Archives: 2025

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

European Commission raises anti-dumping duties on Chinese plywood to nearly 90%

The European Commission has decided to significantly increase anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood, describing the scale of dumping [...]
October 10, 2025 Latest Trends

European Parliament urges the Commission to stay on schedule for EUDR implementation

A group of MEPs has urged the European Commission to ensure that the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is implemented as [...]
October 10, 2025 Latest Trends

UK timber sector faces crisis despite record softwood sales

The UK timber industry is caught in a paradox: softwood sales have reached their highest level in three years, yet [...]
October 10, 2025 Latest Trends

A long autumn for Swedish sawmills: slight recovery, persistent pressure

A summer that offered little relief At the start of 2025, Sweden’s sawmill industry greeted the new year [...]
October 9, 2025 Latest Trends

Tariffs threaten Ikea’s affordable pricing

Ikea has warned its U.S. customers of potential price increases following new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on [...]

EU anti-dumping duties on Brazilian plywood could take effect in four weeks

 On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed preliminary antidumping duties on imports of softwood plywood from Brazil, following an investigation [...]
October 9, 2025 Latest Trends