Malaysia timber exports forecast to go up by 5% in 2018
Timber exports from Malaysia are forecast to increase by 5% in 2018, from RM 23.22 billion in 2017, due [...]
February 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Finnish sawn softwood goods production increased by half million m3 in 2017
In 2017, the Finnish forest industry production increased in the majority of the main product categories. However, the production of [...]
February 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Weak EU imports of tropical sawn wood, why?
European timber businesses suggest a range of factors that may explain the apparent dichotomy between good underlying demand for hardwoods [...]
February 21, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Europe / South America
Lumber prices in the US near the all-time high record
Framing lumber prices in the US picked up after a midweek drop, while many key prices continued for forge higher [...]
February 21, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Lumber prices in France for Q4/2017
FRANCE LUMBER PRICES for the 4th quarter 2017 [...]
February 21, 2018
Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
EU importers advocate that the EUTR has stopped tropical suppliers
Some EU importers maintain that the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) has also played a part in an international hardwood trade [...]
February 21, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
US hardwood markets trends in 2018
A recently published article explores US market developments that affect hardwood demand. Some industrial markets, such as pallets, packaging and [...]
February 20, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Austria: stable spruce prices, while sawmills are in short supply
Against the background of a persistently strong overall economy, the Austrian forestry and sawmill industry is struggling with the winter [...]
February 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
USDA announces referendum dates for softwood lumber research and promotion program
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced on the 15th of February that it will [...]
February 20, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Metsä Group reaches 8% increase in sales in 2017
Metsä Group’s sales in 2017 totalled EUR 5,040.0 million, compared to Euro 4 [...]
February 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
