Sawmilling

Sawmill industry in Sweden gains strong position on the growing competitive world market

The Swedish sawmill industry has gained a strong position and very good international competitiveness, mainly in the UK and North [...]
February 13, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Cameroonian government increases log export duties

A considerable surge in log prices has been recently noticed in Central/West Africa. This is the result of producers [...]
February 12, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa

Global wood industry market predictions for 2018

In 2018, the US lumber producers will supply most of the 1.5bbf production gap in British Columbia, while the [...]

Domotex 2018 forecast to be world’s leading trade fair

DOMOTEX held in Hannover, Germany, between 12th and 15th January claims to be the world's leading trade fair for [...]

Valutec receives order for two kilns from Finnish Versowood

Versowood, Finland’s largest privately-owned sawmill group, ordered two Valutec OTC kilns for its sawmill in Vierumäki.   [...]

The US turns to the European softwood lumber market

The US has imported 67% more softwood lumber from the European Union countries in 2017, as compared to 2016, as [...]

Weyerhaeuser reports growing net sales for Q4/2017

Weyerhaeuser reported fourth quarter net earnings of $271 million on net sales of $1.8 billion. This compares with net [...]

Russia raises log export duties as to promote domestic wood processing

The Russian government announced a new ministerial ordinance regarding log exports from the Far East regions.      [...]
February 8, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Russia

Prices for Canadian softwood lumber imports in the US reach record highs

    The prices for softwood lumber imports from Canada to the US have skyrocketed 30% since Hurricane [...]

Myanmar Gov. banns private timber operations and cuts the teak prodution

Myanmar's government ordered the teak production to be reduced by 40% in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Also, it [...]