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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

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  1. DOWN 26.5% – global hardwood chip deliveries to Japan plummeted in July 2018, recording their lowest monthly volume in eight years
  2. 19 vessels – Australia’s estimated 509,077 bdmt of woodchip exports in August were shipped on 19 vessels, departing from six ports
  3. 42.3% – Softwood log exports from Victoria in July totalled 118,333 m3, accounting for 42.3% of the national total exports for the month
  4. 132,322 m3 – imports of particleboard for the year-ended July 2018 were 29.8% higher than for the prior year
  5. USD72.08/barrel – WTI Crude oil price on 25th September 2018 was up more than USD30/barrel on a year earlier