Average price of softwood bleached kraft pulp rose 16%.
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The export volume jumped 38% to 832 thousand tons.
The U.S. is the main export market for Brazilian plywood.
Canadian Ministers have issued joint statement in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final determination in its third administrative review regarding countervailing and anti-dumping duties applied to Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the United States.
U.S. sawmills have invested heavily to expand capacity since the trade cases were filed in 2016. According to U.S. Lumber Coalition, the domestic industry has produced an additional 15 billion board feet of lumber through 2021. This is enough lumber to build over 1 million single-family homes.
The export volume dipped 3.8% to 2,777.2 thousand m3.
Timber Trade Federation (TTF) issued import warning for TTF-members on birch plywood from the Far East.
U.S. packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in June 2022 decreased 4% compared to June 2021. They were essentially flat (+0.0%) when compared to the same 6 months of 2021.
The import volume surged 3.1% to 428.6 thousand m3.
The import volume jumped 50.8% to 361.6 thousand tonnes.
The export volume declined 25% to 939 thousand m3.
The export volume decreased 15.3% to 1,744.5 thousand m3.
The import volume fell 36.8% to 2,976.0 thousand m3.
UK plywood imports increased by 11.9% when comparing Q1 2022 to Q1 2021, reaching 477,000 m3. Hardwood ply volumes were driven mostly by China, which continues to be the dominant source of hardwood ply products. Russia’s prominence as a source of hardwood plywood has quickly fallen away amidst trade sanctions.
Supplies from Russia decreased 15%
U.S.total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 2% in June compared to June 2021. U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers increased 3% in June compared to the same month last year. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels decreased 2% when compared to May 2022.
The import volume increased 15.0% to 416.0 thousand tons.
Log exports from Russia to the EU and China decreased by 72% and 57% year-on-year, respectively.
Sawmills in the North-West of Russia began to stop production due to the inability to redirect supplies from Europe to the East. Since July 10, they have been unable to export to Europe due to sanctions imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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