{"id":76585,"date":"2018-10-22T10:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/brazil-lumber-exports-boosted-by-increased-us-demand\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:49:13","slug":"brazil-lumber-exports-boosted-by-increased-us-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/brazil-lumber-exports-boosted-by-increased-us-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil lumber exports boosted by increased US demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazilian lumber exports have followed a similar trend as exports from other countries over the last decade, which is to say they have slowly crept back up after tanking in the wake of 2008. The US housing market is the primary driver of global lumber flows, and the Great Recession of 2008 had a lingering, widespread effect on these flows, as well as the local markets where lumber is produced in volume.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In many areas, current production remains far below pre-recession levels. In the case of Brazil, however, production has been steadily rising and is on course to return to pre-2008 levels.<\/p>\n

Since the worst of the international financial crisis began to abate in 2011, Brazilian sawmills increased capacity and exports have increased 63 percent (8.5 percent annually) in value, and 108 percent (13 percent annually) in volume. The Brazilian lumber sector closed 2017 with shipments of $665 million, which is still below pre-recession levels.<\/p>\n

The states of Paran\u00e1 and Santa Catarina are the primary exporters of Brazilian lumber (Figure 2). These states both contain large areas of planted pine and are thus home to a number of sawmills that rely on these dense stands of pine logs as a raw material.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The primary single destination for Brazilian lumber in 2017 was the United States, which imported more than 419,000 tons\u2014just over 500 million board feet (MMBF). Unlike the domestic Brazilian market, lumber and other sawn wood products are highly valued by the US construction and homebuilding sectors. For the purposes of comparison, it\u2019s worth noting that this Brazilian volume is roughly the same as two modern, high-capacity southern yellow pine (SYP) sawmills, which are capable of producing 250-350 MMBF annually. The overall size and scale of the\u00a0US market\u00a0is tremendous; it is on pace to consume in excess of 50\u00a0billion<\/em>\u00a0board feet in 2018.<\/p>\n

The primary drivers of the continued surge in Brazilian lumber exports include:<\/p>\n