Europe

UPM sees headwinds from disrupted supply chains

Finnish forestry company UPM said on Thursday it sees headwinds and extra costs ahead from disrupted global supply chains, leaving [...]

Stora Enso’s Wood Products division reports record results driven by high prices

      Nordic forest products giant Stora Enso has reported an 83% growth in annual pre [...]

Rising prices could keep European lumber exports to the US at high pace in 2022

    European softwood lumber exports to the USA continued to rise in 2021, although the pace of [...]

Northern Europe sawmills have some of the lowest sawlog prices in the world

    Record-high lumber prices in North America and Europe have moved both demand and sawlog values [...]

German hardwood industry hit by tense roundwood supply and felling bans

The business situation of hardwood sawmills in Germany has been developing remarkably positively for a few weeks now, as the [...]

Austria: Wood prices at high levels for the moment

Like other raw materials, the prices for lumber shot up to unprecedented heights last year. It wasn't just finely [...]

Czech wood prices on a roller-coaster ride

    A simple economic reasoning suggests that the prices of wood correspond to its current availability or [...]

EU plywood market outlook: import prices rise sharply

    In Q1-Q3 2021, plywood import prices in the EU jumped by 26% compared to 2020 [...]

Chinese softwood lumber imports drop 26% in 2021

    China’s imports of softwood lumber in 2021 declined by -26.2% year-over-year to [...]

EU to challenge Russian wood export restrictions at WTO

    The EU is requesting consultations with Russia at the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning export restrictions [...]