India: Logs and sawn timber import demand slows
Economic activity started slowing in India in the middle of October as preparations commenced for Diwali (Festival of Lights) on [...]
November 3, 2022
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Central European roundwood markets are at a turning point
Forests in much of Central Europe have recently suffered extensive damage from a bark beetle outbreak [...]
November 1, 2022
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B.C. lumber giants still report good profits in Q3/2022, but outlook negative
Inflation and its cure, rising interest rates, are beginning to hit the bottom lines of two [...]
November 1, 2022
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Holmen and SCA plan to build large sawmill in northern Sweden
Holmen and SCA have decided to initiate a pre-study to evaluate the viability of building a new, large-scale [...]
November 1, 2022
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Vietnam’s wood trade under pressure due to logging, Ukraine war
Reputational risks are piling up for a Vietnamese lumber industry already beset by a falloff in demand from the heights [...]
November 1, 2022
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Europe’s Nordic forestry giants deliver great Q3 results, lumber markets weaken
Forestry giants in Northern Europe, Stora Enso, UPM and Metsä Group have benefited from the rising prices on their financial [...]
November 1, 2022
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China: Softwood log demand and prices low; spruce imports from Europe down sharply
China softwood log inventory remains below the 4m m3 despite China having the Golden Week holiday at the start of [...]
October 31, 2022
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Price of birch wood rising sharply in Finland
The halt in Russian imports has pushed up the price of birch wood in Finland, which [...]
October 31, 2022
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Wood prices expected to continue to rise in Latvia
Currently, there is a shortage of wood and especially pellets in Europe. And at least not yet, it is not [...]
October 31, 2022
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Softwood log prices continue fall in Germany
The German producer price indices for spruce partially stopped their upward trend in August 2022. On average the index for [...]
October 31, 2022
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