Total existing-home sales descended 4.9 percent from December 2024 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.08 million in January 2025 according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, sales improved 2.0 percent (up from 4 million in January 2024).
Read more...Over the past decade, Canadian pellet exports to Japan grew 27-fold from 2014 (62,000 tonnes) to 2023 (1.70 million tonnes). Thirty percent of Canadian wood pellet exports to Japan come from Alberta (the other 70 percent from British Columbia), reported from canadianbiomass.
Read more...According to the latest report by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), timber trade heated up in 2024, with real prices for all roundwood assortments rising sharply and an exceptionally high volume of timber trade.
Read more...According to the latest figures from Timber Development UK (TDUK), volumes of the main timber and panel products imports in the 11 months to November 2024 were very similar to 2023 volumes, down by just 0.2 percent (around 20,000m3) as we approached the end of the year.
Read more...The annual rate of inflation based on the India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was 2.37 percent in December 2024. The positive rate of inflation in December 2024 was primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, manufactured food products, other manufacturing, manufacture of textiles and non-food articles, according to eaindustry.nic.in.
Read more...Over the past decade, Canadian pellet exports to Japan grew 27-fold from 2014 (62,000 tonnes) to 2023 (1.70 million tonnes). Thirty percent of Canadian wood pellet exports to Japan come from Alberta (the other 70 percent from British Columbia), reported by canadianbiomass.
Read more...As reported in the December 2024 edition of the European Timber Trade Federation newsletter, the law implementing the IT system for administration of the EU Deforestation Regulation promises that users will be given training and support in its operation.
Read more...The total output value of China's forestry industry has exceeded 10 trillion yuan ($1.38 trillion) in 2024, with a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, announced from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
Read more...After a difficult year in 2023, the European parquet market appears to have bottomed out. Last year, there was another decrease of almost 5 percent compared to 2023, according to a preliminary forecast by the European Parquet Federation (FEP).
Read more...Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has unveiled its latest Quarterly Cost Report on the North American construction industry in 14 key markets with an optimistic view for the sector. With current data from mid-Q4 2024, the latest RLB report shows the national average increase in construction costs for the U.S. was 1.11 per cent, explains a release.
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