Based on a massive standing timber resource, Russia’s exports of logs and sawn softwood have boomed in recent years and are set to continue. Unsurprisingly, the dominant recipient continue…

Sales of domestically produced sawn softwood totaled 2.931 million m3 for the year-ended July 2016, an increase of 13.0% on the prior year. The result includes sales of 262,100m3 in July, 14.…

Australia’s forestry and wood products sector is increasingly trade focused and interested in all aspects of global trade. A new report, prepared for FWPA by the Australian Bureau of Agricu…

New Zealand’s quarterly sawlog removals moved up to a peak of 2.038 million m3 in the June Quarter of 2016. Always the quarter when removals are largest, this is just the second time in which the…

Mounting public policy issues, left unaddressed by successive rounds of policy makers, are nothing new in Australia. One of the most vexing issues is housing affordability and the implicat…

Love them or hate them, the celebrity housing makeover programs, like The Block, Reno Rumble, House Rules (not to mention Grand Designs and others at the top end of the market) appear to be havi…

Wood Plastic Composites (WPCs) are used in decking, screening, fencing, cladding, soffits and products such as hand rails and balusters, albeit, in most uses, WPCs have a very small toehold…

Australia’s retail sales were flat in July, recording no growth for the month and declining to just 2.0% for the year-ended July 2016. There is no gilding of this lily. Retail sales are in a slum…