Market Analysis

Strike at UPM factories in Finland to be extended

As there seems to be no prospect of rapprochement between UPM and Paperiliitto, the union has announced an extension of [...]

Germany’s timber industry has positive market expectations for 2022

A survey of member companies of the German Timber Trade Federation (GD Holz) paints a rather positive picture of market [...]

Chinese timber import market faces a complicated 2022

    At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese timber industry is waiting for the market [...]

Rising roundwood prices in Finland

    Spruce logs prices in Finland reached an average of EUR 65.2 per cubic metre in [...]

European wooden-construction sector is evolving rapidly

The European market for mass timber-based multi-storey buildings is growing at some 8% per year and is projected [...]

European wood flooring market grew significantly in 2021

The overall consumption figures on the European wood flooring for the year 2021 are significantly increasing by 5,8% compared [...]

Austrian demand for softwood sawlogs goes up in January 2022

    Austria's sawmills are currently still largely sufficiently stocked with needle saw logs. Now that production [...]

German wood prices: 50 percent more money for spruce logs

German forest owners received around 50 percent more money for spruce logs in November. Overall, raw wood prices for producers [...]

Why N. American lumber prices have nearly tripled again?

Simple economics popped the lumber bubble last year. Once the price of lumber topped $1,515 per thousand board feet [...]

Rising trend of Russian lumber prices expected to continue

The upward trend of Russian lumber may continue into June this year. From January to October 2021, the market price [...]