However, the overriding conclusion of the report remains that under current market conditions a Border railway would be unlikely to improve the competitiveness of Border forests with other sources of timber.Timber prices are at an historic low point in real terms because of a combination of events: the strong exchange rate, the impact of recycling, the impact of cheap imports from the Baltic countries and consequential effects of the downturn in the Asian economy.The Scottish Executive has no plans to commission a supplementary study to the Scott Wilson study.