Archives: 2025

China’s log and softwood lumber imports turn positive in November

China’s timber imports recorded a clear rebound in November, with both volume and value rising month on month, according [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

EGGER Group half-year results: stable revenues in weak market conditions

EGGER Group reported consolidated revenues of EUR 2.15 billion for the first half of its 2025/2026 financial year [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

Premier Forest Products acquires National Timber Systems

Premier Forest Products has acquired engineered timber specialist National Timber Systems (NTS) from the administrators of National Timber Group, strengthening [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

US lumber prices hover around $550 due to policy optimism and supply restraint

US lumber futures traded around $550 per thousand board feet in late December, supported by expectations of easier monetary policy [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

Russia’s timber giant Segezha plans Shanghai timber hub as Russia deepens pivot to China

        Russia’s largest forest products group, Segezha Group, is preparing to establish [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

NZ–India trade deal removes tariffs on most wood products

The Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association (WPMA) said the New Zealand–India Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement will immediately eliminate tariffs [...]
December 30, 2025 Latest Trends

Finland: Much uncertainty in the timber market in the coming years

The Finnish timber market is entering a period of heightened uncertainty, shaped by geopolitical shifts, tighter climate policy and structural [...]
December 23, 2025 Latest Trends

Sawlog prices ease in Sweden

Roundwood prices in Sweden moved only modestly during the third quarter of 2025, with calculated prices for sawlogs edging lower [...]
December 23, 2025 Latest Trends

U.S. sawmill capacity rises but production remains flat

U.S. sawmills continue to operate well below their potential, even as industry capacity remains near multi-year highs. New [...]
December 23, 2025 Latest Trends

Vietnam’s $15bn wood industry adapts to US countervailing duties

 Vietnam’s wood and wood products sector is adjusting to new pressure from U.S. countervailing duties, as exporters [...]
December 23, 2025 Latest Trends