European demand for Chinese plywood stabilises at low levels as trade tensions rise
Demand for Chinese-made plywood in Europe has recently stabilised at a subdued level, following several quarters of contraction. Despite [...]
August 6, 2025
Latest Trends
Mercer international’s lumber production dips 6% in second quarter 2025
Mercer International Inc. has reported its second quarter 2025 Operating EBITDA of negative $20.9 million, a decrease from positive [...]
August 6, 2025
Latest Trends
Japan: Chugoku Mokuzai to build new sawmill with Hekotek equipment
Hekotek AS has signed a contract to supply log feeding equipment, conveyors for wood chips, sawdust, and sawn timber to [...]
August 6, 2025
Latest Trends
Canfor anticipates continued softwood lumber demand through third quarter
Canfor Corp. projects that lumber demand in North America will continue to be relatively weak throughout the third quarter of [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
Lumber prices hit a three-year high amid tariff surge and tight supply
Lumber futures surged to their highest level since 2022, driven by a steep increase in U.S. duties on Canadian [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
US updates reciprocal tariffs: implications for global wood product trade
Starting August 7, 2025, the United States will implement updated reciprocal tariffs on imported goods, with specific consequences for the [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
Germany’s sawmilling industry voices concern over reduced funding for construction initiatives
Germany’s main sawmilling body has criticised the German federal government’s “misplaced priorities” after the latter cut key building [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
Andritz resolves U.S. export control case over Russian-bound machinery
The U.S. subsidiary of Austrian industrial group Andritz has agreed to pay a civil penalty of nearly $1.6 [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
Metsä Group launches hundreds of millions in spending cuts – “The program does not include closures of production plants”
Metsä Group has launched a cost savings and performance improvement program targeting annual savings of approximately €300 million, to be [...]
August 5, 2025
Latest Trends
Will EU softwood lumber exports be exempted from the 15% US tariffs?
The European Union and the United States have reached a provisional settlement in their months-long trade dispute, agreeing to [...]
July 31, 2025
