Archives: 2019

Trends in US lumber prices in the vary at the beginning of 2018

    The first full workweek of the year generated more inquiries and sales of framing lumber in [...]

Logs & sawnwood prices in Central/West Africa keep stable

Across the Central/West African region producers report no major change in overall international market sentiment since the end of [...]

Irish forestry industry production forecast to double by 2035

    The Irish forestry industry might invest around €250 million during the next years, in the preparation [...]

Lumber market in North America forecast to go up in 2019, along with rise in prices

    Growth in U.S. domestic softwood lumber consumption is expected to continue next year and well [...]

Tropical wood imports in Europe affected by low supplies

Looking at factors behind the sales trends, European importers earlier reported supply issues out of Asia due to an extended [...]

Forecasts for 2019’s wood pellets market

    From a North American producer’s perspective, 2018 was one of the best years in quite [...]

British Columbia lumber market sees great improvement in exports to China

British Columbia lumber producers are getting ready for a rough 2019, considering the concerns over Canada-China trade, the US [...]

Chinese trade tariffs and Brexit effects on the European hardwood market

    Projecting into 2019, importers were concerned at the potential for an increase in market impacts of [...]

IKEA sells a particleboard plant in France

    IKEA Industry AB, part of the Inter Ikea Group, has accepted the takeover offer made at [...]

Increased lumber exports from Brazil boost domestic sawlog prices

    Sawlog prices have increased in the local currency in Brazil in 2018 thanks to higher demand [...]