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The prices for sawlogs, pulpwood, wood chips, pellets and lumber decreased in Q2

BC, Riga, 07.09.2015.Print version
The prices for sawlogs, pulpwood, wood chips, pellets and lumber in Q2 of 2015 from around the world fell, reports BC Hakan Ekstrom from the Wood Resources International LLC.

Sawlog prices fell and the GSPI Index was down 1.5% q-o-q. Lower prices in 15 of the 19 regions covered by the WRQ. 

 

Softwood and hardwood fiber prices fell in most regions around the world. The hardwood fiber price index (HFPI) was down 10.0% from the 2Q/15, while the SFPI fell 8.4%.

 

Global trade of lumber were up in the 1H/15 as compared to the 1H/14 with the biggest increases in import volumes occurring in the US and the UK. Lumber prices were down in most markets worldwide during the 2Q/15. 

 

Exports of wood pellets from North America fell in the 1Q/15. Pellet prices in Europe were at their lowest levels in three years.  






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