Softwood lumber prices: Italian market is not out of the woods yet
Hopes for an end to the price decline on the Italian market have not materialized after the International Wood Day 2008 in Klagenfurt/Austria. German and Austrian softwood lumber exporters anticipated the prices would fall further, an expectation which soon came true. In Klagenfurt, the Austrian wood industry tried to discourage Italian clients from always speculating on sinking prices...
