Archives: February 2019

Russian forestry sector production announces growth for 2018

    The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) published the first final data on the volumes of timber [...]

Latest prices for wood products in India

Latest prices for Indian teak, plywood and sawnwood - 16-31 January 2019    Plantation teak prices  [...]

Huge crisis in the Canadian lumber market

Last week, Canfor Corp. announced that it temporarily curtailed operations at three of its sawmills in British Columbia, because of [...]

Chinese wood products prices in January 2019

    Prices in the Guangdong Yuzhu Timber Market   Exchange rate: 1 Euro= 7,65 CNY [...]

EU calls for wood export ban consultations with Ukraine

The EU has formally requested consultations with Ukraine under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on Ukraine's export ban on [...]
February 18, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Sharp rise in prices for exported logs from New Zealand

At wharf gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand increased on average 12-13 NZD per [...]

New biomass subsidies schemes in Europe

The support of electricity generated from solid biomass is the most important stimulation for the development of the biomass power [...]

Yekalon starts MDF/HDF production in China

Yekalon has produced the first board at its a new MDF/HDF production line in China. According to the announcement [...]

Switzerland: Prices for wood pellets in February 2019

In February 2019, the prices for wood pellets only increased slightly in Switzerland. The average price for pellets of quality [...]

Ligna 2019 coming up in May

This May over 1,500 companies will be gathering in Hannover, Germany, to showcase the future of the woodworking and [...]