Steady recovery in Finland’s softwood lumber exports to Europe
In the third quarter, Finnish exports of softwood lumber to European countries increased by 22% year [...]
January 27, 2021
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US is increasingly dependent on overseas lumber supply
During the first ten months of 2020, US importation of overseas softwood lumber was 39% higher than during the same [...]
January 25, 2021
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Steady recovery in Sweden’s softwood lumber exports to Europe
During September 2020, Swedish exporters increased their supply of softwood lumber to European customers by 28 [...]
January 20, 2021
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European trade of wood chips up substantially as sawmills ramp up production
Softwood lumber production in Europe has increased steadily increased over the past five years. Consequently, additional [...]
January 13, 2021
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Central Europe: Strong demand for sawn timber causes rise in roundwood prices
The strong local and global demand for sawn timber in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) is largely responsible for the [...]
January 4, 2021
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China-Europe container rates continue to skyrocket; price pressure in wood industry
The China-Europe container crisis has escalated over the past week, with container prices reaching new highs, while the container [...]
December 21, 2020
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Sawn hardwood production forecast to fall 25% this year in Europe
After a period of stability between 2016 and 2019, when sawn hardwood production in EOS member countries fluctuated between 5 [...]
December 14, 2020
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China: Upward trend in purchase prices of European spruce logs
Softwood log inventory in China has reduced by approximately 17% over the last month to 3.6m m3.   [...]
December 3, 2020
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Bark beetle damaged volume in Europe expected to be at the same levels as in 2019
Damaged volume due to the beetle infestation exceeded 50 million m3 in 2018. The epidemic worsened in 2019, with damaged [...]
December 3, 2020
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Bark beetle logs from Europe fill China’s wood gap
The world wood market has become very chaotic due to the outbreak of the coronavirus which [...]
November 25, 2020
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