Thailand gained 12 percentage points of South Korea's hardwood chips imports; South Korea imported 307 thousand tonnes.
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Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's softwood log imports; Sweden imported 1.4 million m3.
Malaysia gained 10 percentage points of U.S. hardwood plywood imports as the United States imported 581 thousand m3.
Sweden imported 1.4 million m3 in Q2 as Latvia lost 9 percentage points of Sweden's imports.
Partnership builds on Southeast success with composite decking and railing products.
The new company is planned to take over UPM’s plywood business after the October demerger and is expected to begin trading in November.
The modeled expansion would also increase the role of lumber suppliers, with dimension lumber the largest intermediate input.
Wooden homes account for 59.4% of new housing starts, while first-half housing starts post modest year-over-year growth.
New Freiburg-based company targets retail chains with private label tissue products, aiming to triple sales by 2028.
India took 73% of shipments.
The U.S. posts the steepest decline among the largest softwood lumber import markets, followed by Germany and China, while supplier volumes fall most for Canada, Russia, and Austria.
High financing costs, construction-input prices and currency weakness are expected to limit new procurement.
Weak lumber demand and price pressure in China, a stronger ruble, and high interest costs drove asset impairments, capacity curtailments, and lower fourth-quarter sales.
New Birmingham headquarters and Warrington warehouse aim to cut delivery times for UK customers.
At a median home price of $413,595 and a 30-year mortgage rate of 6%, 88.2 million households are priced out, and a $1,000 increase prices out 156,405 more.
Rental vacancies improve slightly in 2024, but owner vacancy rates remain below 1% nationwide.
New La Mirada location becomes the company's tenth in the state, supporting wildfire recovery with a 42,900-square-foot lumber yard.
Homebuilder reports 5% revenue decline and narrower margins as affordability improves but confidence lags.
A-hus becomes Sweden’s third largest house supplier as the company reports its highest market share in 80 years.
New local entities support two active kiln projects, including one scheduled for installation in May 2026.