Archives: September 2020

SCA to acquire more forest land in the Baltics

SCA has signed an agreement to acquire forest land in Latvia. The acquisition comprises an area of 19,150 hectares [...]

EU carbon market set to include shipping

    Given that wood exports are impacted by ocean freight rates the following news may have an [...]

Holmen’s acquisition of Martinsons gets approval

    Holmen’s agreement to acquire Martinsons, one of Sweden's leading players in sawn and processed [...]

UK market for African hardwoods recovering lockdown

    The UK market for sawn hardwood has been recovering well following easing of COVID-19 lockdown [...]

COVID-19 impact on US forest supply chain

    The global forest products industry has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic struck at [...]

Lumber prices in US expected to fall this autumn

    Lumber prices notched a record on Thursday but are likely to fall back to earth.  [...]

Vietnam to reach export target for timber and wooden products

Experts believe Vietnam this year will reach its export target for timber and wooden products at 12 billion USD, despite [...]

Sweden’s forest companies receive lower credit ratings

    One of Sweden's largest forest industry groups has its credit rating lowered by the credit [...]

Prices of imported lumber in September 2020 at various Chinese timber markets

The tables above contain the latest price data of different imported lumber assortments at several Chinese markets.    [...]

Positive trends in the global softwood lumber markets

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its bad consequences on trade, there are more positive signals to notice in the [...]