European timber operations in Africa move to Asia
A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away from the European market [...]
August 31, 2018
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European and North American sawmills registered record profits in H1/2018
Sawlog costs, the largest cost component when manufacturing lumber, have gone up much more slowly than lumber prices in many [...]
August 23, 2018
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Booming exports of Belarus softwood lumber to Europe
The European countries softwood lumber imports from Belarus have went up during January - September 2017 by 51%, to a total [...]
August 22, 2018
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Tropical sawnwood rising its share on the European market
Recent reports on European economic and construction sector health and outlook make for almost exclusively positive reading. After the EU [...]
August 13, 2018
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Softwood logs exports from Europe to China excedeed those of softwood lumber
Due to a massive boost of exports from France, total European softwood logs deliveries [...]
August 13, 2018
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The wood furniture production in Europe kept stable in 2017
The value of EU wood furniture production was €40.3 billion in 2017, no change from the previous year and [...]
July 25, 2018
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Softwood lumber exports from Europe to China on a downward trend
The European softwood lumber exports to China have decreased during January-April 2018, as compared to [...]
July 10, 2018
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A new renewable energy use agreement has been reached by the EU authorities
Negotiators from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached an ambitious political agreement on increasing renewable energy [...]
June 26, 2018
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European parquet market keeps progressive trend
Parquet consumption continues to progress in the EU, benefiting from the encouraging economic context, especially from the growth of the [...]
June 21, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Strong European sawn softwood market due to booming demand in US and China
On the 15th of June 2018, the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) held its Summer General Assembly in [...]
June 21, 2018
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