Wood processing, pulp, paper and building material prices stayed below year-earlier levels, while overall industrial producer prices rose on higher raw material and mining costs.
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Price for plywood imported to the U.S. declined only 0.4%.
Exports of plywood from Russia to the U.S. grew 9%.
Price for plywood imported to the U.S. increased slightly 0.5%.
Price for plywood imported to Taiwan dipped 3%.
The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
The proposal keeps an exemption process and sets July deadlines, while the determination cites illegal logging and timber laundering as factors that distort wood-product pricing.
Exports of plywood from Brazil lost 5%.
Price for plywood exported from Chile rose 1.2%.
Japan and the United States were the largest destinations, accounting for about 25% and 23% of volume respectively.
Survey and industry data show firms improve efficiency, but sector productivity diverges from sawmills as technical change remains weak and variable.
Price for plywood imported to Japan dipped 3%.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 5%.
Wood processing, furniture manufacturing and construction-linked non-metal mineral products record profit declines even as industrial profits and margins increase.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 1.1%.
Japan became the largest destination after U.S. duties hit Indonesia’s shipments.
Price for plywood imported to Mexico rose 4%.
Price for plywood exported from Russia to China decreased 9%.
Price for plywood exported from China gained 5%.
Price for plywood imported to the UK contracted 15%.