Europe’s logs and lumber exports face delays due to transportation problems
There is still delay of exporting European logs and lumber due to difficulty of loading and unloading at ports in [...]
February 24, 2022
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Lumber prices increase again as Canada’s biggest producers reduce output
Lumber futures rose to the highest in a month as some of Canada’s biggest producers reduce output and transportation [...]
February 24, 2022
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Transport issues forces West Fraser Timber to curtail lumber production
Massive flooding late last year that washed away rail tracks and shut highways in Western Canada [...]
February 21, 2022
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China: Quarantine requirements on imported pine logs and lumber came into force
The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) released Decree 110, entitled quarantine requirements on [...]
February 14, 2022
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Canada’s lumber giants expand into U.S., amid fight over tariffs
The U.S. South is becoming an increasingly important lumber supplier in North America, bolstered by Canadian companies [...]
February 8, 2022
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Czech sawmills expect stabilization in both lumber sales and prices
The year 2021 was a year of unexpected extremes for the Czech sawmills. Especially in the [...]
February 8, 2022
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Sweden’s sawmill industry reports record production in 2021; outlook positive for 2022
Analysts predicted that 2021 would be a new record year for the Swedish sawmill industry as [...]
February 2, 2022
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China: 2021 logs and lumber imports rise in value thanks to higher prices
In 2021, the value of China's lumber imports reached 7.179 billion US dollars, while [...]
February 1, 2022
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Rising prices could keep European lumber exports to the US at high pace in 2022
European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise in 2021, although the pace of [...]
January 31, 2022
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U.S. sawmill production fails to meet housing demand for lumber
Insufficient production is causing an unprecedented spike in US lumber prices as sawmill output fails to keep up with consumer [...]
January 26, 2022
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