Industry Prices

N. American lumber price increases mirror one year ago

Similar to this time last year, when lumber prices started rising to reach what was then the all-time historical [...]

Germany: Lumber available again; are prices going down too?

    The high price of wood in spring and summer 2021 took everyone by surprise - home builders [...]

Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports

    Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]

Sharp drop in New Zealand log export prices in October

With record high prices in the traditionally slow months of June and July now, New Zealand log export prices have [...]

China timber demand sluggish despite start of construction season

It looked like things were stabilising in September with in-market pricing seemingly finding a floor level and some exporters [...]

US lumber prices could rocket again this fall, next spring

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has penned a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to take actions [...]

Sharp decline in demand for softwood lumber in Germany; sawmills adjust production

    The corona lockdown, drought and forest damage in 2020 was followed by extreme demand in spring [...]

Recent resurgence in US lumber prices expected to continue through early 2022

The price of lumber has seen a resurgence, which analysts expect will continue through early 2022.     [...]

Price of Finnish lumber seeks balance

    Demand for Finnish lumber this year has been supported by favorable developments in construction investment in [...]