Archives: 2024

Stora Enso faces investor pressure after conservation crime investigation

Stora Enso has announced a range of remedial measures after being found to have committed a serious nature conservation violation [...]
September 5, 2024 Latest Trends

China: Log demand increases, property market remains subdued

China radiata pine log inventory is about 2.85m m3 with total softwood about 3.5m m3. Log demand has [...]
September 5, 2024 Latest Trends

Layoffs at Metsä Group’s sawmills due to the weak market situation

The change negotiations for Metsä Group's Vilppula and Lappeenranta sawmills have been completed. After negotiations, it was decided that [...]
September 5, 2024 Latest Trends

Germany: Wood prices in 2024 struggle amid economic downturn and construction slump

Wood prices in 2024 are experiencing significant pressure, driven by the broader economic crisis and a sluggish construction industry in [...]
September 4, 2024 Latest Trends

European plywood production and imports at record low

Total EU+UK imports of plywood from outside the region in 2023 were 3.29 million cu.m, down 26 [...]
September 4, 2024 Latest Trends

US tariff hike on softwood lumber, drawing criticism on both sides of the border

In February 2024, officials for the U.S. Department of Commerce indicated they would raise tariffs this year on imports [...]
September 4, 2024 Latest Trends

Sanctions and market pressures hit Russia’s Segezha

Russia's supply chain is under severe strain as Western sanctions take a toll on one of the country's [...]
September 4, 2024 Latest Trends

Plywood prices on a firming trend

“Far East and China FOB rates haven’t changed a lot, but prices have of course been driven by the [...]
September 3, 2024 Latest Trends

New calls for EUDR postponement in Germany

The German Timber Trade Association (GD Holz) has again called on the EU Commission to postpone the date of application [...]
September 3, 2024 Latest Trends

Sweden: Sveaskog to raise timber prices again

Sveaskog, Sweden's largest forest owner, follows Södra and announced timber and pulpwood prices increases across large parts of [...]
September 3, 2024 Latest Trends