{"id":31006,"date":"2025-06-21T07:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/timber-imports-rise-for-first-time-in-four-years\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:16:49","slug":"timber-imports-rise-for-first-time-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/timber-imports-rise-for-first-time-in-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Timber imports rise for first time in four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-498916\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"579\">The latest stats from Timber Development UK show the market bounced back after a sluggish start to the year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"579\">January saw volumes dip 1%, followed by a 9% slide in February, but a 13% surge in March turned the quarter positive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"883\">Softwood was the star performer, with imports climbing nearly 2% and value up 12% on the back of stronger prices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"883\">Sawn pine led the charge with volumes up 32%, largely thanks to Swedish mills, while planed softwood prices rose 9% and sawn softwood values jumped 16%. Redwoods posted a 37% price spike.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1032\">Plywood imports also picked up, with softwood volumes jumping 25% and values up 34%.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1548\">TDUK head of technical and trade Nick Boulton said: \u201cSoftwood imports have historically mirrored housing output, and with growth forecast across new build and RMI through to 2027, demand for timber looks set to rise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1548\">\u201cThere\u2019s cautious optimism in the air \u2013 although for some in the sector, recovery still can\u2019t come quickly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/20\/timber-imports-rise-for-first-time-in-four-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The latest stats from Timber Development UK show the market bounced back after a sluggish start to the year. &#8230; <a title=\"Timber imports rise for first time in four years\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/timber-imports-rise-for-first-time-in-four-years\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Timber imports rise for first time in four years\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}