Forest Products Market Update
- a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC
Softwood sawlog prices in Brazil in 4Q/09 were down 11% from their
peak in 2008 because of weak export lumber markets, reports Wood
Resource Quarterly.
Lumber exports from...
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Forest Products Market Update
- a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC
Softwood sawlog prices in Brazil in 4Q/09 were down 11% from their
peak in 2008 because of weak export lumber markets, reports Wood
Resource Quarterly.
Lumber exports from Brazil have fallen 45% in two years, resulting in reduced demand
for sawlogs and lower log prices.
In the 4Q/09, pine sawlog prices were down 11% from
their peak in 2008, but were still over 300% higher than six years ago, according to the
Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA.
January, 2010.
Softwood sawlog prices in Brazil have gone through an
unprecedented roller-coaster ride the past seven years, a ride that for a majority of the
period has been quite beneficial to landowners and timberland investors.
Pine sawlog prices increased almost fourfold (in US dollar terms) from the 1Q/03
through early 2008, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
The continuous upward
price trend lasted for six years, but was interrupted in late
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