Archives: October 2023

Raw materials scarcity impacting global sawmill production

The challenges associated with securing raw materials have expanded globally, affecting sawmill operations across the world. Notably, in Canada, the [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Mixed price trends in the Latvian wood market

The Latvian wood market has experienced significant fluctuations in the prices of various wood products from the latter half of [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Canada welcomes panel directing US to review softwood lumber duties

Canada welcomed on Thursday a trade dispute panel ruling which said the U.S. should review parts of its policy [...]
October 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Finnish wood imports could be significantly increased only from Sweden

Last year, the value of Finnish wood imported from the Baltic countries increased significantly. A total of 5.8 [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria’s wood industry not ready for EU’s RED II directive.

Austrian representatives from the forestry, wood and energy industries warn of chaos due to the lack of implementation of the [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

EUDR encourages development of comprehensive wood tracking framework inside the EU

One forest products sector characterised by both heavy reliance on smallholder, and where a very large proportion of products is [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

New market opportunities for Vietnam’s wood product exports

Although Vietnam’s wood industry is still facing many difficulties wood and wood products (W&WP) exports have shown [...]
October 6, 2023 Latest Trends

Polish wood industry faces crisis as illegal Russian and Belarusian impact domestic market

The Polish wood industry is in dire straits as it grapples with an influx of illegal Russian and Belarusian wood [...]
October 5, 2023 Latest Trends

Early insights into potential trade impacts of EUDR

The comments of policy makers and trade analysts in recent media articles imply that there will be winners and losers [...]
October 5, 2023 Latest Trends

Homag Group suspends participation at Holz-Handwerk due to difficult economic times

The Homag Group has announced that it will suspend its participation in the Holz-Handwerk trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany [...]
October 5, 2023 Latest Trends