Industry Prices

France now dominates China’s oak log imports

Because of firm demand for oak flooring and furniture oak imports have been increasing and exceeded 1 million cubic metres [...]

Wood pellet prices in Germany at unprecedented levels

    Many orders cause the price of wood pellets to continue to rise in August. One reason [...]

Shortage of wood in Poland

The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the invasion of Ukraine have caused a shortage of wood in Poland [...]

Wood pellet crisis in France: prices double, strong demand causes supply difficulties

    Faced with soaring energy prices, more and more French are investing in boilers or pellet stoves [...]

Softwood log prices in Estonia start to fall from absolute records

    The large-scale war started by Russia in Ukraine and the creation of an energy crisis [...]

N. American lumber futures bounce back as Canada cuts output

     West Fraser shutters 2.5% of its North America capacity     Lumber prices [...]

U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on Russian wood products

Starting from July 27, the United States imposed a 35% tariff on 570 items of goods imported from Russia, including [...]

Wood-pellet market booms amid Ukraine war

The wood-pellet market is on fire.    War has cut off the supply of compressed-wood [...]

B.C.’s big 3 lumber giants still making good profits

    B.C.’s big three forestry giants had lumber and other wood product sales of $6 [...]

North American softwood lumber prices fall to a new low this year

     Softwood lumber prices continued their downtrend on Wednesday, falling 5% to a new 2022 low of [...]