Volumes in UK of all the main timber and panel products were much higher in October 2024, resulting in an overall 15% uplift in imports.  October’s surge in demand is the latest positive sign in a year of gradual improvements in volumes, which has seen the cumulative deficit for 2024 to date, when compared with the previous year, reduce to just 1.2% for all products. Significantly, the volume deficit for softwoods was effectively wiped out in October at just -0.3%, and OSB volumes have moved ahead of last year’s figures. Softwood imports in ...