China: Considerable rise in European spruce log inventories
Softwood log inventories at China’s main ocean ports totaled 3.72 million m3 on October 29th, 2022, a slight [...]
November 22, 2022
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Emerging hardwood market challenges and opportunities in Europe
The sawn hardwood trade in Europe experienced a period of unprecedented demand and good margins in [...]
November 20, 2022
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Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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Wood industry at COP 27: Combining climate protection and business
At the COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Austria's timber [...]
November 20, 2022
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Austria: Sawlog prices stable in November 2022
The Austrian sawmill industry is sufficiently stocked with softwood logs corresponding to the current demand, but [...]
November 17, 2022
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Central Africa: Log export ban postponed indefinitely
In Central Africa, the ban on the export of logs will no longer take effect from [...]
November 17, 2022
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Sweden: Sawlog prices continue to rise in Q3/2022
During the third quarter of 2022, delivery timber prices for both sawlogs and pulpwood in Sweden increased in comparison with [...]
November 17, 2022
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France: Depression on the Douglas fir market; prices in freefall
The downward trend in the Douglas fir market is now clearly confirmed. We can even speak of a [...]
November 16, 2022
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US lumber: Post-bubble prices under further pressure
US lumber futures continued to fall over the past few months as weakening housing markets in major economies amid rising [...]
November 16, 2022
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Estonian wood sector companies faced with inevitable layoffs
Problems with economic performance have forced several woodworking companies in Estonia to optimize their production volumes [...]
November 15, 2022
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