Furniture price increase is the excuse "hand in hand" building materials wood price increase free ride

"At the end of last year, this table also said that it cost 3,000 yuan. Today, I will say that it is less than 3,800 yuan." I went to Gaobeidian to buy furniture for the new house on weekends, but all the furniture has gone up, Beijing The public Yang Xu is somewhat depressed.

After a few hours of turning, several furniture stores that opened the door all mentioned the price increase because of the “wood price increase”.

Is the wood really up? After investigation, the reporter found that although some of the imported timber has increased in price due to the impact of the US economic recovery, there is almost no wood that can be used for furniture. The saying that most furniture raises prices through the “price increase of raw materials” is only an excuse.

Into the furniture store

Every household says price increases

"The price has risen a lot. This year, the price of timber has risen sharply." In a warehouse in the village of Hugezhuang Town, Tongzhou District, although the big workers have not returned yet, the furniture factory owner Wang Fang has been busy calculating a new batch of furniture. Outbound price.

The reporter looked through the records and photos of last July and found that the double bed with the same size, shape and materials has increased by 50%.

"That's not because the wood was cheap last year, plus the heavy rain last year, a lot of goods, the cost is low, now the price, even the wood can not buy." Wang Fang said.

In another furniture warehouse on the north side of Chaoyang North Road, the salesperson pointed to a pine single bed and quoted a price of 1,500 yuan. Just in December last year, the same pine single bed only sold 1020. yuan.

“Where did you go to raise prices?” Yang Xu took the furniture warehouse strategy printed from the Internet. The netizens even posted the photos, sizes and prices of the purchased furniture. Yang Xu thought that it could be copied and cheap, but he did not expect to drive for dozens of kilometers. It’s not cheap at all.

“This imported golden silk pomelo has almost doubled last year. Why don’t you raise the price now?” The salesman’s tone was relaxed.

In the subsequent investigation, the reporter contacted an imported timber wholesaler. Under his guidance, the reporter found such a set of data: in 2012, China's log imports for the first time showed a negative growth, and decreased by 4,443,100 cubic meters compared with the same period in 2011, so in addition to New Zealand timber increased by 4.59% over the same period of the previous year, other Imports of log importing countries have declined overall, of which Russia’s timber imports amounted to 11.183 million cubic meters, down 20.52% from 2011.

"If the supply is less, the price will rise. You should understand this relationship between supply and demand," he said.

Building materials price increase

Is the furniture manufacturer purely "fishing in troubled waters"?

"The price of wood in Southeast Asia has been falling for some time. The price increase is pine in the United States, Canada and other places." A manager engaged in 20 years of import and export of wood products told reporters that the former is mainly used for furniture. The pines of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and even Russia are all construction materials, and the proportion of furniture is very low. “The rising prices of construction materials generally only increase the cost of builders and construction companies,” he said.

In the port of Ruoyi, Jiangsu, the huge manipulators took up dozens of Russian white pines of different thickness and transported them from the cargo ship to the land. The huge shore crane put the small grab into the cargo hold, and the machine roared. New spring weather.

In the past few days, Song Huiqun, the general manager of Jiangsu Gangrong International Trade Co., Ltd., has been busy receiving customers from all over the country. This round of price increases has also brought new opportunities to him for 10 years.

His purchase order shows that the domestically imported timber Russian white pine has increased its price by 45.5% for 10 months. In April 2012, logs of 14 to 20 cm in diameter were quoted at $112 per cubic metre, compared to $163 before and after the Spring Festival this year.

Although the prices of domestic ports are slightly different, for example, Shandong Laoshan, the imported timber arrival port, has broken through the Australian A type of Australian radiata pine by 1,000 yuan per cubic meter, compared with 930 yuan before the Spring Festival. “The raw materials have risen too fast, but when it comes to the finished product, there is still a process.” Song Huiqun said.

According to news from China Wood Information Network, North American timber prices continue to rise. Except for the need for large-scale timber for post-disaster reconstruction due to hurricane damage in the United States, the United States has eliminated punitive import tariffs on Canadian softwood timber, making “Gasong” flows to the United States, and the amount of wood exported to China is reduced.

According to the data currently available, from January to November 2012, the number of US housing starts was 750,000, up more than 20% year-on-year. Industry insiders predict that 900,000 housing starts in 2013 should be easy to achieve, and even hope to exceed 100. Million sets. "The United States is only the price of building materials, and it has no direct relationship with wood for furniture." Song Huiqun said.

Furniture material is now deserted

The industry said there is a bargaining opportunity

"Can pine wood not be used for furniture? Will a price increase of wood drive other wood prices?" Yang Xu is not allowed to wait, or buy it now.

Unwilling to run away, he turned over his mobile phone and began to check the price. He did not expect to find a news that the import price of logs fell. On February 20, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference, saying that in January 2013, China’s import prices continued to fall. The trend, in which log import prices have fallen for nine consecutive months.

When I found this news, Yang Xu had some doubts about being "fudged".

According to the survey, information from the timber professional website shows that the most imported timbers in China are spruce, hemlock and red pine, which are mainly used for interior decoration, outdoor gardening, construction, and finally furniture.

On February 8, the prices of the three types of wood were $397 per cubic metre, and rose to $408 on February 15, compared to $284 per cubic metre in the same period last year.

Information from the Dongba import timber market shows that the main imported furniture wood in this city is walnut, oak, maple, cherry, etc., and it is completely irrelevant to the recent round of price increase. The national timber price on February 17th showed that the hardwood market is still closed, and Burmese rosewood and Burmese rosewood have not gone up. At the same time, because of the Spring Festival holiday, the shipment of red walnut and other woods fell to the freezing point, and the market was cold.

"In addition, from the price increase of imported raw materials to the price increase of end products, it still needs a period of market digestion. If a furniture manufacturer has a large inventory, the buyer can take advantage of the opportunity to clear the inventory and cut the price." Say.