Year-to-date operating rate rises nearly 4 points as total industry inventories decline 5% month-over-month.
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Price for logs exported from Germany increased 7%.
Price for wood pellets imported to Denmark upped 5%.
Exports of lumber from Latvia expanded 15%.
Price for wood chips imported to European Union rose 4%.
Price for logs imported to European Union added 0.3%.
Exports of lumber from European Union to Egypt increased 7%.
Imports of wood pellets to the European Union increased 25%.
Exports of lumber from Germany contracted 21%.
Price for wood pellets imported to Italy expanded 8%.
Price for lumber exported from Sweden to the U.S. decreased 12%.
Exports of lumber from Sweden to Morocco expanded 8%.
Bleached food wrapping shipments decline 2.2% year-over-year as total inventories rise 6.2%.
Neumann Bygg relocates 70-year-old Sandviken operations to new Lønborg facility with drive-through logistics.
Price for wood chips imported to South Korea expanded 19%.
Price for logs exported from Norway slid 1.4%.
Imports of wood pellets to South Korea lost 10%.
Buyers remain cautious as long-fiber pulp stays below $1,500 per ton and China increases short-fiber production capacity.
Exports of wood pellets from Canada lost 6%.
Imports of wood pellets to the United Kingdom lost 12%.