Ukraine and EU agreed to resolve log export ban
In a joint statement following the Ukraine-European Union summit, it is said that Ukraine and the EU have agreed [...]
October 25, 2021
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Bergs Timber to become co-owner of Wood Tube
Bergs becomes a part owner and industrial partner in the Värmland-based innovation company Wood Tube and provides the [...]
October 25, 2021
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Germany: Lumber available again; are prices going down too?
The high price of wood in spring and summer 2021 took everyone by surprise - home builders [...]
October 25, 2021
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IKEA expects that product shortages to last well into summer of 2022
Ikea has become the latest retailer to warn on supply chain problems, saying on Thursday that stock shortages were likely [...]
October 21, 2021
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ISC 2021: Softwood lumber production and consumption at record-high increase in Europe
It has been another extraordinary year in the softwood market since the International Softwood Conference (ISC [...]
October 20, 2021
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100 companies ask for suspension of antidumping duties on Russian birch plywood
Brussels has been accused of driving building businesses across Europe to the brink of insolvency after [...]
October 20, 2021
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Procedures for assessing effectiveness of EUTR are inadequate
In a report published 4 October, the European Court of Auditors concluded that EC procedures for assessing effectiveness of the [...]
October 20, 2021
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Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports
Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]
October 19, 2021
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China timber demand sluggish despite start of construction season
It looked like things were stabilising in September with in-market pricing seemingly finding a floor level and some exporters [...]
October 18, 2021
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Commission suspects UPM, Stora Enso and Metsä of cartel activities
The European Commission’s competition authorities began separate, unannounced inspections of the premises of Finnish forestry firms UPM and Stora [...]
October 18, 2021
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