes hit record lows in July quashed much of that momentum...
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...
In Austria wood pellet prices were stable in August. According to the price survey of ProPellets Austria, prices for bulk goods in August were at € 206 per tonne, the same level they were in July.
Plywood: A total of 3.52 million cu.m of plywood were exported in the first half of 2010, valued at US$1,583 million, up 47% in volume and 44% in value from the same period last year...
Sawnwood imports totalled 6.5 million cu.m, valued at US$1,669 million in the first half of 2010, up 60% in volume and 77% in value over the same period last year...
During the first half of 2010, there were five provinces that imported more than one million cu.m of logs each: Jiangsu Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Heilongjiang Province, Shandong Province and Shanghai Municipality...
Log imports totalled 16.6 million cu.m, valued at US$2,905 million in the first half of 2010, up 25% in volume and 60% in value from the same period in 2009...
