Weak construction demand, higher freight costs and regulatory requirements are putting pressure on sawmills and timber traders.
Mercados
Compared with the previous month, production was up 2%.
Thailand gained 12 percentage points of South Korea's hardwood chips imports; South Korea imported 307 thousand tonnes.
Price for wood furniture exported from Brazilian rose 1.3%.
Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's softwood log imports; Sweden imported 1.4 million m3.
Price for bleached kraft pulp exported from Canadian rose marginally 0.8%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 12%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 6%.
Malaysia gained 10 percentage points of U.S. hardwood plywood imports as the United States imported 581 thousand m3.
Price for logs exported from Brazilian increased slightly 0.9%.
Price for OSB exported from Canadian upped 1.9%.
Exports of bleached hardwood kraft pulp from Brazil dipped 2%.
Price for plywood exported from Brazilian lost 6%.
Price for lumber exported from Brazilian grew only 0.1%.
Price for wood chips exported from the U.S. expanded 9%.
Price for MDF panels exported from the U.S. to Mexico gained 2%.
Sweden imported 1.4 million m3 in Q2 as Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's imports.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 0.2%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 3%.
Exports of lumber from Sweden to the U.S. downed 1.3%.