Archives: March 2020

Czech prices for softwood timber collapse

After the intermediate high in the first quarter of 2014, the prices of softwood fell sharply. The downward trend continued [...]

Latvian forestry products exports down in 2019

In 2019, Latvia exported EUR 2.588 billion worth of forestry products, which is a decrease of 2.1 percent [...]

Finnish forest industry under threat by oversupply, falling prices and strikes

     Finland's forest industry has now become under threat by oversupply caused by the bark beetle [...]

Europe: Volume of beetle and storm wood reaches 120 million m3 in 2019

     The volume of damaged wood (both bark beetle and windthrown) in 2019 in Central Europe and [...]

Arauco to close second plant in U.S. this year

   Arauco has announced it will be closing its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Eugene, Oregon, as [...]

Falling roundwood prices in Estonia

     Roundwood prices in Estonia are starting to feel the pressure of the bark beetle crisis in [...]

Coronavirus paralyzes wood exports from Europe to China

   he coronavirus could paralyze log export from Europe to China. Timber Industry News has learned this in discussions [...]

European beetle and storm wood starts to change the Chinese timber market

   The European bark beetle and windstorm calamity wood is starting to modify the dynamics of the Chinese timber [...]
March 2, 2020 Forestry / Sawmilling / ...China / Europe

Sharp drop in Lithuanian roundwood prices

    In December 2019, pine logs in Lithuania were priced at € 57/ m3 (-3.4% compared to [...]

Kronospan invests EUR 200 million in its Chirk, Wales plant

     Kronospan is investing € 200 million in its site in Chirk, Wales as part of its Vision [...]