UK's timber import volumes for the third quarter of 2024 were encouragingly ahead of those of Q3 2023 for softwood, OSB and engineered wood products, but these increases were counterbalanced by falls elsewhere in the market. While softwood imports in Q3 2024 were 1% higher compared to Q3 2023, and OSB and Engineered Wood Products (EWP) also recorded growth, there was still an overall deficit of 1.2%, due to volume reductions of the other main products, especially hardwood plywood and MDF. Average prices of timber and panel products slowly edged upwards in the nine months to ...