Europe

Estonia: Roundwood prices way lower compared to last year

     In February 2020, roundwood prices in Estonia have dropped sharply as compared to a year ago [...]

Stora Enso, UPM and SCA not yet impacted by the coronavirus pandemic

Forestry giants in Northern Europe, Stora Enso, UPM and SCA, haven't been affected yet by the coronavirus crisis that [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland start to rise in March

Trade of roundwood in non-industrial private forests went up in March. However, it was one fifth smaller than the [...]

Bergs Timber resumes normal production as demand improves

Bergs Timber has resumed normal production at its Swedish and Estonian sawmills on May 4, citing good demand in important [...]

Bark beetle starts spreading in Europe’s forests

    A third consecutive year of bark beetle calamity is expected to destroy the European spruce forests [...]

Finnish pine in limited supply; prices in Chinese markets on the rise

Finnish pine lumber shipments to China in the first quarter of this year fell by more than 50% compared with [...]

Germany: Great drought in April favor bark beetle outbreaks

After the coronavirus has dominated everything for the past few weeks, the topics that brought German foresters sleepless nights last [...]

Sweden’s Setra plans reduce production on weak demand in Central Europe and UK

    Swedish sawmilling company Setra plans to cut back production by 20% over coming months in response [...]

Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]

European wood industry to reorganize supply chains after coronavirus restrictions will be eased

Strict restrictive measures in most EU countries and indeed across the world have more or less restricted production, which has [...]