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The Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend brought a not-surprising further drop in prices of most benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodities, as the days got increasingly shorter and the weather turned ever more winter-like. Demand across North America was almost entirely for small fill-in orders, while sawmills were preoccupied with locating shipments long-ago sent to customers but still not arrived...... [meer...]
Exports by the Brazilian furniture sector earned US$361.6 million in the first eight months of this year according to the Brazilian Association of Furniture Industries (Abimóvel). This represents a decline of 12% year on year...... [meer...]
US imports of sawn tropical hardwood by volume gained 18% in August to notch a rise of more than 10% for the third straight month. At 14,861 cubic metres, the volume of tropical hardwood imported was down less than 7% from August 2020...... [meer...]
Despite the ongoing global pandemic, wood product exports for the first three quarters of the year jumped to US$8.3 billion, only just below the US$8.5 billion earned in the same period in 2019...... [meer...]
The Board of Directors of FEP - the European Federation of the Parquet Industry - met virtually on 8 October 2020 and discussed, amongst others, the parquet situation and the continuous impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on the European markets...... [meer...]
Pellet prices in Switzerland are on average slightly up in October. On average they reach a value of 351.9 CHF / t (+ 0.3%). After an increase of 0.1% to 350.8 CHF / t in September, things are looking better...... [meer...]
The price for wood pellets in Germany rose slightly in October. According to the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association (DEPV), a ton costs € 227.36 for a purchase of 6 tons...... [meer...]
After a sharp fall in UK imports of tropical timber products in May and June in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, imports rebounded strongly in July and made more gains in August. However, even in August, total imports were still down around 15% compared to the same month the previous year...... [meer...]
Turning to Brexit, there remain fears if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, it could further undermine European market confidence, which is already fragile due to fresh spikes in incidence of Covid-19 in a growing number of countries. But late September, negotiators on both sides were making more conciliatory noises and sounding more positive a deal would be struck...... [meer...]
Ghana’s timber export shipments for the first half of 2020 totalled 90.456 m3 earning Euro 44.79 million. This reflects a year-on-year 40% decline in volume and a 42% decline in the value of export...... [meer...]
