Archives: May 2021

Chinese log imports and prices rising high in Q1/2021

    China's log import volume in the first quarter of this year was 14.95 million [...]

Prices for imported European spruce logs in China at record highs

For the Chinese timber import market, 2021 can be described as a crazy year. The prices of most wood species [...]

US homebuilders push for new softwood lumber agreement with Canada

U.S. Lumber Coalition says duties a small part of record price    With record North American [...]

Supply bottlenecks could stall good sales in European timber markets, says trade association

On the occasion of the last board meeting of the European Timber Trade Association (ETTF) on April 29th, 2021, the [...]

US homebuilders pressure Biden Administration solve the lumber prices crisis

    US homebuilders are upping pressure on the Biden Administration to rein in lumber prices, which remain [...]

German forest owners called to strike due to high lumber and low log prices

In Germany, the high lumber prices stir up strong emotions, because at the same time as lumber traders make big [...]

Sweden: Rise in sawlog prices after two years of falling

For the first time in two years delivery prices for both sawlog and pulpwood have increased in Sweden, in comparison [...]

Canada’s sawmills can’t keep production pace with lumber demand

Lumber demand in North America is so strong that Resolute Forest Products Inc.’s order book exceeds its inventory, according [...]

UK timber trade faces difficulties after Brexit

    A recent survey showed that after Brexit, difficulties in logistics, hindered timber trade with Northern Ireland [...]