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There has been a slight improvement over recent weeks in OSB prices which, until early July 2022, across North America had dropped to under US$400/1,000 sqft FOB mill. According to Random Lengths, for the benchmark grade 7/16‘‘, the price in the North Central region has meanwhile returned to US$435. Following a price...

After the slight decline in the fourth quarter, the growth recorded in German production of OSB since the beginning of 2020 continued at the beginning of 2022. At 338,079 m³ (Jan.-March 2021: 324,242 m³), the production volume increased by 4.3%. The volume produced in the preceding quarter (303,633 m³) was exceeded by...

A steep downswing in ordering in April and May has given way to another slump in order intake for Central European OSB manufacturers in June and July. Ongoing destocking by merchants and converters in the woodworking sector is hindering business with the timber and building materials trade. However, merchants seem to...