For the first time in eighteen months, December 2019 saw dwelling approvals rise on an annualised basis. The very modest increase of just 0.5% compared to the month earlier saw total approval…

Inevitably, as the fire season continues and seemingly unprecedented damage has been wrought upon the national productive plantation estate, the role of log exports – especially softwood…

The value of Australia’s forestry and wood products imports continued to decline on a year-on-year basis in late 2019. Total imports were valued at AUDFob1.954 billion for the year-ended No…

In the first signs of a possible return to growth, sales of locally produced sawn softwood lifted in November and December, compared with the corresponding periods in 2018. November was the f…

The launch of the Softwood Weighted Average Price Data series on the FWPA data dashboard provides a valuable insight into historic price trends for a range of softwood products. The data seri…

Exports of Australia’s softwood logs lifted significantly in September, as the smaller dimension (<15cm diameter SED) pine logs hit a monthly record and a nineteen-month annualised hi…

Sawn softwood sales fell to a reported 37,993 m3 in September 2019, their lowest September total in more than a decade. Remarkably, total reported sales were just half the total recorded in Se…

In a world where economic success is (largely) measured by consumption growth – gross domestic product being the logical example – it is refreshing to find alternative measures of success. O…