EU to ban wood, wood products coming from countries with deforestation risk
Under new rules unveiled last week, the European Commission plans to ban the sale of agricultural [...]
November 22, 2021
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Foreign companies buy Polish wood en masse; huge rise in raw material prices
Foreign brokers buy wood from Polish forests on a massive scale. This causes a huge increase [...]
November 15, 2021
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Is there a shortage of wood in Europe?
The sharp increases in timber prices worldwide since the middle of 2020 do not reflect any [...]
June 28, 2021
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France: Supply shortages, wood prices up 50%
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that [...]
June 15, 2021
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Global wood raw material supply is expected to tighten with through 2021
By the last quarter of 2020, timber demand was becoming excessive and record levels continued through Q1, 2021. [...]
June 14, 2021
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Shortages of wood raw material are widespread in US
More than 90% of US homebuilders report a shortage of lumber, OSB, and appliances. The National [...]
June 14, 2021
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Turkey to limit export of wood raw materials to avoid shortages
Turkey has started implementing limitations on exports of some raw materials of furniture, including flakeboard, oriented [...]
June 14, 2021
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Germany: Market situation tense due to low availability of wood
The domestic demand for wood in Germany has increased overall due to increased exports [...]
April 28, 2021
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Wood raw materials in short supply in Germany
If the scarcity of raw materials on the German wood market continues, pallet producers and other [...]
March 29, 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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