Archives: June 2024

North American lumber prices are persistently stagnating

The North American lumber market has experienced notable fluctuations over the past few years, characterized by periods of extreme volatility [...]
June 12, 2024 Latest Trends

Russian birch plywood now entering EU market through Georgia?

Georgia has unexpectedly increased its import volumes in the European birch plywood market. Even at the beginning of last year [...]
June 12, 2024 Latest Trends

German woodworking machinery industry sees significant fall in production and exports

The German woodworking machinery industry is grappling with a significant slowdown in production and exports, following a record-setting year [...]
June 12, 2024 Latest Trends

North American cross-laminated timber market forecast to surge by 2032

The North American cross-laminated timber market size was valued at US$ 179.4 million in 2023. Projections indicate the [...]
June 12, 2024 Latest Trends

Implementation process of EUDR at UPM Plywood

The EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) came into effect on June 29, 2023, replacing the previous EU Timber [...]
June 12, 2024 Latest Trends

Pellet prices in Germany fall to new lows in June 2024

Pellet prices in Germany unexpectedly fell at the beginning of June. Unlike last year, pellet prices continued to fall. However [...]
June 12, 2024

Arrests made in The Netherlands over Russian birch plywood imports

Two director of companies have been arrested in The Netherlands on suspicion of violating timber import sanctions on Russian wood [...]
June 11, 2024 Latest Trends

UK’s timber import volumes ‘weaker’ but prices have stabilised

UK's timber imports saw weaker volumes during Q1 2024 than in Q1 2023, although prices have become more stable [...]
June 11, 2024 Latest Trends

Finnish forest industry exports hit by strikes

Political strikes in March 2024 severely impacted Finland's forest industry, causing a significant drop in exports and imports. The [...]
June 11, 2024 Latest Trends

Swiss Blumer-Lehmann AG to build new glulam and CLT lines

Blumer-Lehmann AG, Gossau (Switzerland), is investing in the wood industry division in production lines for cross-laminated timber (CLT [...]
June 11, 2024 Latest Trends