Forestry

China will have a supply gap of almost 9 million m3 of logs by 2022

Even if China increases imports from Europe and New Zealand, there will be a gap of of 8.66 million [...]

Swedish sawmills have lowest stock levels for over 20 years, prices under pressure

    Demand for wood products remains high, but their supply is limited. Despite full production and manufacturing [...]

German raw wood exports up by 42.6% in 2020

Germany's exports of raw wood in 2020 amounted to around 12.7 million m3 with a value of € 845 [...]

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 [...]

Timber prices are skyrocketing in Germany; significant supply shortage

Wood for Germany's construction sites is becoming scarce.  Real estate companies warn that urgently needed housing construction is threatened [...]

Canadian lumber giants plan massive production capacity expansion in US

North American lumber companies plan to ramp up production by expanding existing mills as strong home construction fuels the need [...]

Chinese log imports and prices rising high in Q1/2021

    China's log import volume in the first quarter of this year was 14.95 million [...]

Prices for imported European spruce logs in China at record highs

For the Chinese timber import market, 2021 can be described as a crazy year. The prices of most wood species [...]

US homebuilders push for new softwood lumber agreement with Canada

U.S. Lumber Coalition says duties a small part of record price    With record North American [...]