Europe

India’s domestic timber demand to be driven up by huge infrastructure demand

The huge demand for infrastructure will inevitably drive a sharp increase in India's domestic timber demand.       [...]

Decline in supply to China from major sawn softwood suppliers

    In the first half of 2021, China’s sawn softwood imports came to 9.66 million [...]

Germany: Record softwood lumber production, prices skyrocketing

    The mood in the German economy once again improved significantly in the second quarter. The Ifo [...]

Rise in CIF prices for China sawnwood imports

    According to China Customs in the first half of 2021 sawnwood imports totalled 14.06 million [...]

Severe timber shortage in UK as ‘perfect storm’ brings price hikes and delays

    The Covid crisis, Brexit hurdles and surging construction activity have combined to create a ‘huge’ timber [...]

EU exports less softwood lumber to Japan but at much higher prices

Exports of European softwood lumber to Japan reached in volume 1,110,802 cubic meters in the first half of [...]

Highest EU tropical wood imports since 2012

EU27 imports of tropical wood and wooden furniture started this year slowly in January and February but surged to US [...]

China: European spruce log inventory still low; prices slightly on the rise

At the moment, China's domestic spruce log inventory is less than 900,000 cubic meters.     [...]

Norway: Sharp rise in softwood log prices

The gradual increase in softwood prices in Norway since the second quarter of 2020 has continued into the second quarter [...]

Germany: Forest owners hardly benefit from the record lumber prices

Corona has caused the demand for wood in Germany to rise sharply - and with it the prices. But German forest [...]