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Germany: Wood pellets price increased sharply in January

Wood pellets price in Germany increased in January, due to the low temperatures. Thus, the national average for wood pellets [...]

Drax wants to finnish 4th biomass plant conversion by 2nd half of 2018

Drax, UK's power producer, announced on the 17th of January that it wanted to complete the conversion of its [...]

Constant investment in UK’s woodworking industry may diminish Brexit effects

The investments in product improvement, along with the customer reach in the UK's woodworking industry is currently on the [...]
February 5, 2018 Market Analysis / Woodworking Machinery / ...Europe

High oak prices and weak beech prices on the French hardwood market

    In France, the end of 2017 brought a new wave of rising oak log prices in [...]

Bergs Timber plans to acquire Norvik Timber Industries

Bergs Timber AB has signed a letter of intent on the 22nd of January with Bergs Timber’s main owner [...]

Canada files for extensive complaint against the US at the WTO due to lumber duties

Canada has filed a WTO complaint over US antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.     In its complaint [...]
February 5, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Wood furniture supply in the EU tightens once with imports increase

The EU has maintained a trade surplus in wood furniture since 2011 when exports to non-EU countries overtook imports [...]

Value of Latvia’s sawn timber exports in first 11 months of 2017 drops 0.7% year-over-year to €560.0M

In the first eleven months of 2017, Latvia exported EUR 2.059 billion worth of forestry products, up 7 percent [...]
January 18, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Kronospan, Pfleiderer and and Swiss Krono accused and fined for forming cartel in Poland

The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Bureau announced on 28 December 2017 that it had imposed fines on several wood [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland grew in October 2017

Roundwood prices in Finland went up during October 2017, both as compared to the same period of 2016 and as [...]