Romania to cap the price of pellets and firewood
The price of wood used for heating is capped at RON 500 per cubic meter (EUR 100), including VAT, according [...]
October 11, 2022
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HS Timber Group to reduce sawmill capacity in Romania by 30%
Austrian wood-processing company HS Timber Group, formerly known as Holzindustrie Schweighofer, said it will reduce [...]
January 20, 2022
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Sharp rise in wood prices in Romania
The situation on the wood market in Romania is tense, with prices above average prices in Europe. Thus [...]
July 2, 2021
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HS Timber, Egger and Kronospan accused of organizing a wood cartel in Romania
The Austrian companies HS Timber Production (formerly Holzindustrie Schweighofer), Kronospan and Egger, all with activities on the Romanian wood market [...]
January 20, 2021
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Austrian JAF Group to close raw veneer plant in Romania
Due to the challenging market situation relating to raw veneers, the JAF Group has decided to provisionally discontinue its production [...]
August 26, 2020
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Romania considers banning wood exports outside the EU
More than half of Romania’s wood exports go outside the European Union (EU), official statistics [...]
December 20, 2019
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Romania to harvest 9.5 million m3 of roundwood in 2020
The Romanian national forest administration Regia Nationala a Padurilor (Romsilva) is planning to harvest 9.5m m³ of roundwood in [...]
November 7, 2019
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Schweighofer says that high prices for logs in Romania makes the company uncompetitive
Today we pay 86 euros (per cubic meter of logs used to make the highest quality [...]
October 17, 2019
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Romania announces plans to ban the exports of logs
Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) has announced the intention to file a bill to ban the export of [...]
May 28, 2019
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer passed EUTR inspection in Romania
Holzindustrie Schweighofer (HS), one of Europe’s leading timber processing companies, informed that the company passed in Romania 16th inspection [...]
May 20, 2019
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