Europe

Germany intensifies timber industry reform

  The German Ministry of Food and Agriculture's (BMEL) support programs for the modernization of the country's [...]

European imports of energy wood fall for the first time in 20 years

    After nearly 20 years of almost continuous growth, the value of energy wood imported to the [...]

Europe’s log supply to China is expected to return to normal after April

Due to the shortage of containers and heavy snow in Europe from January to February, after the price increase at [...]

Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect wood prices in Europe

    Tighter supplies of wood in global markets have increased wood prices in the last period and [...]

Austrian wood industry faces record softwood log prices

The Austrian wood industry has been severely impacted by the climate and corona crisis in 2020 which created difficult market [...]

Fire, drought, bark beetles ravage German forests

    The condition of German forests has deteriorated to record levels due to fire, drought and a [...]

Construction in Europe expected to return to pre-corona levels in 2023

Beyond all market influences seen in recent years, the effects of the corona crisis have now taken over within a [...]

German timber trade association threatens with lawsuit against lockdown

Before the federal-state consultations on the corona pandemic on March 3, the The German association for the timber trade [...]

Sawmills in Sweden have the lowest stock levels in 20 years

    Swedish sawmills have not had such low stock levels in over 20 years. They have had [...]

2021 trends in global lumber markets

The strong North American lumber demand at the end of 2020 has continued at the beginning of 2021, and is [...]