What is the highest annual sawnwood (malaysia) value in this dataset?

$939.4 ($/cubic meter) in 2011 annual value. This is the highest annual observation within 1960–2025, rather than a daily market record.

How are inflation-adjusted prices calculated?

Each nominal observation is multiplied by the site’s reference CPI divided by the CPI for that observation’s year. The same inflation calculation is used across commodity charts.

Forestry & Building Materials Series coverage: 1960–2025

Sawnwood (Malaysia) Historical Price Archive

Annual Sawnwood (Malaysia) Price Archive

Cite Data

Sawnwood is timber cut into usable boards. This archive tracks the World Bank Malaysian sawnwood benchmark in dollars per cubic meter, rather than U.S. framing-lumber futures.

Annual Sawnwood, Malaysian benchmark price: World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Malaysian sawnwood benchmark, not U.S. framing lumber futures.

Sawnwood (Malaysia) Interactive Price History (1960–2025)

Inflation-Adjusted (Real 2026 USD)

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Data sources: World Bank Annual Observations

Sawnwood (Malaysia) Historical Eras & Macro Cycles

Detailed analysis of secular supercycles, wartime allocations, and price shocks

Sawnwood (Malaysia) historical observations

1960–2025

World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Malaysian sawnwood benchmark, not U.S. framing lumber futures.

Price Behavior Annual observations range from $144.8 to $939.4 ($/cubic meter).

Key Catalysts

Supply and production
Industrial and consumer demand
International trade

Sawnwood (Malaysia) Complete Historical Price Table (1960–2025)

Nominal vs. Real Inflation-Adjusted Prices in 2026 USD

Year	Nominal Price ($/cubic meter)	Real Price (2026 USD)	CPI / Historical Estimate	Historical Context / Market Event
2025	$718.40	$747.49	321.9	—
2024	$696.50	$743.77	313.7	British Columbia Mill Rationalization & Southern Yellow Pine Growth
2023	$677.70	$745.04	304.7	Federal Reserve 7% Mortgage Rates Cool Residential Framing Demand
2022	$674.50	$772.05	292.7	Secondary Housing Boom Spike ($1,464/MBF in March 2022)
2021	$750.00	$927.17	271.0	All-Time Historic World Record Spike ($1,711/MBF in May 2021)
2020	$699.70	$905.62	258.8	Sawmill Production Halts Precede Pandemic DIY Home Renovation Boom
2019	$695.90	$911.82	255.7	—
2018	$727.90	$971.03	251.1	Trump Administration Canadian Softwood Lumber Tariffs
2017	$702.10	$959.49	245.1	British Columbia Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic & Wildfires
2016	$738.90	$1,031.29	240.0	—
2015	$833.30	$1,177.72	237.0	—
2014	$897.90	$1,270.52	236.7	—
2013	$852.80	$1,226.28	233.0	—
2012	$876.30	$1,278.53	229.6	—
2011	$939.40	$1,398.96	224.9	—
2010	$848.30	$1,303.17	218.1	—
2009	$805.50	$1,257.71	214.5	Great Recession Low ($137/MBF in early 2009)
2008	$889.10	$1,383.31	215.3	US Housing Market Crash (Housing Starts Fall 75%)
2007	$806.30	$1,302.65	207.3	—
2006	$749.30	$1,245.04	201.6	—
2005	$659.40	$1,131.01	195.3	—
2004	$581.30	$1,030.83	188.9	US Subprime Housing Construction Boom (2M Housing Starts/Year)
2003	$551.00	$1,003.12	184.0	—
2002	$526.80	$980.92	179.9	—
2001	$481.40	$910.56	177.1	—
2000	$594.70	$1,156.87	172.2	—
1999	$600.80	$1,208.02	166.6	—
1998	$484.10	$994.87	163.0	—
1997	$664.50	$1,386.88	160.5	—
1996	$741.30	$1,582.67	156.9	US-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) Quotas Enacted
1995	$740.00	$1,626.54	152.4	—
1994	$821.00	$1,855.73	148.2	—
1993	$758.30	$1,757.89	144.5	Acute West Coast Sawmill Timber Shortages ($493 Peak)
1992	$607.20	$1,449.75	140.3	—
1991	$552.50	$1,358.86	136.2	—
1990	$533.10	$1,366.32	130.7	Northern Spotted Owl Protection Restricts US Federal Forest Logging
1989	$485.30	$1,311.01	124.0	—
1988	$402.30	$1,139.16	118.3	—
1987	$401.30	$1,183.34	113.6	—
1986	$329.30	$1,006.47	109.6	—
1985	$307.10	$956.06	107.6	—
1984	$351.60	$1,133.58	103.9	—
1983	$328.10	$1,103.48	99.6	—
1982	$339.40	$1,178.16	96.5	—
1981	$349.40	$1,287.59	90.9	Volcker Fed 18% Mortgage Rates Halts Home Construction
1980	$396.20	$1,610.67	82.4	—
1979	$365.90	$1,688.28	72.6	—
1978	$272.30	$1,399.00	65.2	—
1977	$265.00	$1,464.85	60.6	—
1976	$263.50	$1,551.27	56.9	—
1975	$223.40	$1,390.98	53.8	—
1974	$246.80	$1,676.94	49.3	—
1973	$223.50	$1,686.22	44.4	1970s Housing Construction Boom
1972	$170.90	$1,369.57	41.8	—
1971	$175.70	$1,453.23	40.5	—
1970	$175.40	$1,514.32	38.8	Pacific Northwest Old-Growth Logging Era
1969	$165.90	$1,514.26	36.7	—
1968	$168.50	$1,621.96	34.8	—
1967	$166.90	$1,673.90	33.4	—
1966	$161.10	$1,665.60	32.4	—
1965	$156.70	$1,666.39	31.5	—
1964	$144.80	$1,564.68	31.0	—
1963	$157.80	$1,727.45	30.6	—
1962	$160.10	$1,775.84	30.2	—
1961	$152.00	$1,702.91	29.9	—
1960	$149.20	$1,688.48	29.6	—

Frequently Asked Questions: Sawnwood (Malaysia) History

Targeted answers to high-frequency historical and economic queries

What does this sawnwood (malaysia) chart measure?: Annual Sawnwood, Malaysian benchmark price. World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Malaysian sawnwood benchmark, not U.S. framing lumber futures.
What is the highest annual sawnwood (malaysia) value in this dataset?: $939.4 ($/cubic meter) in 2011 annual value. This is the highest annual observation within 1960–2025, rather than a daily market record.
How are inflation-adjusted prices calculated?: Each nominal observation is multiplied by the site’s reference CPI divided by the CPI for that observation’s year. The same inflation calculation is used across commodity charts.

Cite This Dataset

World Bank: Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet): Sawnwood, Malaysian — Data providers: International Tropical Timber Organization; Marches Tropicaux et Mediterraneens; World Bank.; International Tropical Timber Organization; Tropical Timbers; World Bank. — Underlying source data: CC BY 4.0. Source terms and acknowledgment requirements. Unit conversions and inflation adjustments by CommoditiesHistory.com.

APA (7th Edition)

Commodities History Project. (2026). Sawnwood (Malaysia) Historical Prices and Inflation-Adjusted Series (1960–2025) [Data set]. CommoditiesHistory.com. https://commoditieshistory.com/lumber

BibTeX

@dataset{commoditieshistory_lumber_2026,
  author = {{Commodities History Project}},
  title = {Sawnwood (Malaysia) Historical Prices and Inflation-Adjusted Series (1960–2025)},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {CommoditiesHistory.com},
  url = {https://commoditieshistory.com/lumber}
}