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Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update

More than 20 percent of the world’s softwood log trade originates from New Zealand. In 2013, the country exported 57 percent of the country’s timber harvest and the value of the trade had tripled in five years, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

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Sawlog Prices See Biggest Increase Since 2011

The Wood Resource Quarterly report of the Global Forest Industry in the first Quarter 2013 reports sawlog prices were up in practically all regions covered by the WRQ in the first Quarter of 2013, the biggest quarter-to-quarter increase since early 2011.

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Higher Lumber Demand in the US Increased Q3 Lumber Production

The improved housing market in the US the past four months has resulted in both higher lumber production in the US and in increased importation of lumber. As a consequence lumber prices have gone up by over 30% from last year. However, sawlog price have remained unchanged so far this year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.