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Prices for overseas traded softwood wood chips have fallen …
Prices for overseas traded softwood wood chips have fallen 11% in eight months, while hardwood chip prices have increased slightly, according to the latest FOEX Chip Price Indexes
Overseas traded softwood chip prices declined by 11 % from August 2014 to April 2015, after having trended upward for more than a year. The FOEX softwood chip price index (PIX-SCG) fell to lowest level since late 2013.
The hardwood chip price index (PIX-HCG) moved slightly higher in late 2014 and early 2015 and currently has reach the same level as a year ago.
Hakan Ekstrom, Wood Resource Quarterly