In-depth observation of the ups and downs of furniture materials

China's demand is pushing up the price of building timber such as North American SPF, Russian pine wood, and New Zealand Australian radiata pine, and the price of furniture wood, especially Southeast Asian wood, has fallen by much.

After investigation, the reporter found that, although affected by the economic recovery in the United States, some imported timber has indeed risen in price, but there is almost no timber that can be used as furniture. The argument that most furniture prices are raised by “raw material price increases” is just a pretext. In the ensuing investigation, the reporter contacted an imported timber wholesaler. Under his guidance, the reporter found such a set of data: In 2012, China's log imports first experienced a negative growth, and a decrease of 4,431,100 cubic meters compared to the same period in 2011. Therefore, except for New Zealand timber, which increased by 4.59% over the same period of last year, other The import volume of timber import countries fell in an all-round manner, among which, the Russian timber import volume was 11,833,000 cubic meters, which was lower than in 2011. “The price of timber in Southeast Asia has been falling for some time. The price increases are pinewood from the United States and Canada. "A manager who engaged in the import and export trade of wood products for 20 years told reporters that the former is mainly used for furniture, while the pinewoods of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and even Russia are all construction materials. The proportion of finished furniture is very high. low. “Increase in construction timber prices generally only increases the cost of builders and construction companies,” he said.

At Rugao Port in Jiangsu Province, huge robots picked up dozens of Russian white pines of various thicknesses and transported them from the cargo ship to the land. The huge shore cranes placed the small grasper into the cargo hold. The machines roared in endlessly. New Year's weather.

In the past few days, Song Huiqun, general manager of Jiangsu Hongrong International Trade Co., Ltd., has been busy receiving customers from all over the country to look at goods. This round of price increases also brought new opportunities to him for 10 years.

According to his purchase order, the price increase for domestic white timber Baisong, which is common in China, has reached 45.5%. In April 2012, the price of logs with a diameter of 14 to 20 centimeters was US$112 per cubic meter, and this year it reached US$163.

Although the prices of domestic ports are slightly different, taking the case of the arrival of the imported timber from Shandong Lushan as an example, the Chinese model A of Australian radiata pine has exceeded 1,000 yuan per cubic meter, and the price before the Spring Festival was only 930 yuan. "The raw materials have risen too fast, but there is still a process to get to finished products," said Song Huiqun.

According to news from China Wood Industry Information Network, North American wood prices continue to show a rising trend. In addition to the U.S. needs of large amounts of wood for post-disaster reconstruction due to hurricane damage, the U.S. has cancelled punitive import duties on Canada's cork timber, resulting in a large amount of "Gasong" flowed to the United States, and the quantity of timber exported to China decreased.

According to currently available data, between January and November 2012, US housing starts were 750,000 units, up by more than 20% year-on-year. Industry insiders predict that the start of 900,000 units of US housing in 2013 should be easy to achieve and may even exceed 100. Million sets. "The United States is only raising prices for building materials, and there is no direct relationship with wood for furniture." Song Huiqun said.

Furniture materials are now cold and clear. According to the survey, the largest domestic sales of imported timber are spruce, hemlock and red pine. These three types of wood are mainly used for interior decoration, outdoor gardens, and construction projects. Finally, it is furniture.

On February 8, the price of the three types of wood was 397 US dollars per cubic meter. It rose to 408 US dollars on February 15, compared with 284 US dollars per cubic meter in the same period of last year.

Information from the imported timber market in Dongba, Beijing shows that the imported furniture wood sold mainly in this city is walnut, oak, maple, cherry, etc., and it is completely unrelated to the recent price increase of wood. The national timber quotation on February 17th shows that the hardwood market is still closed, and Burmese rosewood and Myanmar rosewood have not risen too much. At the same time, due to the Spring Festival holiday, shipments of red walnuts and other wood “fall into the freezing point” and the market is lukewarm.

“In addition, from the price hikes of imported raw materials to the price increase of end products, it takes a period of time to digest the market. If any furniture company has large inventories, the buyer can take advantage of the opportunity to clear the inventory.” The manager Say.