June 22, 2020 The western plywood markets continue to roll along, with persistent strength in panel and lumber markets in general. This current bull market in commodities is about 9-10 weeks old. During this period of time there have been slight pauses. However, it seems that...
May 25, 2020 In the past three weeks we have seen Western Plywood markets building and coming alive, after about a ten week slumber. Markets are not crazy, mind you, but steady. For obvious reasons stemming from our global lockdown, all commodity markets have suffered dearly....
April 27, 2020 The past 6 to 8 weeks has been like nothing any of us have ever experienced. And that is surely an understatement. The Covid-19 outbreak and its spread has created chaos, illness, and deaths to thousands. There have been untold disruptions to our...
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...