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Imports of printing papers on the ropes
Australia’s imports of Printing & Communication papers, including copy paper, continue to decline, because of both improved conditions for domestic producers and falling total demand. Printing and Communication paper imports totalled 170.4 kt in SQ’17, their third lowest quarterly... -
Dwelling approvals down, but strength remains houses
For the year-ended September 2017, Australia’s housing approvals declined 11.4%, falling to 211,855 separate dwellings. A year earlier approvals were more than 27,000 dwellings higher. September approvals totalled 19,844 dwellings, just 0.4% lower than approvals in September 2016, but... -
Softwood log exports rise, rise and rise again
Over the year-ended September 2017, Softwood log exports totalled 4,497,493 m3, or to put it another way, almost reached 4.5 million m3 on an annualized basis. The result was 35.6% higher than for the year-ended September 2016. It should... -
Pulp prices continue to rise as paper producers look to recover costs
Partly due to the regulatory pressures on recovered paper imports to China, the main softwood pulp grade – Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) – experienced dramatic price increases (reaching as high as USD100/t) in September. Expectations are that prices... -
Australia’s demand for paper and paperboard down 4.4% over last year
Driven lower by a plunge in consumption of Newsprint and progressively lower demand for other Printing & Communication papers, Australia’s total demand for paper and paperboard fell 4.4% in the 2016-17 financial year. In volume terms, the decline was... -
Softwood log exports hit new annual record
Australia’s softwood log exports recorded a new annual high of 4.244 million m3 for the year-ended July 2017. Exports for the month of July totalled 488,911 m3, the second highest monthly volume ever, behind the record 511,275 m3 recorded... -
Australia’s hardwood chip exports linked directly to China’s success
As with so much in the modern mercantile world, China is all things in the hardwood chip export trade, at least from Australia’s perspective. IndustryEdge’s latest analysis shows that China’s demand has driven Australia’s export growth over the last... -
Hardwood Pulp Leads Market in China as Softwood Stumbles
As softwood pulp prices turned down in June and hardwood pulp prices rose or were stable in most major markets, attention turned to the nature of the downturn in global pulp prices. However, there is no absolute certainty that... -
Finkel’s Clean Energy Target offers spark of opportunity for domestic manufacturers
Australia’s energy crisis is a real thing, impacting real businesses, especially in manufacturing. The impact of rapidly rising energy costs (electricity and gas) and supply insecurity, raises the prospect of facility closures over the next year to two years.... -
Hardwood chip owners, exporters and supply chains under sustained cost pressures
Modest price increases in recent months and reports of further increases for premium hardwood chip grades mask the reality of the last two decades – real prices received by growers and exporters have been falling almost continuously. Unlike the...
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