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Despite the ongoing global pandemic, wood product exports for the first three quarters of the year jumped to US$8.3 billion, only just below the US$8.5 billion earned in the same period in 2019...... [Daha fazla…...]
The Board of Directors of FEP - the European Federation of the Parquet Industry - met virtually on 8 October 2020 and discussed, amongst others, the parquet situation and the continuous impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on the European markets...... [Daha fazla…...]
Pellet prices in Switzerland are on average slightly up in October. On average they reach a value of 351.9 CHF / t (+ 0.3%). After an increase of 0.1% to 350.8 CHF / t in September, things are looking better...... [Daha fazla…...]
The price for wood pellets in Germany rose slightly in October. According to the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association (DEPV), a ton costs € 227.36 for a purchase of 6 tons...... [Daha fazla…...]
After a sharp fall in UK imports of tropical timber products in May and June in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, imports rebounded strongly in July and made more gains in August. However, even in August, total imports were still down around 15% compared to the same month the previous year...... [Daha fazla…...]
Turning to Brexit, there remain fears if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, it could further undermine European market confidence, which is already fragile due to fresh spikes in incidence of Covid-19 in a growing number of countries. But late September, negotiators on both sides were making more conciliatory noises and sounding more positive a deal would be struck...... [Daha fazla…...]
Ghana’s timber export shipments for the first half of 2020 totalled 90.456 m3 earning Euro 44.79 million. This reflects a year-on-year 40% decline in volume and a 42% decline in the value of export...... [Daha fazla…...]
For U.S. home building activity and thus softwood lumber demand, “Labour Day is the beginning of the end and U.S. Thanksgiving is the end of the end”. Canadian Thanksgiving is somewhere in the middle of these important dates, so provides a good indication of what is happening with lumber prices as U.S. housing slows down into the winter season...... [Daha fazla…...]
The Canadian national trend in housing starts was largely unchanged in September at 214,647 units, up from 212,609 units in August 2020...... [Daha fazla…...]
