Archives: 2018

Russia’s Titan Group increases sawnwood and wood pellet production

Group of companies “Titan” informed that its subsidiary Lesozavod 25 in January-September 2018 increased sawing volume to 1,188 [...]

Vietnam’s wood industry to play a decisive role in the US-China trade war

Starting from mid-September 2018, the US decided to impose 10 percent tariffs with the total cost of $189 billion [...]

Trends in the European furniture sector

The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]

Sweden’s sawmill industry facing raw materials short supply

During the last year, raw material supply in Sweden has been restricted somewhat by different factors. After a rainy autumn [...]

Poland’s largest furniture manufacturer might be acquired by Chinese investor

Black Red White SA (BRW), the largest Polish furniture manufacturer and retailer with annual sales of EUR 414 million and [...]

Rising prices for Sarawak logs

Logs prices in Sarawak significantly increased due to higher demand from neighbouring Sabah, which banned timber exports since May this [...]

China: October prices for logs and sawnwood imports

      The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber [...]

Plywood production rising in Europe

The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]

Ghana: Latest prices for wood products

    Prices for Ghana's exported wood products are the following between 1-15 October 2018.  [...]

Almost 50 million m3 of beetle wood in Central Europe

    According to estimates by different forestry organizations, in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, around 44 [...]