News : US log export

Wood costs have fallen the past year for many sawmills in the major lumber-producing countries worldwide. The Global Sawlog Price Index was US$82.90 per cubic meter in the 2Q/12, which was 11.5% lower than in the 2Q/11, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Sawlog prices have declined the most in Europe the past year.
Seattle, USA. Softwood sawlog prices continued their slide throughout the world in the...

Reduced global demand for lumber has resulted in a reduction in the Global Sawlog Price Index by almost nine percent in 12 months, as well as a recent decline in the global trade of logs, as reported by the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. Prices for sawlogs fell in virtually all twenty countries covered by the Wood Resource Quarterly (www.woodprices.com), both in local currencies as well as in US...

Weakening lumber markets in Asia and Europe reduced demand for sawlogs in many countries late last year. As a result, log prices in a number of the major lumber-producing countries in the world fell during the second half of 2011, according to the market report the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. Sawlog prices in the 4Q/11 were down both in US dollar terms and in local currencies in most of the 20...

Slowing lumber markets throughout the world have resulted in declining sawlog prices in many of the major lumber-producing regions in Europe and North America, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest price reductions occurred in Japan, Sweden, Poland and Russia.
Seattle, USA. With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the Wood...

Increased consumption of softwood lumber throughout the world has moved sawlog prices to new highs in 2011. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached a 16-year record high in the 2Q/11, with the greatest increases over last year’s prices occurring in Latvia, Poland, Japan, Russia and Germany, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. Wood costs often account for 65-75 percent of the...

Sawlog costs for many sawmills around the world went up during 2010, and the Global Sawlog Price Index reached the highest level in over two years in the 3Q/10, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest wood price increases occurred in Western US, Germany, Sweden and Northwest Russia.
Seattle, USA. Sawlog prices have trended upward in almost all regions of the world for the past two years. The...