Archives: 2019

Weak market for European birch timber in China

Some Chinese merchants said that this year, due to the short-term factors such as the downturn in the property [...]

The United States supports Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo signed an agreement in Washington on [...]

Segezha Group to start production at its new CLT plant in September 2020

Segezha Group timber industry holding will build a plant on the basis of Sokolsky DOK to produce engineering material new [...]

Romania to harvest 9.5 million m3 of roundwood in 2020

The Romanian national forest administration Regia Nationala a Padurilor (Romsilva) is planning to harvest 9.5m m³ of roundwood in [...]

B.C. forestry crisis: 25% fall in export sales and a $3.4 billion loss

    The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or [...]

New Zealand’s export prices for logs pick up as demand in China rises

    At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for export logs delivered to ports around New Zealand in October [...]

Plywood price overview at different Chinese timber markets

    The following article is an overview of October 2019 prices for different plywood assortments at China [...]

Moelven Pellets started production at its Sokna plant in Norway

Moelven Pellets A/S started trial production at Sokna, Eastern Norway following the commissioning of a new energy centre and [...]
November 6, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Finland: Export prices for pine and spruce sawnwood expected to fall this year

This year and next year, export prices for Finnish lumber will fall, driven by China. The price difference between spruce [...]

Record wood pellet production in Germany

With 740,000 t, German producers of wood pellets set a production record in the third quarter of 2019. Compared [...]
November 6, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe