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EU imposes up to 62.4% anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood

The European Union imposed anti-dumping levies on imports of hardwood plywood from China on Tuesday. The European Commission [...]
June 13, 2025 Latest Trends

Thousands of wood businesses in Poland risk closure over drastic supply cuts

Poland’s State Forests authority (Lasy Państwowe) has significantly reduced the supply of large-size timber—critical for sawmills [...]
June 13, 2025 Latest Trends

Log inventories decline at Chinese ports due to falling imports and weak construction demand

According to the latest customs data, China imported a total of 24.146 million cubic meters of wood (logs and [...]
June 13, 2025 Latest Trends

Euroconstruct: Political and economic uncertainty slows European construction recovery

The current dynamics and short-term scenario for the construction sector in 2025–27 will be influenced by a slight [...]
June 13, 2025 Latest Trends

Norwegian timber prices hit historic highs

Norway’s timber market is booming in the first half of 2025, with timber prices reaching their highest levels in [...]
June 12, 2025 Latest Trends

Lumber climbs from 2024 lows but rally may pause until 2026

U.S. lumber futures continue to trade around the $600 mark per 1,000 board feet, maintaining a bullish structure [...]
June 12, 2025 Latest Trends

Karl Hedin sells sawmill in Estonia

 Karl Hedin has sold his majority stake in a sawmill located in southeastern Estonia, near the town of V [...]
June 12, 2025 Latest Trends

Finnish sawmill industry: Russian sawn timber exports to Japan should be restricted

The Finnish Sawmill Industry Federation and the European Sawmill Industry Association EOS are demanding that the EU take action to [...]
June 12, 2025 Latest Trends

German sawmillers win over federal bureaucracy

Germany’s sawmill industry is celebrating a win against onerous Federal government plans to change the sales tax rate for [...]
June 12, 2025 Latest Trends

Estonia’s wood sector shifts focus to Western Europe as distant markets lose appeal

The results of this year's Swedbank industry survey show that the Estonian wood industry has begun to recover and [...]
June 11, 2025 Latest Trends