Industry Prices

Estonia: Fall in spruce sawlog prices in September

    All sawlog assortments have become cheaper in Estonia in September 2019. The bark beetle crisis has [...]

ISC 2019: Bark beetle crisis in the European lumber market expected to continue for years

    Disruption in European lumber market caused by log glut from bark beetle infestation is expected to [...]

BC company signs major agreement to export wood pellets to Japan

A British Columbia company has signed an agreement to provide 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets to fuel a biomass [...]

The bark beetle infestation hits the French softwood market

    What volumes of wood will be harvested in France in 2019? Difficult to answer this question [...]

China tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry

Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S [...]

Germany: Price of wood pellets on the rise in October

As usual for this time of year, the price of wood pellets in Germany rose by 2.1% in October [...]

Wood pellet prices reach historic highs in Nordic countries

Nordic pellet prices have reached a fresh record high ahead of the winter demand season, with the supply outlook in [...]

Sweden: Slow sawnwood demand and bark beetle infestation cause foresters to drop timber prices

The Swedish forest owners association Mellanskog has announced a decrease in its timber prices.    According to [...]

North American sawmills see their profit margins decline

Costs for sawlogs declined in most major regions around the world in the first half of 2019. However, lumber prices [...]