South Atlantic wood markets remain in turmoil,with pine shortages now replacing hardwood worries

摘要

Most South Atlantic pulpwood mills had achieved reasonable,although costly,hardwood inventories by mid-November.However,the relative hardwood comfort came at the expense of foregone pine production the last few months,leaving many mills ranging from somewhat to extremely short in pine,according to contacts.In fact,one major Florida pine mill reportedly took a brief fiber-related outage in recent weeks,a rarity this time of year.