Archives: June 2021

US lumber prices are falling fast

US lumber prices are falling back to Earth. Prices have dropped from record highs, spurred by the economic reopening and [...]

Wood is the new gold: Prices explode in Germany

  The raw material wood is in high demand on the world market. This is causing skyrocketing prices and [...]

UK Q1/2021 timber imports highest in more than a decade

    Supply expected to remain tight throughout 2021.    The volume of UK timber [...]

China’s high prices leave New Zealand wood industry in danger

Thirty years ago the Government sold off much of its Crown forestry estate. Today it's looking to forestry, now [...]

European spruce log prices fall sharply in China

In China the prices for softwood logs decreased by 20 € last week due to the standard summer halting demand.  [...]

Finnish softwood log prices up by almost 20% in May

    In January-May, purchases of logs in Finland rose by 48 percent year-on-year, while [...]

New Zealand: Log export prices to China at record levels

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs in June increased an average of $5 per JASm3 from May [...]

Higher timber prices in Sweden expected in 2021

    Expect higher timber prices in Sweden in 2021    This is how you [...]

US lumber futures post biggest-ever weekly loss

Lumber futures posted their biggest-ever weekly loss, extending a tumble from all-time highs reached last month as sawmills [...]

European parquet market stays flat in 2020; outlook positive

    The good start of the year observed at the very beginning of 2020 had unfortunately to [...]