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Håkan Ekström: Aug 10, '23
Softwood chips play a major role in global wood markets, but hardwood chips far surpass softwood in terms of volume. The majority of global wood chip...
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Håkan Ekström: Aug 1, '23
More market turmoil in China as demand and import availability have both fallen. After a peak of imported lumber in 2020, we’re seeing much lower...
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Håkan Ekström: Jun 21, '23
Global wood markets will see another changeup in the coming months. Australian exporters can again ship logs to China following a 2.5-year ban. But...
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Håkan Ekström: May 4, '23
Wood costs for pulpmills in Brazil have steadily increased throughout 2021 and 2022. In fact, these numbers have risen considerably faster than other...
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Håkan Ekström: Mar 24, '23
Wood Resources International, a ResourceWise company, continually monitors pricing trends across the forest products supply chain. With relaxing...
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Wood Resources International: Mar 9, '23
Wood Resources International, a ResourceWise company, has continued to monitor China’s critical wood market. Where does it stand now with continued...
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ResourceWise: Mar 2, '23
Much like the rest of the global market, Australia New Zealand wood markets have seen their share of ups and down over the past year. This is...
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Håkan Ekström: Oct 13, '22
Global trade of softwood logs plunged by 20% during the first half of 2022 year-over-year (YoY). Much of the decline was because of the Russian log...
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Håkan Ekström: Oct 3, '22
Russia's war is changing wood pellet market dynamics in Europe, with prices tripling in 12 months. The international trade of wood pellets has...
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Håkan Ekström: Jul 13, '22
Eucalyptus plantations in Latin America are a significant supply source to pulpmills in China and Japan. However, the Latin American share of total...
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Håkan Ekström: Jul 6, '22
China’s importation of logs and lumber plunged by over 50% from 4Q/21 to 1Q/22 as GDP fell sharply. China's economy weakened in the 1Q/22 as the...
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Håkan Ekström: Jun 29, '22
Global sawlog price changes were mixed in 1Q22 with quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) increases in North America and Eastern Europe, while prices declined...
