Timber, Industrial Minerals and Negotiated Commodities

Some of the most active physical trades have no exchange price at all. Timber, silica sand, charcoal, frozen poultry, used tyres and industrial minerals are priced by negotiation, where specification and compliance decide value more than any headline range. This desk tracks indicative ranges, listed proxies and the documents that make these trades bankable.

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Prices from public exchange, CFD and fund data via TradingView, delayed where the exchange requires. Funds and listed producers are shown as market proxies where no public futures exist. Physical cargo prices differ by grade, origin, Incoterm and payment terms.

Physical price screening

TS24 SCREENING14 AUGUST 2026Benchmarks and indicative physical ranges

Commodity	Price / range	Basis	vs 1M	vs Jan 26	vs Aug 25
Lumber futures	$569$/1,000 bd ft	US futures	−10.2%	Down	−7.1%
Tropical hardwood logs	$250–550$/m³	W/C Africa, LatAm FOB	Stable	Up	Up
Tropical sawn hardwood	$550–1,300$/m³	FOB	Stable	Up	Up
Construction timber	$250–470$/m³	Europe / Black Sea	Down / stable	Mixed	Down
Industrial silica sand	$25–75$/MT	FOB	Stable	Stable	Stable
Low-iron solar / glass silica	$75–190$/MT	FOB	Firm	Up	Up
Coconut charcoal briquettes	$750–1,200$/MT	Indonesia FOB	Stable	Stable	Stable–up
Hardwood charcoal	$450–800$/MT	Africa / Asia	Stable	Mixed	Up
Chicken paws Grade A	$1,900–2,750$/MT	CFR China / Asia	Stable	Up	Up
Used tyres 2–5 mm	€2.5–4EUR/unit	EU ex-works	Stable	Stable	Stable
Used tyres 5–8 mm	€4–6+EUR/unit	EU ex-works	Stable–firm	Up	Up

From the TradeScout24 Weekly Market Monitor of 14 August 2026. Indicative screening ranges, not offers. The latest issue is in the Weekly Market Monitor.

Market structure

Tropical hardwood comes mainly from West and Central Africa, South America and Southeast Asia, increasingly constrained by legality and certification rules. Industrial minerals are mined close to their markets in Türkiye, India, China and Europe. Coconut charcoal is concentrated in Indonesia and the Philippines; chicken paws flow from Brazil, the United States and Europe to China and Southeast Asia.

Price formation

These products are priced from supplier quotations, published market reports and recent transactions. Value turns on a few measurable specifications: species, grade and moisture for timber; iron content for silica; fixed carbon, ash and moisture for charcoal; size, grade and plant approval for poultry; tread depth for tyres.

Trade mechanics

Most move in containers. Documents carry more weight than price: legal-origin records and EUDR due diligence for timber sold into the EU, veterinary certificates and destination plant approval for poultry, laboratory reports for charcoal and minerals, and product certification for medical supplies.

Risk and complianceAsk for the producer's registrations and recent test reports before discussing price. For timber, confirm species, legality and certification; for chicken paws, confirm that the processing plant is approved for the destination market.

Desk coverage

Product	Grades and markets	Unit
Timber	Tropical hardwood logs and sawn timber, construction timber	$/m³
Industrial minerals	Silica sand, kaolin, feldspar, gypsum, pumice, barite	$/MT
Charcoal	Coconut shell briquettes, hardwood charcoal	$/MT
Animal protein	Chicken paws and frozen poultry	$/MT
Used tyres	Sorted by tread depth and size	€/unit
Medical supplies	Nitrile and latex gloves, PPE	$/box

Further readingProcedures and documents: Documents checklist · Incoterms and logistics · Live benchmarks · Current Timber & Other Physicals listings on TradeScout24

TradeScout24 Insights · Market overview · Live data via TradingView; screening from the Weekly Market Monitor (14 August 2026) · Last reviewed 31 Oct 2026