New Zealand’s sawn timber production has a distinctly seasonal pattern to it, as many readers of Statistics Count are aware. In the March quarter of 2016, production totalled 958,000 m3, up 2…

Part of the ‘Builders’ Joinery’ import grouping, imports of Posts & Beams, which includes I-Beams and other engineered wood products, have grown dramatically over recent years. The e…

Australia’s exports of logs grew a remarkable 38.9% over the year-ended April 2016, reaching over 3.515 million m3 and adding almost 1.000 million m3 to total exports. While exports of softw…

Across Australia’s major cities, more and more apartment buildings – large and medium-sized – are being built and in most cases, being purchased and populated relatively quickly. What driv…

Australia’s housing boom, though showing signs of abatement, has yet to see significant declines, with new dwelling approvals at 231,807 separate dwellings for the year-ended April 2016.…

Continuing to fall, Australia’s imports of sawn softwood declined to 631,206 m3 for the year-ended April 2016, recording their ninth successive monthly decrease and their lowest volume si…

Reported sales of sawn softwood hit a new record of 2.866 million m3 for the year-ended May 2016, a rise of 8.0% on the prior year. Major contributing factors were a modest increase in total sale…