Russia

100 companies ask for suspension of antidumping duties on Russian birch plywood

    Brussels has been accused of driving building businesses across Europe to the brink of insolvency after [...]

Segezha to become second lumber producer in Europe with giant acquisition

    A deal between investment group Bonum Capital and Russian forestry major Segezha will create the largest [...]

Russia’s log export ban could cause raw material scarcity in Europe

    Europe could face a raw material scarcity which may well result as both a direct and [...]

Russia boosts softwood lumber exports to Europe

In the second quarter of 2021, exports of softwood lumber from Russia to European countries grew at a faster pace [...]

Record high US lumber prices shifted global lumber trade flows in H1/2021

    US lumber prices reached unprecedented highs in the 2Q/21. For example, the costs for 2x4 [...]

Russian lumber prices start to fall after more than doubling in the first half

    The explosive growth in prices for building materials and timber, which was observed in spring all [...]

China: Port congestions impact log supply

Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats queuing at Chinese ports [...]

Global timber supply chains could be hit hard by the Delta variant

Vietnam’s exports of timber and its wood products are facing a crisis since the Delta variant outbreak hit in [...]