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Softwood
Export Council Newsletter
Winter 2010
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KH Housing Fair - Seoul |
 When it comes to US
softwoods its probably true. |
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Lumber exports from PNW |
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total of 344 million board feet of softwood lumber was exported from
Washington and Oregon in 2009, according to data released by the U.S. Forest
Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station. During the same period, the two
states exported a total of 697 million board feet of softwood logs.
"The volume of
softwood lumber exports was up 17.5 % from 293 million board feet while the
volume of softwood log exports was down 10.2 % from the 2008 volume of 776
million board feet" said Debra Warren, an economist with the station.
In 2009 Japan took 52.8% of log exports
while to South Korea took 35.6%, and China took 10.1 % of shipments.
Canada and Taiwan took the remaining 1.5%. Douglas-fir
accounted for 64 % of these log exports; western hemlock, 21 %; other softwoods
made up the remaining 15 %
As to softwood Lumber
some 111.6 million board feet (32.4%) of the 2009 softwood lumber exports went
to Japan, 123.9 million board feet (36.0%) went to Canada, 29.2 million board
feet (8.5%) went to the Philippines, 22.2 million board feet (6.4%) went to
China, 10.5 million board feet (3.1%) went to Taiwan, 8.8 million board feet
(2.6%) went to South Korea, 3.0 million board feet went to Australia, and 4.4
million board feet went to Vietnam.
Douglas-fir accounted for
51.2% of these lumber exports; western hemlock, 14.0%; and other softwoods made
up the remaining 34.8%.
The total value of lumber shipments was
$223.7 million at the ports of exportation, and the average value was $649.86
mbf. Douglas-fir averaged $762.11 mbf; western hemlock, $446.43 mbf; and other
softwoods, $566.49 mbf. Oregon and Washington also imported 1.1 billion board
feet of softwood lumber in 2009, mostly from Canada
Economist
Warren compiled the data from the U.S. International Trade Commission and
will publish it later this year, as she does annually, in Production, Prices,
Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries, a bulletin that provides
current information on the region's lumber and plywood production and prices and
employment in the forest industries
The PNW Research
Station is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It has 11 laboratories and centers
located in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington and about 425 employees.
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Expo Promueble Tradeshow 2010 |
By Fernanda Vale Garcia
Expo Promueble took place from January 20th
to the 23rd at "Centro Banamex" in Mexico City where furniture manufacturers and
suppliers exhibited. At the tradeshow there were approximately 120 companies
exhibiting; a breakdown of these companies is: 46 companies exhibited materials
for furniture manufacturing, 25 furniture-machinery, 22 lumber, panels and
boards, 3 Associations or Chambers, and 24 industry-related magazines and
different, other materials to manufacture furniture.
In this 2010 edition, there were furniture
manufacturers that were looking for lumber such as Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir,
Red Cedar and SYP to manufacture all different types of furniture, such as
kitchen cabinets, doors for doctor's offices, school/office furniture and living
rooms. Some manufacturers requested light lumber to manufacture collapsible
furniture.
The most requested species during the
tradeshow were Ponderosa Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, OSB and plywood. Few
attendees requested information on Douglas fir and Glue lams from US and wanted
to buy it in Mexico.
Some of the furniture manufacturers mentioned
that the species most frequently use are: Caobilla, Red Cedar, Poplar, Oak,
Tzalam, Red wood, Ponderosa Pine, Birch and Chilean and Brazilian lumber and
SYP. For structural purposes they use OSB and SYP. In recent years, few of them
have purchased US lumber and the reason that they don't always use US lumber is
price, because -inevitably- sometimes US lumber is more expensive than lumber
from other countries and is not always available in the market. They all agree
that the economic situation has influenced the volatility of lumber prices.
From the attendees, 50% were lumber
distributors and requested mainly Ponderosa Pine and SYP, 40% were furniture
manufacturers that mostly use Mexican lumber and also use lumber from USA and
Chile. From the attendees 10% were either architects or engineers that use
lumber for construction purposes and for exterior uses such as studs lumber OSB
and plywood. Other furniture manufacturers requested particleboards and MDF. |
US Softwood exports for 2009
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US softwood exports dropped just 9% in 2009
according to USDA GATS data. The data shows a total of $529,283, 000 in
shipments from US ports, down just under $50,000,000 from 2008.
Western lumber species did considerably
better than US softwoods in general with Douglas fir shipments up 9% and leading
all species with $155.5 million in sales. Southern Pine sales dripped 24% to 95
million and second position overall. Eastern White Pine was in 4th place down 8%
at $43 million. Western hemlock rose by 30% to $29.8 million and 6th place
overall. Hem-fir mix was also up 73 % to $11.8 million.
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2008
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2009
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Percentage
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Douglas fir
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148,349,000
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155,656,000
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Southern Pine
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125,413,000
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95,211,000
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Other pine
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39,269,000
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48,316,000
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White/Red pine
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46,924,00
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43,148,000
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"other" softwoods
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45,282,000
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40,842,000
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Hemlock
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23,006,000
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29,894,000
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30
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Ponderosa Pine
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28,897,000
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23,719,000
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-18
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Western Red Cedar
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29,643,000
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18,857,000
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Leading export markets for Douglas fir were
Japan ($77 million), Canada ($27 million), Philippines ($22 million), Mexico
($11 million), and China ($2.5 million). Other countries with more than $1
million in shipments include Netherlands, Taiwan, Australia, India, Italy, and
the UK.
Southern pine markets include the Dominican
Republic ($17 million), Taiwan, up 49% from 2008 ($7.8 million), China and
Jamaica ($7 million), Trinidad and Tobago ($6 million), Haiti and Canada ($5
million), Italy ($4 million) and Spain ($3.7 million). Spain shipments were as
high as $ 25.6 million in 2006.
Western Hemlock with a 30% overall increase
in shipments to the top 6 destinations lead by Canada, up 67% ($11.6 million),
China up 72% ($7.5 million), Japan up 129% ($3 million), Taiwan up 225% (1.5
million) and Vietnam, up 105% and the Philippines up 36% ($1.3 million each)
To find more specific export data on species
and destinations go to the USDA Global Agricultural Trade System GATS website.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gats/Default.aspx
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Upcoming Trade shows and Seminars |
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April
- Dubai Wood 2010 April 13-15 Dubai (sold out)
June
- US softwood booth participation
cancelled - Carrefour du Bois June 2-4 Nantes
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DesignBuild Australiasia
June 23-25 Melbourne
August
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Tecno Mueble 2010 August
19-22 Guadalajara
~www.softwood.org/calender
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