Australia’s combined annual exports of hardwood and softwood woodchips totalled 5.766 million bdmt year-ended January 2023. Hardwood chips totalled 4.646 million bdmt, 7.0% higher than…

Due to trade disruption issues with China which commenced in November 2020, the softwood log export trade over the past three years has declined from 3.3 million m3 to around one ninth of that (…

ANZ Log Export Price Index down in December 2022 IndustryEdge’s benchmark Australian and New Zealand Export Log Price Index fell throughout 2022. By December, the price index had fallen to U…

Easing of market conditions may be reflected in sawn softwood timber imports which totalled 39,535m3 in January 2023. This is the second lowest January result for the six years from 2018 and i…

Australia’s average household wealth is plunging as a result of the combination of higher prices (inflation), increased costs (interest rates and payments) and declining house prices. La…

Monthly inflation data saw the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fall to 6.8% in February 2023, down from 7.4% a month earlier. The welcome and expected downturn plays into expectations that the rel…

In 2022, the value of the average Australian house fell 5.25%, compared with 2021. For many households, that is little more than a paper fantasy, but for those who have to crystalise the value –…