European bark beetle crisis has multiple implications in global lumber markets
A new wildcard in the global supply of lumber, as well as log exports, is the rapid expansion of the [...]
January 23, 2020
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Germany: Damaged volumes from storms and bark beetle could reach 70 million m3 in 2019
As of September 2019, the estimates from 15 German states on this year’s incidence of damaged wood and the [...]
January 8, 2020
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Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change
Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]
January 6, 2020
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Global timber trade flows rapidly changing due to bark beetle infestation and storm damaged timber in Europe
Up to the end of October, European log exports to China imports were a whopping 5.6 million [...]
December 18, 2019
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Falling spruce sawlog prices in Estonia, as bark beetle infestation puts prices under pressure
The year 2019 is marked by falling roundwood prices in large parts of Central, Northern and [...]
December 11, 2019
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ISC 2019: Bark beetle crisis in Europe could last for years
On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in [...]
November 27, 2019
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Södra to extend production stoppages at its sawmills due to spruce bark beetle infestation
Södra has decided to extend production stoppages at its sawmills during the Christmas and New [...]
November 27, 2019
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European bark beetle spruce logs flood the Chinese market
European beetle spruce logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first eight months of the [...]
November 19, 2019
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Södra’s revenues impacted by the bark beetle infestation
Södra reported operating profit of SEK 2,520 million for the first nine months of [...]
November 5, 2019
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Swedish roundwood prices hit by the bark beetle infestation
Both sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden decreased during the 3Q 2019 for the first time [...]
October 31, 2019
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