Forestry

No reason to expect that skyrocketing timber prices in Latvia will return to pre-pandemic levels

    In the Latvian timber industry, the sharp rise in prices was caused by an unpredictably high [...]

50% of Vietnamese timber processing companies face the risk of bankruptcy

Over 50% of timber processing enterprises Vietnam's South have to stop operation, facing the risk of bankruptcy. The other [...]

Supply situation in the German wood market is easing; prices expected to rise

    The situation on the German timber market has eased. The supply crisis in the spring and [...]

Global shipping bottlenecks set to prolong supply chain turmoil

Tenfold jump in costs since start of pandemic squeezes importers and exporters    The closure of a [...]

Czech Republic: Wood prices expected to rise even further

    Unusual increases in wood prices in the Czech Republic continue to impact producers in the furniture [...]

Swedish stocks of wood products continue to decrease; prices expected to rise this autumn

After the spring and summer price party for wood products in the US market, the price situation has now returned [...]

German Rettenmeier inaugurates 1.2 million m3 sawmill

    At the end of August, the German Rettenmeier Group officially opened its new sawmill in Wilburgstetten [...]

Demand for softwood logs demand in China expected to increase in September

    Softwood log inventory in China has not risen in the last month and sits around 5 [...]

US lumber futures jump due to delivery concerns after Hurricane Ida, cutback at mills

U.S. lumber futures jumped almost 8% to the exchange-imposed limit on concern that damage from Hurricane Ida will [...]

Price of UK’s imported lumber jumps by 23% in a month; 64% higher yoy

The price of some imported lumber in UK has jumped 23 percent in just one month.     [...]