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Market Statistics

The latest information on wood production statistics, prices and wood use in New Zealand and internationally, compiled from a variety of sources.

Quarterly statistical publications (from MAF)

December 2010 report

March 2010 report

March 2011

Log prices (Excel spreadsheet)

 

New Zealand Forest Industry Facts and Figures 2008/2009

Download publication produced by the NZ Forest Owners Association, The Wood Processors Association and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

 
International Markets

News briefs 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. Read the full article here.

 

Softwood log prices increased in Russia in 2009, while hardwood prices fell because of a 72% decline in log exports, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Despite large timber resources, Russia struggles to attract investments within the forest industry because of political and financial uncertainty in the country. Domestic prices for
softwood sawlogs and pulplogs were up in 2009, while hardwood log prices fell as a result of a sharp decline in log exports to Finland, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

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