Archives: 2023

An Estonian wood processing company goes bankrupt

    An Estonian wood processing company Holzinvest OÜ went bankrupt in the city of Pärnu.  [...]

Log prices continue to rise in Finland

Wood trade in Finland picked up last week and log prices continued to rise. The purchase volume of Mets [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Stora Enso partners with Polish plywood producer Paged

Stora Enso’s lignin product – Lineo – is being used by Polish plywood manufacturer Paged to replace fossil-based glue in [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Irish roundwood timber supply predicted to rise by 68% until 2035

Recent studies suggest a significant increase of 68% in roundwood by 2035. The annual supply of Irish roundwood timber [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

West African timber trade transitioning to a new norm

With only a few countries exporting significant volumes of logs the West African timber trade is transitioning to a new [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria: Spruce sawlogs prices stabilized in March

Economic development in Austria is currently restrained. The main reason for this is the weak construction sector. Construction companies' expectations [...]

France: Falling poplar prices in 2023?

Is the historical period just experienced by the poplar in France coming to an end? The question deserves to be [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

Price increases drive up EU27 tropical wood imports

In 2022 the EU27 imported 1.94 million tonnes of tropical wood and wooden furniture products with a total value [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends

Russia boosts the export of sawn timber products to Eastern countries

In January-February 2023, the export of sawn timber from Russia to China increased by 7.2% to 1.6 [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends

US lumber prices surge as housing starts unexpectedly rise

US housing starts surged in February, with the upside surprise boosted by falling lumber prices in the month. Construction [...]
March 21, 2023 Latest Trends