Germany: Softwood lumber prices between boom and crisis – forecast 2023
Despite the construction crisis and the economic crisis, wood prices in Germany have held up surprisingly well. The prices for [...]
January 9, 2023
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US lumber prices continue to fall despite low inventories
Wood-pricing service Random Lengths said that its framing-lumber composite index dropped in the last week of 2022 to [...]
January 5, 2023
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North American lumber prices expected to rise next year
The weak market conditions that prompted Canfor's announcement this week of production curtailments at its B.C. and Alberta [...]
December 12, 2022
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North American lumber prices can’t stop falling, as housing market is struggling
North American lumber prices has been among the biggest commodity price decliners this year, and the outlook for the market [...]
December 7, 2022
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Housing slowdown may mean more downtime for N. American lumber producers
With signs that U.S. inflation has peaked, expectations are becoming more widespread for the Fed [...]
November 30, 2022
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Swedish sawn timber export prices continue to fall
In September, for the 4th consecutive month, Swedish sawn timber export prices fell further compared to the previous month. Recall [...]
November 30, 2022
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France: Lumber prices for Q3/2022
As the below table shows, Q3/2022 prices for various lumber products in France have shown [...]
November 22, 2022
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German softwood lumber prices down 21% in September
The current situation in the German timber market is still fragile, largely dependent on the growing demand for timber brought [...]
November 7, 2022
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N. American lumber prices climb 26% in October despite housing market slowdown
North American lumber prices have rallied 26% so far in October, but further gains may be [...]
October 25, 2022
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U.S. lumber prices could rise again
U.S. softwood lumber futures dropped 72.7% from the March 2022 high to the September 2022 low. The six [...]
October 19, 2022
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