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China: European spruce log inventory still low; prices slightly on the rise

At the moment, China's domestic spruce log inventory is less than 900,000 cubic meters.     [...]

Norway: Sharp rise in softwood log prices

The gradual increase in softwood prices in Norway since the second quarter of 2020 has continued into the second quarter [...]

N. American lumber prices continue to fall

For the 13th consecutive week, North American framing lumber prices are down.  On Friday, the cash market price [...]

Germany: Forest owners hardly benefit from the record lumber prices

Corona has caused the demand for wood in Germany to rise sharply - and with it the prices. But German forest [...]

Chinese softwood lumber imports fall sharply, softwood logs purchases growing steadily

In the first seven months, China's softwood lumber imports fell by a third compared to the same period last [...]

Record roundwood prices in Austria

    At the end of July, Spruce / fir roundwood (quality B, 2b) in Austria was sold between [...]

Recovery in Russian timber market may take several years due to current price boom

    The shortage of lumber has led to an increase in prices for timber in Russia. It [...]

Södra to increase timber prices due to strong demand in market

    Södra sees a continued strong demand for timber and is now raising prices for both [...]

Stora Enso joins consortium which promotes wood as building material

Finnish giant Stora Enso has become the 21st organisation to join the EU-funded Build-in-Wood consortium, which promotes [...]

European Commission doesn’t consider a timber export ban

    Recently, more than 9000 European wood processing companies have signed the "Stop Log Exports" petition to [...]