Industry Prices

Lumber prices increase again as Canada’s biggest producers reduce output

Lumber futures rose to the highest in a month as some of Canada’s biggest producers reduce output and transportation [...]

Recent auctions in Germany bring record prices both for hardwood and softwood timber

    Some recent auctions organized in Germany's forests reveal record prices both for softwood logs as [...]

Sharp rise in CIF prices for China’s softwood log imports

According to China Customs, log imports in 2021 totalled 63.58 million cubic metres valued at US$11.594 billion [...]

Softwood lumber production in US up slightly in Jan.-Nov. 2021

    Recovering somewhat from multiple supply disruptions, for January to November 2021 softwood lumber production volumes across [...]

Some log prices in Austria increased sharply in February 2022

    The storm at the beginning of February caused slight regional damage in Austrian forests. Overall, however [...]

Australia’s softwood log exports: Indian market not yet able to fill the Chinese void

November 2021 was the thirteenth consecutive month to record declines in Australia’s annual softwood log exports, with the annual [...]

Record financial result for Södra in 2021

Södra posted a record result of SEK 5,316 million for 2021 due to favourable market prices and stable [...]

Estonian timber industry is increasingly dependent on imports

      In the last few years, imports of raw materials for the Estonian wood industry [...]

Prices for imported softwood logs in China start to pick up as inventories fall

Domestic log prices in China have continued to firm in the last 4 weeks with the Chinese Government implementing a [...]

N. American lumber prices are up 30% in February

     Lumber has surged nearly 30% so far this month in step with the wider rally in [...]