Archives: May 2021

Increased timber demand in UK puts pressure on supply

    Rising demand for timber is fuelling pressure on the supply chain in UK, rather than limitations [...]

Kaamos Timber invests in a new sawmill in Belarus

    Kaamos Timber, the Estonian wood industry company founded in 2003, has announced it is investing in [...]

China will have a supply gap of almost 9 million m3 of logs by 2022

Even if China increases imports from Europe and New Zealand, there will be a gap of of 8.66 million [...]

Swedish sawmills have lowest stock levels for over 20 years, prices under pressure

    Demand for wood products remains high, but their supply is limited. Despite full production and manufacturing [...]

German raw wood exports up by 42.6% in 2020

Germany's exports of raw wood in 2020 amounted to around 12.7 million m3 with a value of € 845 [...]

India’s timber import market in crisis

India's biggest timber cluster at Kandla is staring at a dark future, with fears of production suspension, leaving workers [...]

Timber prices are skyrocketing in Germany; significant supply shortage

Wood for Germany's construction sites is becoming scarce.  Real estate companies warn that urgently needed housing construction is threatened [...]

Canadian lumber giants plan massive production capacity expansion in US

North American lumber companies plan to ramp up production by expanding existing mills as strong home construction fuels the need [...]

Drax builds three new pellet plants in Arkansas

    Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new ‘satellite’ pellet plants in Arkansas.  [...]

Global trade of wood chips drops sharply in 2020

Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulpmills, grew from about 21 million tons in 2009 to [...]