Archives: October 2021

UK: Labour shortages hit pallet and packaging industry

      The Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) has called for the government to help [...]

Timber supply tensions relax in France, prices expected to fall

    While wood has been the subject of shortages for several months, the French timber industry announces [...]

US and Vietnam reach timber deal avoiding tariffs

The US and Vietnam reached an agreement over illegally harvested and traded timber that will see the Asian nation avert [...]

Lumber shortages in Australia threaten construction industry

    After timber shortages devastated the North American construction industry, Australia is predicted to soon follow.  [...]

Polish timber industry in crisis; calls for wood export ban

    The wood sales system proposed by the Poland's State Forests for 2022 is a catastrophe [...]

Latvia’s softwood sawlog prices reach unprecedented levels

    Latvia's timber market is currently experiencing rising prices for roundwood, which have been affected by [...]

Georgia-Pacific invests $120 million in Texas plant

Georgia-Pacific announced that their Pineland Lumber Complex in Texas will undergo $120 million in additions and improvements in an [...]

U.S. lumber prices are suddenly rising again

    A month after U.S. lumber prices finally returned to normal, prices for wood are ticking [...]

France is now largest supplier of oak logs to China

China Customs data shows France has been the largest supplier of oak imports since 2014. Previously Russia was the main [...]

Czech Republic will cancel compensation for bark beetles

Czech forest owners can no longer count on the state to compensate them for low prices with huge sums. Wood [...]