Europe

Wood pellets prices in Austria have outgrown last year’s levels

The January 2019 wood pellets price in Austria continued to rise, both as compared to December 2018, as well as [...]

IKEA plans a $450 million investment in Vietnam

Swedish furniture giant IKEA plans to invest an estimated $450 million to set up a retail system and warehouses in [...]

Finnish log prices on a rising trend

    Roundwood prices in Finland have increased sharply in November 2018, as compared to the same month [...]

Laminate flooring market in Europe slowed down in 2018

    In 2018, manufacturing members of the Association of European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF) achieved worldwide [...]

Forestry products exports from Latvia soared in 2018

In the first 11 months of the year, Latvia exported EUR 2.414 billion worth of forestry products, up 15 [...]

ISO published new standard for chain of custody of wood products

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has published a new, voluntary standard for chain of custody (CoC) of wood and [...]

German prices for wood pellets keep on growing in January

As it is usual in winter, the price of German wood pellets rose in January compared to the previous month [...]

Chinese traders are worried over rising prices of US hardwoods caused by trade war

The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially Chinese manufacturers [...]

EU wood furniture imports from China dropped in 2018

After making gains in 2017, EU wood furniture imports from China, by far the largest external supplier, fell 5% to [...]

Södra lowers the spruce and pine logs prices as a result of economy slowdown

Södra is adjusting the purchase price for spruce and pine logs as well as fuel wood. Södra is [...]