Sawmilling

Sawn softwood exports from Russia went up by 12% in 2017

The Russian sawn softwood exports reached record level in 2017, amounting to a volume of 27.9 million m3, which [...]

Dubai WoodShow 2018 expects exhibitors from more than 100 countries

    The Dubai International Wood and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition will be held in Dubai from March 12 [...]

Prices for logs in the US went up due to a confluence of factors

Prices for logs on the US West Coast have increased due to the natural disasters, housing construction, Asian competition and [...]

Roundwood trade in Finland reported great success for 2017; log prices went up

    Roundwood trade from Finnish Forests registered a great success, due to the purchases of the forest [...]

Strong gains in US residential construction

Housing starts in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.33 million according to the US Census [...]

UK pledges to retain FLEGT commitment after Brexit

In relation to policy initiatives like FLEGT, the decline in the relative significance of the EU as an importer of [...]

Sawmills in Finland aim to reach the market in India

IndiaWood 2018 will receive several Finnish companies to the 10th edition of the show, through "Wood from Finland", a national [...]

Gällö Timber upgrades log sorter at sawmill in Sweden

Gällö Timber upgrades the log sorter at its sawmill in Gällö, Sweden. The company placed a SEK 2 [...]

Central/West Africa: Higher prices for logs

Reports from Cameroon say that buyers for the Chinese market are not accepting the new and higher asking prices for [...]

Tropical imports from the EU declined in 2017

    European timber businesses suggest a range of factors that may explain the apparent dichotomy between good [...]
March 5, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe