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Finland imports of wood chips and logs from Russia fell from record to zero

Imports of wood chips and logs to Finland from Russia fell from an all-time high in 2020 to zero [...]
March 24, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

An Estonian wood processing company goes bankrupt

    An Estonian wood processing company Holzinvest OÜ went bankrupt in the city of Pärnu.  [...]

Log prices continue to rise in Finland

Wood trade in Finland picked up last week and log prices continued to rise. The purchase volume of Mets [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Stora Enso partners with Polish plywood producer Paged

Stora Enso’s lignin product – Lineo – is being used by Polish plywood manufacturer Paged to replace fossil-based glue in [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Irish roundwood timber supply predicted to rise by 68% until 2035

Recent studies suggest a significant increase of 68% in roundwood by 2035. The annual supply of Irish roundwood timber [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

West African timber trade transitioning to a new norm

With only a few countries exporting significant volumes of logs the West African timber trade is transitioning to a new [...]
March 23, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria: Spruce sawlogs prices stabilized in March

Economic development in Austria is currently restrained. The main reason for this is the weak construction sector. Construction companies' expectations [...]

France: Falling poplar prices in 2023?

Is the historical period just experienced by the poplar in France coming to an end? The question deserves to be [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

Price increases drive up EU27 tropical wood imports

In 2022 the EU27 imported 1.94 million tonnes of tropical wood and wooden furniture products with a total value [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends

Russia boosts the export of sawn timber products to Eastern countries

In January-February 2023, the export of sawn timber from Russia to China increased by 7.2% to 1.6 [...]
March 22, 2023 Latest Trends