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Despite declines in plywood production, Russian timber sector sees mixed performance and exports surge to China

Since the beginning of this year, the output and sales of Russian timber and wood products have declined, and plywood [...]
October 11, 2023 Latest Trends

Anxious autumn for Swedish sawmills

There is anxiety throughout the Swedish sawmill industry. - Where is the market heading? After a cautious optimism in the spring [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Raw materials scarcity impacting global sawmill production

The challenges associated with securing raw materials have expanded globally, affecting sawmill operations across the world. Notably, in Canada, the [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Mixed price trends in the Latvian wood market

The Latvian wood market has experienced significant fluctuations in the prices of various wood products from the latter half of [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Canada welcomes panel directing US to review softwood lumber duties

Canada welcomed on Thursday a trade dispute panel ruling which said the U.S. should review parts of its policy [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Finnish wood imports could be significantly increased only from Sweden

Last year, the value of Finnish wood imported from the Baltic countries increased significantly. A total of 5.8 [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria’s wood industry not ready for EU’s RED II directive.

Austrian representatives from the forestry, wood and energy industries warn of chaos due to the lack of implementation of the [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

EUDR encourages development of comprehensive wood tracking framework inside the EU

One forest products sector characterised by both heavy reliance on smallholder, and where a very large proportion of products is [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

New market opportunities for Vietnam’s wood product exports

Although Vietnam’s wood industry is still facing many difficulties wood and wood products (W&WP) exports have shown [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

Polish wood industry faces crisis as illegal Russian and Belarusian impact domestic market

The Polish wood industry is in dire straits as it grapples with an influx of illegal Russian and Belarusian wood [...]
October 5, 2023 Latest Trends