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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

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  1. 31.7% of China’s hardwood chip imports from Australia in QE November – Australia supplied 3.765 million bdmt to China in the three months ended November 2018, but were dwarfed by Vietnam…
  2. 5.866 million bdmt – Vietnam’s contribution to China’s hardwood chip imports for September to November 2018 was 49.5% of the total
  3. 368,332 m3 – Australia’s softwood log exports returned to trend in November 2018, up 17.2% on the month before
  4. USD118.55/m3 – Softwood log exports from NSW were 8.3% lower than the month before, but were still the highest priced from any Australian state
  5. 103,330 m3 – Australia’s dressed and roughsawn softwood imports were 3.0% lower than the month before but remain close to their highest ever levels.