Finland: Big drop in softwood lumber export prices

The value of Finland's forest industry exports fell to 6.3 billion euros in January-June. The amount of wood imported into Finland increased in January-June. Compared to the previous year, the growth was seven percent and the import volume reached 2.9 million cubic meters, according to preliminary information from the Finnish Natural Resources Agency . The import volumes of all other types of wood were lower than the previous year, except for fiberwood, whose import increased by 42 percent to 1.8 million cubic meters. A total of 507,000 cubic meters of pine fiber ...