US lumber prices down 20% since September
Framing lumber prices in US peaked above $950 per thousand board feet in mid-September, according to Random Lengths, and [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Low impact of corona crisis on the Latvian sawmill industry
Log supply in Latvia hasn't suffered any changes since the 2nd quarter of 2020. Latvian State Forests (which owns [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
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 [...]
October 26, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
European Parliament launches forest strategy
On October 7th, the EU Parliament launched the EU Forest Strategy from 2021 in a non [...]
October 26, 2020
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
UPM to permanently close Kaipola mill in Finland
Employee consultations for UPM Communication Papers were concluded at the Jämsä River mills this week. The UPM Kaipola paper [...]
October 26, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Covid-19 and damaged wood, two major challenges of the German sawmill industry
In the German economy, Corona has led to a severe slump. The gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2nd quarter [...]
October 21, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / Europe
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 [...]
October 21, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Vietnamese wood product exporters advised to take actions to optimise US market
Vietnam has enjoyed a surge in timber and wood product exports to the US this year, but businesses need to [...]
October 21, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / North America
Canadian softwood lumber market outlook in 2020/2021
The main driver for Canadian softwood lumber production is not domestic consumption, but rather exports— and exports to the US [...]
October 19, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Chinese investors to open processing plants in Russia due to timber export ban
Russia's ban on the supply of unprocessed timber abroad will encourage Chinese businessmen to open timber processing plants in [...]
October 19, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia
