Global trade of lumber up 25 percent the past two years and signs of better times ahead for the lumber industry, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

International trade of softwood lumber increased in 2011 after two years in decline. Imports were up to China, Japan, Spain and South Korea while the fell in the US, the UK, France and Egypt. In Europe, lumber prices might have bottomed and could start increasing if additional supply will not outpace higher demand.

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Hakan Ekstrom, Wood Resource Quarterly