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- Down 15.3% – Australia’s housing starts over the year-ended April 2019, totalling 194,643 separate dwellings
- 792,417 m3 – imports of sawn softwood were 21.1% higher over the year-ended April than for the year prior
- AUDFOB222.41/bdmt – the average export price of Australian hardwood chip exports in April
- 84,218 m3 – smaller dimension softwood log exports (<15 cm diameter at the small-end) in April
- 1956 – the first container freight vessel entered the global fleet – it carried just 58 containers. Now they carry as much as 23,000 containers.
Full details will be published in the June 2019 edition of Wood Market Edge – due out on 28 June. For subscription information, go to www.industryedge.com.au
