The wood price indices established by the German federation for wooden packaging, pallets, and export packaging (HPE) for the second quarter of 2013 reveal increases across the board when compared with the figures for the first three months. Seasonal growth in demand coupled with below-average production activity in the central European sawmilling industry, for example, enabled suppliers to push through, sometimes last-minute, price increases for certain assortments of side-cuts and packaging products. In doing so, the uplift in prices flattened out slightly at the end of the second quarter.

Source: EUWID

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