March 23, 2020 It goes without saying that the Coronavirus pandemic casts a huge shadow over everything imaginable. It has taken center stage for everyone personally and in business. COVID-19 has created uncertainty in lumber and panel markets as well, as buyers have been reluctant to...
February 24, 2020 What a difference a few weeks makes. Since the end of January, plywood commodity markets have very active and moved sharply upward over the past four weeks. Many of us anticipated that this market move could and would happen at some time. When...
January 27, 2020 January 2020 has seen decent trading so far. The first full two weeks of the month were relatively strong sales weeks for us, which is encouraging. As usual, many people are buying a little bit of wood, but no one is loading up. ...
December 23, 2019 Commodity plywood markets are unyielding, limping into the holiday weeks with few changes in prices or in the marketplace. Customers seem content to stay the course—that is, buy their needs, only. No changes really. Prices are trading in a very narrow and low range. There is simply...
November 25, 2019 The commodity plywood markets continue to be consistently mediocre, but that’s not all bad. Light to no inventory positions by most customers require them to be fill-in buying frequently. And due to a slight but welcome uptick in the level of business in...
December 31, 2018 Surprisingly, December turned out to be a great sales month, with winter plywood sales filling the depleted inventories that distributors have allowed to shrink over the last seven months. Yes, remarkable, but true. The brutal summer and fall commodity markets took their toll on...
October 22, 2018 The plywood market, like almost all commodity lumber and panel markets, continues to struggle with lethargic buying interest and excess available product available to customers. Imports Affect the Commodities Markets The commodity lumber and panel markets continue their downward spiral of prices that has, with...
September 24, 2018 Disappointing Sales Leading Into the Fall The western plywood markets, with the exception of some increased buying prior to and after the Hurricane in the southeast, have largely been disappointing in September. The lethargy that has been prevalent in our marketplace is indicative of...
August 27, 2018 After a long and harsh June and July, the commodity markets for lumber and panels have experienced a turnaround in the past couple weeks, but not all at the same time. Suffice to say that most commodity items are stable, not going down...
July 30, 2018 Buying as needed until western plywood market increases pace. The western plywood markets continued to struggle throughout July, part of the larger price swoon by all commodity lumber and panel products that has gone on for almost two months. Depending on the item, most...