Sawmilling

Germany: Declining sawlog prices due to large volumes of damaged wood

Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of logs and declining sawlog [...]

Current export prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood

    Latest prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood as of 16-31 August, 2019.   [...]

Softwood lumber exports from Europe to the US have doubled this year

    European softwood lumber exports to the USA almost doubled in the first seven months of the [...]

Tolko announces it will reduce stud lumber capacity by 20%

Tolko announced that it is implementing a flexible operating footprint at its Soda Creek and Armstrong stud lumber mills. This [...]

Finnish pine finds weak Chinese market

The recent performance of the Finnish pine market is unremarkable and the market is weak.    Some [...]

Lumber prices in the US on the rise this autumn

Compared to historical trends, this week’s WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr price is up +$11 relative to [...]

Russia’s wood industry increased lumber and pellets production

Over the past eight months of this year, the Russian domestic timber industry has been showing steady growth in almost [...]

Latest prices for exported wood products in Ghana

Prices for Ghana's exported wood products are the following between 16-31 August 2019:    Boule [...]

China: Prices for imported logs down sharply

    China’s log imports in the first half of 2019 totalled 29.56 million cubic metres [...]

Russia: RFP Group plans to double lumber production capacity; to boost pellet output

    Over the next four years, one of the leaders in the forest industry in the Far [...]