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 Softwood
Export Council Newsletter
November 2007
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2007 Exports thru August |
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Country |
Exports m3 |
Exports $ |
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China |
49,939 |
$21,812,000 |
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Taiwan |
27,361 |
$
9,998,000 |
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Italy |
13,323 |
$
6,727,000 |
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Mexico |
304,268 |
$80,626,000 |
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Spain |
33,755 |
$14,545,000 |
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U.K |
82,723 |
$27,071,000 |
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The
Bahamas |
91,360 |
$
9,913,000 |
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Philippines |
47,279 |
$22,216,000 |
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Dominican
Republic |
91,839 |
$20,055,000 |
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Japan |
109,920 |
$39,665,000 |
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American Softwoods Program Manager |
American Softwoods China Office is
pleased to announce Ms. Yin Ren
(Melody) will be hired as American
Softwoods' Program Manager based in
Shanghai. Melody will be
responsible for American Softwood's
marketing promotion activities in
China. A holder of Master degree in
International Business, Melody
graduated from Grenoble Graduate
School of Business in France.
Melody is currently working with US
Consulate Commercial Service in
Shanghai as a Commercial Assistant.
Prior to that, she worked with
South Australia Government Shanghai
Commercial Office as Business
Development Manager. Melody will be
on board as of Nov. 19th
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Northern European Market Report |
September is
the month when the timber trade to relative
normality in Europe. During this period the
timber trade together with the building industry
return to full activity.
As result of
the significant drop in volume of exports of
European softwoods to the USA, European
producers are dropping their prices,
particularly to the UK, where C16/C24 Whitewood
is being offered at £155/m³. Swedish u/s Pine is
being offered at around £215/m³.
It is
interesting to note that since the drop in
demand for timber products in the U.S. from
Germany and Austria, both these countries have
increased their exports significantly to the UK,
144% and 437% respectively
In the UK new
housing starts are up 3% compared with same
period in 2006. However, the latest forecast is
for a slowdown until early 2008 when it is
likely to start growing again.
Unfortunately, the decking market is suffering a
downturn in demand due to the very wet summer
that the UK suffered this year.
In Germany
construction activity has had and is likely to
continue with a sharp downturn for the near
future. The building of residential housing has
slowed down compared with a year ago. This has
resulted in an over supply of constructional
grade timber.
The timber
industry in Finland is forecasting a significant
downturn in the supply/availability of sawn
timber due to the fact that it's normal source
for logs, Russia, is increasing the levy on the
export of logs. The Finnish timber industry
anticipates a shortfall of 10% in the supply of
logs unless it can find a new source.
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IMPORTS OF U S
SOFTWOOD LUMBER BY COUNTRY - m3:
AUGUST |
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COUNTRY |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2006YTD |
2007YTD |
% Chg |
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AUSTRIA |
243 |
0 |
2 |
225 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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BELGIUM/LUX |
9,346 |
6,210 |
4,053 |
7,177 |
8,075 |
6,705 |
2,377 |
-64.6 |
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DENMARK |
502 |
1,689 |
1,485 |
1,139 |
1,231 |
672 |
1,089 |
62.0 |
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FRANCE |
6701 |
5308 |
6824 |
6365 |
9941 |
7112 |
4227 |
-40.6 |
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GERMANY |
12,261 |
5,753 |
6,417 |
5,590 |
9,538 |
6,329 |
4,845 |
-23.5 |
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GREECE |
4768 |
1883 |
3610 |
2649 |
3025 |
1969 |
2135 |
8.4 |
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IRELAND |
3,719 |
1,366 |
2,006 |
3,111 |
6,044 |
4,330 |
1,761 |
-59.4 |
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ITALY |
31,950 |
15,476 |
22,096 |
21,660 |
21,111 |
13,162 |
13,321 |
1.2 |
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NETHERLANDS |
8,696 |
20,255 |
6,281 |
5,952 |
3,918 |
3,204 |
5,679 |
77.3 |
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PORTUGAL |
2,623 |
2,107 |
3,197 |
4,457 |
6,894 |
4,632 |
2,611 |
-43.6 |
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SPAIN |
78,660 |
50,435 |
55,025 |
72,678 |
79,496 |
52,837 |
33,755 |
-36.1 |
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SWEDEN |
8 |
131 |
789 |
1,227 |
667 |
243 |
1,239 |
409.9 |
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U K |
13,598 |
11,478 |
17,180 |
18,077 |
26,288 |
17,366 |
82,723 |
376.4 |
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TOTAL EXPORTS |
173,117 |
122,233 |
129,195 |
154,302 |
176,424 |
118,760 |
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