COVERAGE NOTE: May southern pine prices in East Asia updated

June 12, 2020

By Nick Chang, Editor, PPI Asia

RISI Fastmarkets has revised down May southern pine prices in East Asia from $565-575/tonne published in PPI Asia on June 5 to $555-565/tonne.

May prices for southern pine in the region were settled in early June at lower levels.

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