If we only read the headlines, August’s 4.5% unemployment rate would be the cause of cheering over our locked down fences and be-masked office spaces. The reality is the main measure of employ…

Like many other products, the import and export codes for ‘Plywood’ are more numerous than seems imaginable. That can make analysis difficult, but what makes the ‘Plywood’ codes especially…

Over the past 18 months we have all become data experts. As we look to emerge from lock down in some locations the regular update of daily COVID 19 case numbers and vaccination rates are of great i…

Imports of sawn softwood lifted almost 108,000 m3 over the year-ended July 2021, rising a solid 23.5% as importers put their shoulder to the wheel to support the Australian market as best they…

Sales of domestically produced sawn softwood products slipped in August and softened 1.5% year-ended August 2021, compared to the prior year. At 2.999 million m3, the year-ended August sal…

Supporting the incredible growth in dwelling approvals over the last year, the total value of all property loans was 47.5% higher in July 2021 than a year earlier, coming in at AUD30.76 billio…

Despite the signs the housing cycle was easing, August saw Australia’s total dwelling approvals lift 6.8% compared with the prior month, rising to 227,952 separate approvals. Free-standi…

The Australian forest industry is committed to increasing workforce participation of women across the sector. To progress this goal, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) cr…