UK could face major timber shortages in Q3/2021
Sweden, who supplies almost half of the structural wood that is used in the UK, has its current stock levels [...]
June 4, 2021
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Global timber shortage puts UK supply chain under ‘enormous pressure’
Leading voices from the UK construction industry have warned of faltering availability and rapidly rising costs of basic materials such [...]
June 1, 2021
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China mills struggling with higher import log prices
The rate of increase in log prices has slowed with some mills in China now struggling with the higher log [...]
May 24, 2021
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US lumber price hike not reflected by rise in timber prices
US timber pricing has been relatively stable through the pandemic. Compared to lumber prices, which have increase dramatically over the [...]
May 24, 2021
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Increased timber demand in UK puts pressure on supply
Rising demand for timber is fuelling pressure on the supply chain in UK, rather than limitations [...]
May 17, 2021
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India’s timber import market in crisis
India's biggest timber cluster at Kandla is staring at a dark future, with fears of production suspension, leaving workers [...]
May 13, 2021
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Considerable rise in UK timber and panel imports
The recovery in UK import volume seen in the second half of 2020 continued in January 2021 with timber and [...]
April 28, 2021
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Skyrocketing wood prices in some European countries
European wood is in great demand. That leads to skyrocketing prices. "The sudden and massive shortage [...]
April 20, 2021
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Cooperation project aims to boost European exports of wooden products to China
At present, China is the world's largest timber processing and wood product production base and the most important wood [...]
April 13, 2021
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European countries are rapidly expanding market shares on China’s softwood import market
Due to the bark beetle infestation, the European countries have gained serious market shares in China's softwood logs and [...]
April 12, 2021
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