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US softwood sawn timber price until week 44/2020 (2-by-4 SPF (KD) #2&better)  © Holzkurier.com

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US price past its peak

Article by Gerd Ebner (translated by Eva Guzely) | 05.11.2020 - 14:25

With demand for construction timber assortments remaining strong in the US, 2-by-4 prices saw a marked decrease in the past two weeks.

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After seven weeks on the record level of around 960 USD/1000 bft, the 2-by-4 price (Western SPF, KD, #2 & better) fell by approximately 100 USD/1000 bft in the past two weeks to currently 851 USD/1000 bft. This is according to Madison’s Lumber Reporter. With an exchange rate of 1.17 $/€, European exporters now earn 471 €/m³ which is around 60 €/m³ below the record levels recorded in the months of September and October. However, the price is still 220 €/m³ higher than it was in the same period of last year.

In 2020, the average price of this assortment is 321 €/m³. Last year, 2-by-4 cost on average 248 €/m³.

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