Wood Construction

Lumber price growth in Latvia expected to continue due to sanctions on Russia

    The situation on the Latvian lumber market in 2021 was dictated by price increases, reaching historically [...]

Lumber prices rise in Japan as builders run out of Russian wood

    Lumber prices have reached record highs in Japan since economic sanctions were imposed against Russia, leading [...]

World’s tallest CLT building planned in Switzerland

The Danish architectural firm, Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) has designed a 100-meter-tall, or more than 30-story tall [...]

N. American lumber prices could rebound on tight supply despite recent fall

     Lumber prices are down more than 20% this year but are poised to gain upward traction [...]

Japan bans the import of Russian timber

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently announced that he will stop importing some Russian timber products from this week.  [...]

Timber prices up 35% in Europe with further rises likely due to war pressure

    European market prices for certain timber products are up 35% as a result of the Ukraine [...]

German timber industry expecting tough times due to ongoing supply chain problems

The war in Ukraine causes the business climate index in the German timber industry to fall drastically. The current order [...]

N. American lumber prices under pressure

     Lumber futures are coming under pressure as the housing market gets more restrictive for new buyers [...]

Impact of the Ukraine war on the Finnish forest sector

    The most significant consequences of the war for the Finnish forest sector are the cessation of [...]

German wood industry expects delivery bottlenecks

The situation is already very difficult for wood imports from the countries currently involved in the ongoing war Russia, Belarus [...]