Keyword: prices

Rising trend in Russian roundwood prices reversed

    After a sharp recovery in the summer months from the Covid-19 negative impact, roundwood prices [...]

Finnish pine lumber prices more expensive in China market

    The price of Finnish pine lumber rose slightly in the Chinese market.  According to some Chinese [...]

Record low wood prices in Austria due to bark beetle and corona crisis

    Climate change, the corona crisis and difficult market conditions have put Austria's forest industry in [...]

Russia’s role as one of the world’s largest exporter of softwood log ended by export ban

   Softwood log exports from Russia have been in steady decline for the past 15 years and could reach [...]

Prices for New Zealand’s exported logs on the rise as demand in China is strong

Domestic demand for logs and sawn timber in New Zealand remains strong with regional differences in log supply and demand [...]

Downward trend in roundwood prices in Sweden continues in Q3/2020

    The trend of decreasing delivery roundwood prices continued during the third quarter of 2020 in Sweden [...]

Impact of corona crisis on the Austria’s sawmill industry

At the beginning of 2020 there was an undersupply of roundwood in Austria. The unlucky combination of high imports, an [...]

Prices of roundwood under pressure in Estonia

Stilll under the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic and the price pressure of the bark beetle infestation in Central [...]

Global hardwood, softwood prices fell in Q2/2020

Wood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing fiber price indices [...]

Finland: Sawmills struggle to pay for raw materials due to low export prices of lumber

Almost 500 million cubic meters of lumber were produced worldwide last year, of which almost three quarters were coniferous lumber [...]