Pellet prices in Austria and Germany return to the levels of last year
After the price shock caused by the energy crisis in 2022, the prices for the wood fuel pellets in Austria [...]
March 29, 2023
Latest Trends / Wood Industry Prices
U.S. expands decision on countervailing duties into Vietnamese plywood
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade stated that on March 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC [...]
March 29, 2023
Latest Trends
Hardwood Sawmill Committee formed in Sweden
The industry organization Svenskt Trä sees great opportunities with wood products from the country's hardwoods and forms the first [...]
March 29, 2023
Latest Trends
Log demand in China doesn’t meet expectations at the moment
China softwood log inventory is about 4.7-4.8m m3 with radiata accounting for about 3.2m m3. Port [...]
March 28, 2023
Latest Trends
US lumber prices do not react to the latest crisis
On February 27, 2023, nearby May random-length lumber futures prices were at the $406 level, with the new physical [...]
March 28, 2023
Latest Trends
EU to weigh up future of wood-burning as renewable energy
As Europe races to replace Russian fossil fuels with cleaner power sources, EU lawmakers are weighing up the future of [...]
March 28, 2023
Latest Trends / Market Analysis
Sonae Arauco invests €100m in Germany
Supplier of engineered wood products Sonae Arauco will be investing more than €100m in its Meppen industrial unit in Emsland [...]
March 28, 2023
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends
Arauco to order two Siempelkamp plants
Arauco decided in favor of a complete plant which covers the entire competence of the Siempelkamp Group from the delivery [...]
March 25, 2023
Latest Trends
Progress reported with Australian log trade to China
China and Australia are making progress over the resumption of Australian timber exports to China in the latest sign of [...]
March 25, 2023
Latest Trends
Wood prices in Germany are surprisingly rising this year
The German timber market surprised many forest owners. Instead of falling prices and a mood of crisis, wood prices have [...]
March 24, 2023
Market Analysis
