
The contract closed at $500 per thousand board feet, down 2.9% on the week.

The contract closed at $500 per thousand board feet, down 2.9% on the week.

Exports of wood furniture from Brazil decreased 5.4%.

Revenues rose on higher prices in certain construction materials categories, while lower SYP prices and higher freight and fuel costs cut gross margin.

The forecast includes about ¥21 billion of losses at U.S. unit Nippon Dynawave Packaging and ¥20 billion from the Kumamoto earthquake.

Hardwood logs gained 4.4% and total log imports into the region fell 2% from August.

The Japanese paperboard maker kept its forecast for a 24% rise in full-year operating profit.

The industrial packaging maker sees no clear sign of a demand recovery and set fiscal 2027 adjusted EBITDA guidance at $645 million at the low end.

Hardwood lumber edged down 0.8%, while lumber imports into the region fell 5% from August.

The paper group now expects ¥45 billion for the year to March 2027 instead of ¥60 billion.

New listings dropped to the lowest level since January, while pending sales set another record low.

The group's sales company cites higher labor, logistics and maintenance costs and fuel prices kept high by the Middle East conflict.

The South African pulp and paper maker expects next quarter adjusted EBITDA below the fourth quarter as maintenance shuts and high oil prices weigh.

The benchmark hit its lowest level in 12 months as U.S. import volume dropped 28.3%.

Foreign orders rose 1.7% after a 12.3% jump in the second quarter, while domestic orders fell 0.7%.

The index lost $10, or 2%, from $459 the previous week and is 10% lower than a month ago.

Price for bleached hardwood kraft pulp exported from Brazilian dipped 1.7%.

Price for plywood exported from Brazilian slid 2.5%.

Price for lumber exported from Brazilian rose marginally 0.1%.

The Italian woodworking machinery maker's nine-month sales dropped 6.6% to Euro 450.7 million and its order backlog shrank 9.2%, though the wood segment held up better than glass and stone.

Hrvatske šume, which manages about three quarters of the country's forests, cites rising labor and production costs and prices in neighboring countries.