Industry Prices

Austria: Sawlog prices stable in October; demand from sawmills low

    Persistent economic uncertainties, constantly rising costs in all areas and a lack of new orders continue [...]

U.S. lumber prices could rise again

U.S. softwood lumber futures dropped 72.7% from the March 2022 high to the September 2022 low. The six [...]

Germany: Producer price index for softwood and hardwood sawn timber shows mixed developments

    According to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German producer price indices for commercial products [...]

Poland: OSB and softwood lumber prices fall sharply

September is the second month in a row in which a drop in the prices of OSB boards and softwood [...]

U.S. sawmills produce more softwood lumber, while Canadian output drops

    U.S. sawmills in July produced 3.105 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber, up [...]

ISC 2022: Softwood market expected to remain subdued short to medium-term

After the successful hybrid event last year in Helsinki, this year the organizers offered once again the opportunity to follow [...]

German timber industry sees a brake on sales

    In the German wood industry, the expectations that have been growing pessimistic for months are now [...]

North American lumber market to remain volatile in Q4/2022-Q1/2023

After surging to record highs at the pinnacle of North America’s pandemic housing market boom, lumber prices have taken [...]

Forecast: Finland’s lumber exports and prices to fall considerably next year

The uncertainty of the economy and the decrease in consumption will weaken the prospects of the Finnish forest industry this [...]