Archives: January 2022

Increased export duties for Russian lumber are now in effect

The higher duty rate for exports of certain kinds of lumber previously announced by the Russian government went into effect [...]

China’s demand for New Zealand logs uncertain; prices stable in December

The At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for New Zwealand exported logs remained unchanged in December, although there were reported some [...]

Schilliger Holz to build a new CLT production line

  The construction of wooden buildings, especially multi-storey, is booming in France and around the world. As a [...]

B.C. forestry giants invested $6billion in foreign assets in 2021

    Canfor Corporation has ended 2021 with another investment outside of B.C. – bringing the total investment [...]

UK faces softwood overstocking and falling prices

      As imports continued to pile into the UK through September and October, the on [...]

Segezha plans to quadruple CLT output in four years

    Segezha Group plans to quadruple production of CLT products by 2026. With the expansion of production [...]

Swedish JGA to expand sawn timber production capacity at Linneryd sawmill

The Swedish privately owned sawmill company JG Anderssson och Söner AB (JGA), based in Linneryd in Småland, is [...]

China’s demand for softwood logs expected to be reduced in Q1/2022

Softwood inventory levels in China have dropped slightly to 4.5mln m3 and daily offtake remains steady at 75k per [...]

Strikes shut down UPM plants in Finland

  Some 3,000 workers at Finnish forestry group UPM went on strike on Saturday, shutting plants, the company [...]

Ikea is hiking its prices due to supply chain crisis

   Ikea is raising its prices by 9% on average due to supply chain challenges.   An Ikea [...]