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Before the ban, annual exports averaged over 3.5 million m3 from 2016 to 2020.
Before the ban, annual exports averaged over 3.5 million m3 from 2016 to 2020.
Due to ongoing data collection for June, this estimate may see higher revisions than usual.
The property market, once a major growth engine, continues to flounder, impacting not only domestic consumption but also the demand for construction materials.
Timber trade volumes remained above normal, despite a drop of more than a fifth from May.
The builders are concerned about the current high interest rate environment. An improving interest rate environment will help buyers as well as builders and developers who are contending with tight lending conditions and high interest rates.
Uruguayan supply was restored after a previous decrease caused by flooding from record rain levels.
Prices generally remain stable across most of the country.
Compared to May, the decrease was small, but year-on-year, prices are significantly lower.
The largest contribution to the decline in U.S. wood chip exports came from the significant reduction in shipments to Japan.
ABC's Construction Confidence Index showed slight declines in sales and staffing levels for June, while profit margins saw improvement.
Eucalyptus wood chips comprise 99% of Chile’s total exports.
Despite this, most contractors expect their sales to increase over the next six months.
Despite the construction season and production capacity cuts, lumber prices continue to slide down
Exporters anticipate price increases for logs through July.
The average price of plywood fell 19%.
Housing starts fall 19.3% y-o-y in May, down 5.5% from April.
The log shortage caused real prices for pine and birch pulpwood in May reached their highest levels ever recorded in the monthly statistics, which began in 1995.
Leroy Merlin currently operates 112 stores, 11 dark stores, and six distribution centers in the country.
In May 2024, actual monthly activity was 5.9% below the levels of May 2023.
The average price of plywood decreased 1.5%.