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Latvia’s timber market: Price fluctuations and positive outlook for 2023

The timber market in Latvia experienced a notable increase in prices throughout 2022. However, the first half of 2023 is [...]
May 12, 2023 Latest Trends

European timber industry associations demand course corrections in EU Forest Policy

-Associations from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia demand a clear commitment to sustainable forest management [...]
May 12, 2023 Latest Trends

North American lumber giants: market volatility and weak prices expected for Q2/2023

North American lumber companies are currently facing a myriad of challenges in the industry, as rising inflation and higher interest [...]
May 12, 2023

US lumber prices down 57% yoy, below pre-pandemic levels

US lumber is currently at $356 per 1000 board feet. This is down from the peak of $1,733 [...]
May 12, 2023 Latest Trends

Raute to deliver a LVL plant to Thébault Group in France

Raute Corporation has signed a contract worth EUR 44.6 million with the Thébault Group, France for the technology [...]
May 12, 2023 Latest Trends

Swedish sawmill industry facing challenges and price corrections in the short term

The Swedish sawmill industry is doing well in competition with, above all, continental Europe, which appears to have the greatest [...]
May 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Kronospan starts wood panel factory in Tortosa, Spain

Kronospan, in just a little over a year’s time, and an investment of approximately 400 million euros, has built [...]
May 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Sharp fall in New Zealand log export prices; Europe might become a new destination

-New Zealand logging exporters are being blamed for the current dive in log prices to a level where harvesting is [...]
May 10, 2023 Latest Trends

Sales of the Homag Group increase in Q1/2023; incoming orders fall

The Homag Group increased sales by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2023. As expected, incoming orders weakened in [...]
May 10, 2023 Latest Trends

The business mood in the German timber industry improved in April

In large parts of the German timber industry, the mood improved slightly in April.  According to the Main Association [...]
May 9, 2023 Latest Trends