Sawmilling

China: Rising volumes and CIF prices for log imports

According to China Customs, log imports in the third quarter of 2021 totalled 48.4 million cubic metres valued at [...]

N. American lumber prices are back up 120% since summer

    When the North American lumber bubble popped this summer, economists and commodity traders alike pointed to [...]

UK’s sawn timber supply back to normal after nearly a year of record imports

    More than 3.32 million m3 of sawn timber and panel imports were imported into the [...]

Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to political dispute

China downgraded its diplomatic ties with the Baltic state and suspended consular services there after the Taiwanese Representative Office in [...]

Current trends in Central European log prices

    2021 is slowly coming to an end and with it the most blatant price increases in [...]

N. American lumber prices rebound as Canadian floods curb shipments

    North American lumber prices are poised to return to highs last seen in June after heavy [...]

Lithuanian sawlog prices double in one year

Pine and spruce sawlog prices in Lithuania have doubled yoy in September 2021. Moreover, prices for all assortments are well [...]

UK’s sawn timber supplies could face uncertainty in 2022

The widespread material shortages in the UK are softening but sawn timber could both face issues going into the new [...]

Russia to raise export duties for lumber

Russian government has increased export duties for lumber with a moisture content of more than 22%, and a thickness and [...]

West Fraser’s lumber shipments drop up to 30% on BC floods

    West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. said weekly lumber shipments from the west of the country plunged [...]