Australia’s headline inflation rate, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7% on an annualised basis in 2015. This was exactly the same as the annual rate measured in December 2014, essentia…

The value of imports of Builder’s Joinery rose very strongly in 2015, reaching AUD455M as all of the sub-grades experienced strong growth in import value. The major ‘posts and beams’ grade, w…

The volume of sawn softwood imports has begun to decline, with imports for December falling to 37,9000 m3, their lowest monthly volume since December 2012. Moreover, imports were 31.8% lowe…

Baltic region log prices have slumped as much as 24% over the course of 2015, with the trend line for all logs, measured in US Dollars, trending down after rising through much of 2013 and 2014. Th…

Recent reporting from the International Wood Markets Group based in Vancouver, Canada shows that Southern Hemisphere sawmilling costs are the highest in the world. The report shows that wi…

Exports of hardwood chips continue to rise, approaching near record levels. For the year-ended December 2015, exports totaled 5.151 Mbdmt or something close to 10.3 million green metric to…

Australia’s hardwood log exports rose to 315.8 km3 for the year-ended December 2015, up a massive 356.4% on the prior year. In total, Australia’s log exports (Softwood and Non-coniferous) h…