Archives: October 2025

Koskisen expects wood prices to continue to fall

The effects of US tariffs on the lumber market are still unclear, Koskinen estimates. Sawmill and timber company Koskinen [...]
October 17, 2025 Latest Trends

Increasing demand for softwood sawlogs in Austria; prices continue to rise

Austria has so far been spared from storm damage, and bark beetle infestation has declined significantly due to favourable weather [...]
October 17, 2025 Latest Trends

GD holz criticizes EU anti-dumping proceedings on China plywood

GD Holz, the German Timber Trade Association, is criticizing the European Commission's anti-dumping proceedings against Chinese plywood producers [...]
October 17, 2025 Latest Trends

European softwood lumber industry faces rising costs, uncertainty as EUDR delay looms

The European softwood lumber industry is facing rising costs and uncertainty as the EU considers postponing the EU Deforestation Regulation [...]
October 16, 2025 Latest Trends

UK wood-based panel makers hit by lower turnover and higher costs

The latest financial results for UK panel products manufacturer West Fraser Europe show that its turnover fell by €75.5 [...]
October 16, 2025 Latest Trends

Rayonier and PotlatchDeltic announce merger to form second-largest U.S. timber company

Rayonier Inc. and PotlatchDeltic Corp. have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock “merger of equals [...]
October 16, 2025 Latest Trends

US tariff impacts on the Brazilian timber sector

The Brazilian Association of Mechanically Processed Timber Industry (ABIMCI) has reported significant impacts on the Brazilian timber sector from the [...]
October 11, 2025 Latest Trends

Interfor’s Grand Forks sawmill shut down indefinitely

Interfor has halted operations at its Grand Forks sawmill in British Columbia “indefinitely,” though local officials emphasized the shutdown is [...]
October 11, 2025 Latest Trends

Can Poland’s timber industry survive high costs, tariffs, and rising bankruptcies?

Poland’s timber and furniture sector, long considered a European stronghold, is facing one of its most difficult periods in [...]
October 10, 2025 Latest Trends

Oversupply hits Canadian lumber industry

Canadian lumber producers are facing one of the sharpest price drops in years, as an unexpected combination of overproduction, weak [...]
October 10, 2025 Latest Trends