Archives: 2018

Wood pellet prices on the rise in Austria

The Austrian average retail price for wood pellets ENplus A1 quality (6t) is currently 23.97 cents/kg or 4 [...]

All forest concessions in Gabon to be FSC certified

    The President of Gabon has announced that by 2022 all forest concessions in Gabon will have [...]

Finland: Sawn softwood exports to China in difficulty

The Finnish production of sawn softwood reached 11,7 million m3 in 2017 and remained below forecasted figures. By the [...]
October 30, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Important lumber-related developments impact lumber prices in the US

A number of important lumber-related developments have come out of North America over the last period.    [...]

Lumber prices in the US continue to drop

    US traders noted a change in the tone of the framing lumber market, and even a [...]

European construction sector becomes more interested in hardwood

The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]

The European Union and Vietnam have finally signed the VPA

    On 19 October 2018, a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) between the European Union and the Socialist [...]

Homag works on meeting increased demand from the furniture industry

Homag is taking steps to continue its sales and earnings growth. The world market leader of woodworking machinery is fundamentally [...]

The imports of wood pellets in Japan went up by 50%

The Japanese Forestry Agency announced the statistics for wood pellet supply in Japan for 2017.     Domestic [...]

Overview of the global MDF market

    The global MDF market amounted to 99.6M cubic meters in 2017, posting solid gains over [...]