Keyword: Europe

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

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.   [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]