I guess the mills here in the states must be catching up if we can afford to send them overseas. I would hate to sell away what we need here.
Talk about pellet pigs...
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Speaking of working...how is that new employee of yours coming along? Has he chewed up your slippers yet?
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He has doubled in size. He has made an attempt on the slippers but is fond of wooden stove handles. Well worth a pair of throw down slippers.
Eric
40% perecnt of pellets manufactured in USA and Canada are exported to Europe. Nice to see we ship something from this country, too bad we need it here, but it's all about money.
I just found out my neighbor is the biggest pellet pig....14 TONS STILL LEFT
!....must be nice to have $$$$
!....must be nice to have $$$$I just found out my neighbor is one heckuva pellet pig....14 TONS..got them at a deal of $200/ton...I think he deserves a name higher than Pellet Pig..ANY SUGGESTIONS????
wish i knew mick..but he's not telling...not like he needs any for a few years...I'll try to bribe him with some coors and ny strips..wish me luck..Galway huh?...my dad was from there...just down from.. I think St.Mary Church heading towards Saratoga...small world..lol
They say we pay a premium for the pellets because of shipping costs. What kind of premium are they paying overseas? Has to be cheaper to ship by truck or train within the U.S, then to ship by train or truck to terminal, then ship overseas, and then ship by truck or train again to their dealers. Must be a lot of fuzzy math involved here.
Shipping to other countries is often cheaper than shipping within the US......
The dollar has gotten weaker too......
As an example, it might cost $5000 for you to ship a full truckload of stoves (or anything else) all the way across the USA....it might cost $3000 to ship the same container from Germany, Norway, etc.
Some of those container ships hold thousands of containers.....and they have a network in place. Over the road trucking is really one of the worst ways to ship stuff long distance.....
Interesting - I am visiting FL and there is a big article about full ships of Chinese made drywall coming into the USA and being used by many of the big builders. Talk about a low value product! Turns out the building boom died and much of it is sitting in warehouses.....the importing companies went out of business. You can buy it in bulk for next to nothing.......
Oh, and some of it had problems - too much sulfur in it, made things black and people have claimed to get sick from it.
Pellet plants are not big employers, and pellets are not exactly a "first world" high tech export worthy of our position, but in the "new" world anything goes. We are exporting vast amounts of raw products like cardboard, etc. for other countries to make into finished goods.
Also, give the shortage and high prices here - it's not like the exported pellets are "extra"....
The dollar has gotten weaker too......
As an example, it might cost $5000 for you to ship a full truckload of stoves (or anything else) all the way across the USA....it might cost $3000 to ship the same container from Germany, Norway, etc.
Some of those container ships hold thousands of containers.....and they have a network in place. Over the road trucking is really one of the worst ways to ship stuff long distance.....
Interesting - I am visiting FL and there is a big article about full ships of Chinese made drywall coming into the USA and being used by many of the big builders. Talk about a low value product! Turns out the building boom died and much of it is sitting in warehouses.....the importing companies went out of business. You can buy it in bulk for next to nothing.......
Oh, and some of it had problems - too much sulfur in it, made things black and people have claimed to get sick from it.
Pellet plants are not big employers, and pellets are not exactly a "first world" high tech export worthy of our position, but in the "new" world anything goes. We are exporting vast amounts of raw products like cardboard, etc. for other countries to make into finished goods.
Also, give the shortage and high prices here - it's not like the exported pellets are "extra"....
Interesting post. It does not surprise me about the problems with the drywall, given where it came from.
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