To: BossLady
Don't forget steel and copper.
Thank G-d beer is still reasonable.
7 posted on
05/05/2004 4:35:30 PM PDT by
snopercod
(I used to be disgusted. Then I became amused. Now I'm disgusted again.)
To: snopercod
Iraq reconstruction builds plywood demand, prices
By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
Posted 9/1/2003 10:51 PM
A government order for plywood panels destined for Iraq is pushing key wood products prices to all-time highs. The Defense Logistics Agency, the military's prime supplier, is buying more than 20 million feet of plywood sheeting, most for U.S. forces' base camps, guard posts and other projects, spokeswoman Dawn Dearden says.
The $13.3 million purchase is relatively tiny about 300 million feet of plywood sheeting is sold monthly. But in an industry facing surging demand, the deal and rumors that more lumber is headed for Iraqi reconstruction efforts is fueling an already overheated market, says Shawn Church of Random Lengths, an industry newsletter that charts prices.
The price of 7/16-inch oriented strand board (OSB), a plywood composite common in new homes, low-rise apartments and commercial structures, hit $415 per 1,000 square feet Friday, eclipsing a $355 high in 1999. Pricing on 15/32-inch plywood sheets jumped to $470, also eclipsing 1999 highs.
8 posted on
05/05/2004 4:39:30 PM PDT by
snopercod
(I used to be disgusted. Then I became amused. Now I'm disgusted again.)
To: snopercod
Dang.....steel and copper are on the list as well?!
Mountain Dew is still reasonable too.....whew!
9 posted on
05/05/2004 4:39:33 PM PDT by
BossLady
(What do your choices cost you????)
To: snopercod
I quit beer over a decade ago when the price of anything but canned horsep*$$ got too high. I don't see how we will be able to afford anything, wood, steel, or beer much longer.
10 posted on
05/05/2004 4:40:58 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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