Sawmilling

Falling roundwood prices in Estonia

    The prices for softwood roundwood in Estonia are falling again after the rapid increase since the [...]

Vietnam wood imports at record high due to the rapidly expanding processing sector

    In 2018, Vietnam’s wood processing industry imported the roundwood equivalent nearly 10 million cu.m [...]

Sharp growth in Russian sawn timber exports

    Russian sawn timber and wood processing products exports are growing rapidly, with an average annual growth [...]

New Zealand log prices dragged down by Chinese imports from Europe coming by train

    New Zealand logs are piling up on Chinese wharves as cheap sawn timber arrives by train [...]

Gabon timber industry hit by corruption scandal

Tropical timber is piling up at Gabon's main port as the country's logging industry reels from a corruption [...]
July 19, 2019 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa

Global sawlog prices fall sharply in the first quarter of 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the global sawlog prices fell to the lowest level in two years. Sawlog prices [...]

US hardwood industry still sees opportunities in the Chinese market

The market value for the U.S. hardwood lumber exports has fallen from $2.1 billion in 2017 to $1 [...]

Forecast: BC lumber production expected to drop 22% by 2023

By 2023, the B.C. Interior’s harvest will be 20 per cent lower than it was before the mountain [...]

Rising trend for U.S. lumber prices continues

    Sales of framing lumber in U.S. geared down, as buyers had covered many of their [...]

New Zealand log prices drop dramatically on oversupply

    From a sale price of US$130 per JASm3 for A grade the price dropped -US [...]