Market Analysis

Wood prices are rising sharply in Germany

The prices for sawlogs have risen sharply compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. The demand for sawlogs also remains [...]

North American lumber prices are on the decline again

North American lumber prices are on the decline again as questions continue to linger about the current state of the [...]
February 16, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

Prospects for the global lumber markets remain low this year

A severe recession in 2022 replaced the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 as the main force disrupting trade [...]

UK timber import patterns witness considerable shift in 2022

Last year witnessed a considerable shift in timber trading patterns, with the Republic of Ireland (ROI), Latvia, and China supplying [...]
January 12, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

China: Boom in Covid cases blocks ports and can impact global trade

China is one step away from the perfect storm. The removal of the anti Covid 19 measures has triggered chain [...]
January 11, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

Germany: Softwood lumber prices between boom and crisis – forecast 2023

Despite the construction crisis and the economic crisis, wood prices in Germany have held up surprisingly well. The prices for [...]

One of the largest sawmill companies in Russia to stop all wood pellet production

ULK Group, the largest sawmill company in the Northwest of Russia, will stop all of its pellet production facilities due [...]

US lumber prices continue to fall despite low inventories

Wood-pricing service Random Lengths said that its framing-lumber composite index dropped in the last week of 2022 to [...]

New Zealand: Falling log exports and prices to China

According to the latest import and export data released by the customs, the overall export of New Zealand radiata pine [...]

Pfeifer to acquire Finnish wood processing company Pölkky

The Austrian Pfeifer Holding GmbH has signed an agreement on acquiring the Finnish wood processing company Pölkky Oy. The [...]