Excerpts from the 2Q 2014 issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly. To subscribe to the full 52-page market report, please visit www.woodprices.com
Sawlog prices moved up in North America, Eastern Europe and Latin America, while falling in Western Europe.
Both the softwood and hardwood pulpwood prices were generally higher than in the 1Q/14 in the 20 countries tracked by the WRQ.
The price discrepancy continues to widen between NBSK pulp and BHKP pulp.
Lumber production fell in the US and Canada.
Lumber exports from the Nordic countries were 10% higher 1H/14 as compared to 1H/13.
China imported record volumes of lumber in July.
Wood pellet export from North America to Europe rose in the 1Q/14, BC shifting to Asia.
Special report in the current WRQ issue: Timber harvests and end-uses of logs in North America in 2013
The full news brief from the latest issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly can be found here…
The_Global_Forest_Industry_in_the_2Q-14.pdf
Hakan Ekstrom Wood Resources International LLC Seattle, USA
