Archives: 2022

Rising prices for spruce and pine logs in Austria

    The Austrian sawmill industry is at the moment well stocked with softwood sawlogs. In combination with [...]

China: Q1/2022 softwood log imports crash, softwood lumber purchases rise 12.5%

In the first three months of 2022, China imported 4 million m³ of softwood lumber, recording an increase of 12 [...]

China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave

Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]

EU to expand sanctions to Russian paper products

The European Union has expanded the package of sanctions against Russia to include trade in paper, cardboard and pulp.  Depending [...]

Sweden: Wood industry expects large rise in exports to China and the USA in the next 3 years

When the Swedish wood industry looks to the next three years, a large increase in exports is forecast. China and [...]

European veneer consumption rebounded sharply in 2021

    Consumption of hardwood veneers in the EU27+UK was already falling in 2019 before the onset [...]

Segezha’s oligarch on the list of British sanctions

  The Russian timber giant Segezha Group is unaffected by the British sanctions against Vladimir Evtushenkov that came into [...]

Lumber prices rise in Japan as builders run out of Russian wood

    Lumber prices have reached record highs in Japan since economic sanctions were imposed against Russia, leading [...]

Log prices in Finland drop in March

In January-March 2022, roundwood trade decreased by 20% year on year and was 22% less than in the previous [...]

European wood flooring market: Geopolitical turmoil impacts supply conditions in Q1/2022

The European wood flooring markets show diverse evolutions for the first quarter 2022 compared to the same period last year [...]