Global sawlog prices close to five-year low because of weak lumber markets in the
2Q/09, reports Wood Resource Quarterly.
Prices for softwood lumber have fallen in most markets worldwide the past year,
including in Europe, North America and Japan, reports...
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Global sawlog prices close to five-year low because of weak lumber markets in the
2Q/09, reports Wood Resource Quarterly.
Prices for softwood lumber have fallen in most markets worldwide the past year,
including in Europe, North America and Japan, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
The weak lumber markets have pushed sawlog prices close to a five-year low.
Seattle, USA.
August 2009.
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) in the 2Q/09,
increased for the first time since late 2007, reaching $68.
87/m3.
The Index, which is
based on conifer sawlog prices in 19 key regions worldwide from 1995 to present, was
still close to its lowest level in five years.
Prices were slightly higher in most world
regions this quarter mainly because of a weaker US dollar.
In the local currencies, log
prices adjusted downward in practically all countries with Russia and Western Canada
being the only exceptions.
Sawmills in Chile, Russia, Western US and Western Canada had the lowest wood rawmaterial co
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