Australia’s underperforming demand and consumption related indicators continued to slide sideways and remained below the national target over the year-ended September. Inflation – mea…

Latest northern Hemisphere log prices have seen variability, but in general, the main log prices were lower in the September quarter. Most pine prices were lower, especially in the US, refle…

Imports of sawn softwood products fell 16.0% to 687,824 m3 over the year-ended August 2019, continuing to decline from the historic peaks reached less than one year ago. Monthly imports fell…

Two announcements in early October will re-shape the local paper and fibre packaging industries for decades to come, with real implications for softwood plantation supply. All four of Aust…

Australia’s dwelling approvals continued to tumble in August, falling 2.2% compared to July and being down by 22.2% over the year-ended August. Meantime, fed in part by the slowdown in dwell…

August saw housing finance lift a solid 2.9% on the prior month to reach $18.438 billion, the highest monthly total since October 2018. Recording the third successive aggregate monthly incr…

As befits its status as the major private sector driver of the domestic economy, housing is both simple and complex at the same time. Simple in that the linear supply chain for new housing is wel…