New Zealand’s softwood log exports are focussed primarily on supply to China, with total exports for the period totalling 21.087 million m3, exported at a deteriorating average price of NZD…

Exports of softwood logs reported for July totalled 63,593 m3. In August, formal reporting of 64,031 m3 softwood logs were all exported to India. Australian Softwood Log Exports by Country: …

Australia’s pulp production fell to a seventeen year low in 2022-23, deteriorating to 1.2 million tonnes as hardwood pulp production all-but ceased. Over the decade ended June, virgin fibr…

Despite the constant fall in softwood import volumes, prices appear to have been holding up. Year-ended August 2023, imports totalled 603,837 m3 down 52.5% on the prior year. In a pattern sim…

Sales of locally produced sawn softwood products slipped back to 245,674 m3 in September 2023, slipping 5.1% from the prior month to contribute to annualised sales that dipped to 2.808 milli…

Employment data can be an important bell weather of broader economic activity. Rising unemployment is generally associated with declining economic activity while the opposite is general…

Australia’s system of housing construction is in serious trouble, if the latest building activity data is anything to go by. In the June quarter of 2023, far from reducing as more houses were c…

Mortgage holders know that in recent years the proportion of income needed to service a loan has increased significantly. Increased interest rates, coupled with the growth in the size of ave…