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Timber import prices started to fall in China

    Timber import prices in China have started to fall in mid-May and continued the downward [...]

Global wood raw material supply is expected to tighten with through 2021

By the last quarter of 2020, timber demand was becoming excessive and record levels continued through Q1, 2021.    [...]

Shortages of wood raw material are widespread in US

More than 90% of US homebuilders report a shortage of lumber, OSB, and appliances.    The National [...]

Turkey to limit export of wood raw materials to avoid shortages

    Turkey has started implementing limitations on exports of some raw materials of furniture, including flakeboard, oriented [...]

N. American lumber price rally seems to stall

The unprecedented rally in the lumber market has begun to falter, but industry analysts expect lumber prices to remain at [...]

Canfor to invest $160 million in a new sawmill in Louisiana

    Canfor Corporation today announced it will invest approximately $160 million USD to build a new, state [...]

Sweden: Sawmills run at high speed on record export prices

In its latest newsletter, Danske Bank has taken a closer look at the Swedish sawmills' corona boom and how long [...]

The market has tipped in US, lumber prices finally fall

    The futures price for lumber peaked in early May. But the "cash" price (the price sawmills [...]

German furniture industry faces worsening raw material bottlenecks

In the German furniture industry, the supply situation for important supplier products is worsening. In a current association survey, around [...]

Japan wood industry in danger due to global timber shortage

A global shortage of wood and soaring prices are threatening Japan’s lumber industry and has business operators fearing serious [...]