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Global sawlog prices up 17% the past 12 months with the biggest gains seen in Northern Europe and Oceania, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
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Forest Products Market Update
- a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC
Global sawlog prices up 17% the past 12 months with the biggest gains
seen in Northern Europe and Oceania, reports the Wood Resource
Quarterly
In the...
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Forest Products Market Update
- a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC
Global sawlog prices up 17% the past 12 months with the biggest gains
seen in Northern Europe and Oceania, reports the Wood Resource
Quarterly
In the 1Q/2010, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached US$76.
77/m3, the
highest level in over a year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Much of the
increase has been the result of a weaker US dollar, but sawlog costs have also gone up in
local currencies in many markets, including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Russia
and New Zealand.
Seattle, USA.
June, 2010.
Global conifer sawlog prices have steadily increased for four
consecutive quarters in all major world regions.
The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI),
which is based on quarterly conifer sawlog prices in 19 key regions worldwide, increased
from US$65.
89/m3 in the 1Q/09 to US$76.
77/m3 in the 1Q/10, a climb of almost 17%.
The biggest price increases the past year have occurred in Oceani
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