Month: March 2010

After many months of limited forward buying, signs are that UK stocks of tropical hardwood plywood are now extremely low. With tight supplies and rising prices from all the main supply regions, concerns are mounting that significant shortages could emerge as consumption begins to pick up with rising construction activity in the spring. Meanwhile, suppliers of alternative new products are hoping to step into the void previously filled by tropical hardwoods.

Much of the economic news in Europe in recent weeks has focused on the challenges faced by Greece in its struggle to finance huge debts, a crises threatening the credibility of the whole euro-zone financial system of which Greece forms a part.