Consistent with other grades of sawn softwood, sales of the packaging grades has grown steadily throughout 2013 and 2014, reaching near record levels. At year-end November 2014, total sale…

Continuing the focus on Australia’s softwood industry, exports of softwood logs have continued to rise, hitting new records on a regular basis. To the year-ended November 2014, softwood lo…

The fragility of global economies, as well as their inter-reliance, has been exposed in recent weeks, with the latest examples delivered courtesy of the Swiss Franc and the Euro. After sever…

The significant devaluation of the Euro evident during the post GFC period has assisted growth in European sawn softwood exports from 2008 to 2013 (see previous item).  However, it is instru…

Although it is often remarked upon, it is worth checking in on the state of imports of sawn softwood to examine the latest and continuing trends. It is important to note that imports have been a s…

Sales of appearance grade sawn softwood products covered by the Softwood Timber Data Series are continuing to decline, falling to just 5,195 m3 for the year to end November 2014 from a peak of 1…

In the year to end November 2014, reported sales of softwood timber totaled 2.426 million m3, their highest level since the year to end November 2010. The record year to end November was 2007, w…

The value of residential dwelling loan approvals has flattened out in recent months, totaling AUD23.5 billion in November 2014. That total is some 5.4% higher than for November 2013 but is ma…