USA

Upward trend of lumber prices continues

Article by Gerd Ebner, translated by Susanne Höfler | 26.11.2018 - 11:07

Slowly, the end of the year is approaching. According to Random Lengths, this causes a more cautious order behavior for the US softwood lumber market. Still, quotations saw slight increases last week.

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For 2-by-4 free Great Lakes region, the increase was US-$7, which makes for a most recent price level of US-$410/1000 bft. European suppliers yielded €233/m³ which is €5/m³ more than in the previous week, but still €67/m³ less than last year.

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