Europe

German spruce lumber puts pressure on Finnish and Russian exports to China

After February, a large volume of German spruce lumber was reported at the Chinese ports, with imports reaching approximately 340 [...]

African tropical timber exports driven down by pandemic

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has adversely affected West Africa’s export markets, imports, foreign investment, tourism and remittances [...]

Södra to lower timber prices

    Södra adjusts the price for pulpwood, fuel wood and small diameter timber.    [...]

Seasonal pellet price fall in Germany

As expected, the second half of the year starts with low summer prices for wood pellets in Germany. The price [...]

Norra Skog to close sawmill in Sweden

Recently, the last log at the Östavall sawmill in Ånge municipality, Sweden has been sawn.    The [...]

France’s hardwood market hit by lack of demand and rising prices

At the moment, we must face the facts, there are few reasons to rejoice in the French hardwood market. At [...]

Holmen to acquire Martinsons

    Today Holmen signed an agreement to acquire Martinsons, one of Sweden's leading players in sawn [...]

Weak COVID-19 signs in EU tropical timber import data

EU27 (i.e. excluding the UK) tropical timber product imports continued to defy expectations of COVID-19 driven collapse in [...]

Damaged wood from Europe invades the Chinese timber market

Chinese timber imports fell by 21% in the first five months of 2020. Instead of 17.5 million m³, China [...]

Xylexpo organisers postpone the 2020 edition

      The 2020 edition of the Xylexpo international woodworking exhibition has now been cancelled after [...]