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Covid-19 downturn in EU tropical wood imports, less severe than forecast

The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]

European wood exports via rail transport to China – (not) an alternative?

    China's rail freight traffic to Europe rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, mainly due to [...]

Strong demand and rising prices for Sweden’s sawmill industry

The recent strengthening of the Swedish krona and the ongoing pandemic are two factors that have changed the conditions in [...]

Germany: Softwood logs exports to China double H1/2020

In the first half of 2020, Germany exported almost half more softwood logs than in the same period of the [...]
September 7, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe

Sweden: Decline in roundwood prices continues in Q2/2020

The second quarter of 2020 shows dropping sawlog prices in Sweden on a yearly basis. Pine sawlogs are cheaper by [...]

Siempelkamp to install new forming and press line at Kastamonu’s Samsun plant

    Kastamonu Entegre and Siempelkamp announce assembly work on the new forming and press line with the [...]

SCA to boost pulp production, discontinues publication paper

    SCA intends to invest SEK 1.45 billion ( EUR 140.7 million) in the production of [...]

Closure of UPM’s paper mill shifts focus on condition of Finland’s forestry sector

The operating conditions of the forest industry in Finland came into focus on Thursday as Finnish forestry giant UPM elaborated [...]

N. Zealand: Rising shipping costs impact prices of logs exported to China

    Domestic demand for logs and sawn timber in New Zealand remains strong while the longer-term [...]