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Supply shortage stymies Irish industry
25 November, 2006
Ireland, like the rest of Europe, is grappling with supply shortages – just as its housing starts are setting a record

Whitewood prices rise at unprecedented rate
11 November, 2006
After a continuous price escalation throughout 2006, the redwood market has begun to stabilise as stocks have become replenished and specifications improved. It is a completely different story in the whitewood sector where supplies are so short that it is difficult to predict when production will meet demand and prices start to level off

Restricted supply dominates popular hardwoods
02 September, 2006
Supply of African and Far Eastern hardwoods is tight and much of what is available is going to China

Shortages trigger talk of a sea change in tropical ply
02 September, 2006
There is so little tropical plywood to go round that importers may have to rethink how and what they order

UK market bucks the trend
08 July, 2006
Chipboard is in unseasonally short supply and prices are rising – although really only in line with increased costs

UK orders for Chinese ply at "unprecedented levels"
24 June, 2006
Tropical hardwood plywood is in short supply but its softwood counterpart is faring better

"Year of the shortage" will see supply issues deepen
13 May, 2006
Chinese demand, harvesting restrictions, civil unrest and the weather are all affecting the supply of hardwoods to the UK

Chinese imports continue to dominate thoughts
04 February, 2006
The year started well for the plywood sector but it appears that Chinese imports may upset the balance. Meanwhile OSB producers have been concentrating on the US where demand for repairs has pushed up prices