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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

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  1. 1.021 million m3 – sawn softwood imports crossed the one million m3 mark for the first time over the year-ended August 2018
  2. AUD140.4 million – the value of imported wooden posts and beams (including LVL and I-Beams), lifted 36% over the year-ended August
  3. 226,687 – Australia’s dwelling approvals were up 5.2% over the year-ended August 2018, BUT, at 17,370 separate approvals in August, were 12.2% lower than the prior August
  4. $150.22/m3 – the average export price of Australia’s softwood log exports in August 2018 was a new monthly average record
  5. 7.263 million bdmt – Australia’s woodchip exports for the year-ended August  were dominated by 6.562 million bone-dried metric tonnes of hardwood chips.