UK softwood sawlogs So, in mid-September 2020 we are on a roller coaster ride where the peaks get higher and the troughs get lower and now, we are suddenly climbing again.After stabilisation in early 2020, there has been a sudden upward movement in log prices driven largely by increased demand and a seasonal lack of supply. Most mills are running at or near to full capacity and have been throughout the summer holiday season, demand is holding up unusually well into the autumn and stock levels are low. The increased processing activity levels have also seen the backlogs of saw-logs that built up during Covid now worked through and supplies from the forest now under pressure to the point where in some areas the situation is described as "hand to mouth".
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