Archives: March 2024

Majority of EU states support postponement of EUDR

A majority of EU agriculture ministers are urging the EU Commission to initially put the deforestation regulation on hold.  [...]
March 29, 2024 Latest Trends

Homann Holzwerkstoffe postpones start of MDF/HDF production at new plant in Lithuania

The management of Homann Holzwerkstoffe GmbH, a leading European supplier of thin, refined wooden fibreboards for the furniture, doors and [...]
March 29, 2024 Latest Trends

China’s log import market facing unprecedented weakness

The log import market in China has undergone a significant downturn, deviating from post-Chinese New Year expectations. Daily log [...]
March 29, 2024 Latest Trends

New warnings over the dismantling of the US timber industry due to closures, reductions and curtailments

In recent times, the closure of forest product mills and plants across the United States has become increasingly frequent, almost [...]
March 28, 2024 Latest Trends

Estonian company choses Latvian wood resources to build EUR 700 million biorefinery

Estonian company Fibenol is investing €700 million in a biorefinery in Latvia. As recently as 2022, the company's main [...]
March 28, 2024 Latest Trends

Belarusian timber enters Poland under false documents, bypassing EU sanctions, new investigation reveals

Belarusian timber enters the EU market despite sanctions, being supplied to Poland under false documentation while passed off as Kazakh [...]
March 28, 2024 Latest Trends

Setra to double CLT production capacity at Långshyttan plant in Sweden

Wood construction continues to increase in Sweden. Setra is following this trend and doubling its production capacity for cross-laminated [...]
March 28, 2024 Latest Trends

The wood industry in Poland is asking the Prime Minister for immediate intervention

The Polish Chamber of Commerce for the Wood Industry sent a letter to local government authorities in which it presented [...]
March 27, 2024 Latest Trends

More wood industry association call for revision and postponement of EUDR

Wood industry associations from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia criticize the EUDR's bureaucratic effort [...]
March 27, 2024 Latest Trends

Austria: Prices for spruce softwood sawlogs stabilize in March 2024

There's a decline in sawn timber demand in Austria. Economic growth is stagnating and construction industry remains in recession [...]
March 27, 2024 Latest Trends