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- USD920/t – the price of Bleached Eucalypt Kraft pulp in China in late October, appears to have peaked. Important because this is the main product made from Australian hardwood chip exports
- 8,933 approvals – Australia’s approvals of one storey townhouses over the year-ended September 2018 were down 9.9% on the prior year
- AUDFob143.12/m3 – The export price of larger dimension (>15 cm SED) softwood logs was modestly softer in September 2018
- 1.9% – Australia’s inflation rate for the year-ended September feeds into concerns about the strength of the Australian economy
- One Month – the expected delay in Australia’s import data for the month of September after the ABS was overwhelmed by applications for ‘trade secrecy’.
