North America

Why now might be the best time to buy lumber in N. America?

    After more than doubling in price last year, lumber futures have dropped to their lowest level [...]

Global container freight rates expected to hit new highs

    Freight rates are rising in various ways, and shipping companies’ fees are becoming diverse.   [...]

N. American lumber prices surge sharply as Canada wildfires cut sawmills production

Lumber futures rose the most in more than a year on concern that wildfires in western Canada will reduce supply [...]

Fall in US lumber prices could hit European markets soon

    The price rally of softwood lumber is receding, experts of the Estonian wood industry believe. However [...]

Large timber importer from China to invest in Belarusian wood processing sector

    Kangkai Zhiguan (Heze) Industrial Development, a large Chinese importer of timber, accredited at the Belarusian Universal [...]

European timber industry companies sign petition for log export ban

More than 9000 European wood processing companies have signed the "Stop Log Exports" petition to be submitted to the European [...]

US OSB prices increased by 510% since the beginning of the year

The price of OSB has increased 510% since January 2020, exceeding the peak price increase in lumber by nearly 180 [...]

Chinese H1 log imports grow sharply, while sawn timber purchases crash

According to data released by the China customs, in the first half of 2021, a total of 31.61 million [...]

Canadian lumber giants face crashing lumber prices

    North American lumber prices have crashed in a short time span, taking only eight weeks to [...]