France: Lumber prices for Q3/2023
As the below table shows, Q3/2023 prices for various lumber products in France have shown some mixed results as [...]
November 28, 2023
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Metsä starts construction of Kerto LVL mill in Äänekoski, Finland
Metsä Group's Kerto LVL mill project in Äänekoski, Finland is progressing as planned and the foundation stone of the [...]
November 28, 2023
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War in Ukraine halved the Russian lumber export prices
Since early 2022, Russian lumber export prices have fallen by 50%, attributed to import boycotts following the Ukraine invasion, reduced [...]
November 28, 2023
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Why US largest wood pellet producer is in jeopardy?
A wrong-way bet on the price of wood pellets has jeopardized America’s biggest exporter of the fuel, even [...]
November 24, 2023
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The EU Commission wants an EU forest monitoring law; Nordic countries worried
The European Commission has published its proposal for collecting forest data in the EU. The regulation proposal sets the [...]
November 24, 2023
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UPM considers production adjustments; starts temporary layoff negotiations
UPM Pulp, UPM Timber, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Biofuels will start change negotiations on possible temporary layoffs. The negotiations [...]
November 24, 2023
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Finland: Log prices fall in October
The fall in standing sales prices continued in October. Average prices for spruce and pine logs fell by 2% compared [...]
November 24, 2023
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China’s timber industry is accelerating driven by new policies in real estate and infrastructure
Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese government has rolled out a series of policies to support the development [...]
November 23, 2023
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Action required now by wood suppliers to meet EUDR requirements
Tropical wood exporters to the EU need already to be collecting the due diligence data - including evidence that wood is [...]
November 23, 2023
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Europe’s plywood industry reacts to banned Russian birch plywood entering the market
In Europe there have been many rumours over the past year of birch plywood originating from Russia circumventing the current [...]
November 23, 2023
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