Market Analysis

Softwood log prices in Latvia continue to rise in Q3/2022

From July 2022 to September 2022, the price of softwood log assortments has continued to rise in the Latvian wood [...]

Germany: Sharp fall in wood pellet prices

In October, the prices for wood pellets in Germany fell by more than 100 euros per ton. And there is [...]

European sawn softwood production and demand expected to cool down in H2/2022

    Sawn softwood production in EOS (European Organization of the Sawmill Industry) countries has been growing for [...]

Downturn in China beginning to impact African tropical logs and sawnwood prices

The economic slowdown in China has started to affect FOB prices with prices for okoume, beli and some of the [...]

India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows

Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as preparations commenced for Diwali (Festival of Lights) on [...]

Central European roundwood markets are at a turning point

    Forests in much of Central Europe have recently suffered extensive damage from a bark beetle outbreak [...]

Vietnam’s wood trade under pressure due to logging, Ukraine war

Reputational risks are piling up for a Vietnamese lumber industry already beset by a falloff in demand from the heights [...]

China: Softwood log demand and prices low; spruce imports from Europe down sharply

China softwood log inventory remains below the 4m m3 despite China having the Golden Week holiday at the start of [...]

Price of birch wood rising sharply in Finland

    The halt in Russian imports has pushed up the price of birch wood in Finland, which [...]

Wood prices expected to continue to rise in Latvia

Currently, there is a shortage of wood and especially pellets in Europe. And at least not yet, it is not [...]