Market Analysis

Prices for sawn timber in Europe expected to continue falling in Q3 and Q4

The invasion of Russia in Ukraine created both challenges related to the prices of raw materials and energy resources, great [...]

France now dominates China’s oak log imports

Because of firm demand for oak flooring and furniture oak imports have been increasing and exceeded 1 million cubic metres [...]

Wood pellet prices in Germany at unprecedented levels

    Many orders cause the price of wood pellets to continue to rise in August. One reason [...]

Shortage of wood in Poland

The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the invasion of Ukraine have caused a shortage of wood in Poland [...]

Wood pellet crisis in France: prices double, strong demand causes supply difficulties

    Faced with soaring energy prices, more and more French are investing in boilers or pellet stoves [...]

Construction cancellations surging in Germany

Many projects are still being canceled in Germany’s residential construction sector. The share of companies affected stood at 11 [...]

Dramatic decline in China’s softwood log imports in H1/2022

China’s log imports in the first half of 2022 totaled 22.38 million cubic meters valued at US$4 [...]

Russian energy roulette threatens the German forest industry

Energy prices have risen sharply since Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine in February of this year. The [...]

Softwood log prices in Estonia start to fall from absolute records

    The large-scale war started by Russia in Ukraine and the creation of an energy crisis [...]

US DoC rules Vietnam circumvented hardwood plywood duties

    The Department of Commerce has ruled that hardwood plywood assembled and exported from Vietnam used Chinese [...]