Standing sales prices for sawlogs and pulpwood increased, while industrial roundwood purchases from private forests remained below year-earlier and five-year levels.
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Imports of logs to the EU declined only 0.3%.
Price for logs exported from Lithuania declined only 0.1%.
Price for pulpwood imported to Finland decreased 7%.
Price for logs exported from Germany grew 9%.
Price for logs exported from Norway upped 1.4%.
Volumes stay above last year’s level, while March sawlog and pulpwood prices fall from December.
Pulpwood value jumps 17.1% while fuel wood climbs 2.6% and coniferous logs lead sawlog gains.
Industry groups seek a three-year bankruptcy moratorium as losses top 15 billion rubles.
Exports of logs from Brazil contracted 29%.
The licence will support about 445 truckloads of logs a year and supply wood for split-rail fencing made at the company’s Kootenay operation.
Price for logs exported from Canada fell marginally 0.4%.
Price for logs exported from the U.S. slipped 2%.
Japanese owner says weak export demand and high operating costs put the Northland sites under pressure.
Price for logs imported to Japan increased 6%.
Daily offtake remains solid and supply from New Zealand is expected to ease from April as harvesting conditions tighten.
Company records $10.2 million net realizable value charge in Q4 as combined duty and tariff rate rises to 45.16%.
Price for logs imported to the European Union contracted 14%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 21%.
Lumber shipments decline 40% in Q4 as company operates at 46% of capacity amid 45.16% combined duty and tariff rate.