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Czech Republic will cancel compensation for bark beetles

Czech forest owners can no longer count on the state to compensate them for low prices with huge sums. Wood [...]

Finland: Pölkky Oy plans new investment at Kajaani sawmill

    At its production plant in Kajaani, Pölkky Oy invests in a modern sorting plant complex [...]

Fall in US lumber prices expected to hit Europe soon

    The fall in lumber prices in the US is expected to affect Europe in the fourth [...]

Russia boosts softwood lumber exports to Europe

In the second quarter of 2021, exports of softwood lumber from Russia to European countries grew at a faster pace [...]

Record high US lumber prices shifted global lumber trade flows in H1/2021

    US lumber prices reached unprecedented highs in the 2Q/21. For example, the costs for 2x4 [...]

Latest roundwood price trends in Finland

Spruce logs price in Finland reached an average of EUR 66.3 per cubic metre in standing sales in August [...]

Rettenmeier plans large investment in Latvia

With an investment program, Rettenmeier wants to expand its Latvian location in Incukalns significantly over the next few years and [...]

Germany: Spruce log prices up 35% yoy

    The wood prices have risen sharply recently. However, the price increase for German forest owners was [...]

Sweden expands softwood lumber exports to UK, deliveries to China collapse

In the second quarter of 2021, Sweden was able to restore its exports of softwood lumber to almost 2020 levels [...]
September 29, 2021 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe

Two scenarios for Vietnam’s wood product exports for the remaining months of 2021

In the first two quarters of 2021 exports of wood and wood products from Vietnam increased but due to the [...]