USA

Same old, same old - significant price difference to previous year

Article by Gerd Ebner, translated by Susanne Höfler | 14.01.2019 - 09:41

The price development has been heterogeneous, as well. 2-by-4 free Great Lakes region yielded US-$403/1000 bft (plus US-$2/1000 bft) last week. Since the euro underwent a strengthening at the same time, the revenue for European exporters remained unchanged at €227/m³. Last year's price exceeded the current level by €68/m³. With this, the price difference compared to the same time last year even increased slightly which was €60/m³.