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Stora Enso sells its sawmills and forest operations in Russia

    Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to divest its two sawmills in Russia. The Company [...]

Spruce log prices in Germany continue upward trend

In February 2022, the German producer price indices for spruce almost completely continued the upward trend that had been going [...]

Lumber price growth in Latvia expected to continue due to sanctions on Russia

    The situation on the Latvian lumber market in 2021 was dictated by price increases, reaching historically [...]

Rising prices for spruce and pine logs in Austria

    The Austrian sawmill industry is at the moment well stocked with softwood sawlogs. In combination with [...]

China: Q1/2022 softwood log imports crash, softwood lumber purchases rise 12.5%

In the first three months of 2022, China imported 4 million m³ of softwood lumber, recording an increase of 12 [...]

China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave

Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]

EU to expand sanctions to Russian paper products

The European Union has expanded the package of sanctions against Russia to include trade in paper, cardboard and pulp.  Depending [...]

Sweden: Wood industry expects large rise in exports to China and the USA in the next 3 years

When the Swedish wood industry looks to the next three years, a large increase in exports is forecast. China and [...]

European veneer consumption rebounded sharply in 2021

    Consumption of hardwood veneers in the EU27+UK was already falling in 2019 before the onset [...]

Segezha’s oligarch on the list of British sanctions

  The Russian timber giant Segezha Group is unaffected by the British sanctions against Vladimir Evtushenkov that came into [...]