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Poland’s sawmill industry call for ban on roundwood exports due to record prices

''We need a ban on the export of unprocessed wood,'' said Rafał Szefler, director of the Polish Chamber of Commerce [...]

Current demand for logs in China is low

A number of factors have reduced the immediate demand for logs in China.    Firstly, the quantity [...]

French sawmill industry want to curb massive log exports to China

China is buying more and more French timber. The French National Timber Federation wants to curb these exports to protect [...]

North American lumber prices plummet all the way back to 2018 levels

    This spring lumber prices went on a historic run—shooting up over 300%—but that's [...]

German Ziegler Group to build a sawmill in Slovakia

The Bavarian wood processor Ziegler Group wants to build a sawmill and a wood processing plant in the southern Slovak [...]

EU’s plywood imports rebound strongly since September last year

Latest analysis of Eurostat figures underlines the recent volatile conditions in the EU and UK plywood trade. Total EU+UK [...]

Sierra Pacific to acquire Seneca

    Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) plans to acquire Seneca and affiliates, combining two complementary, family-owned forest [...]

Sharp increase in plywood prices in Europe

In terms of source of plywood supply in Europe, China is reported to be keeping up with demand, albeit with [...]

Mercer to buy Katerra’s CLT facility

Mercer announced that it received approval from the applicable Bankruptcy Court of the acquisition by its wholly-owned subsidiary of [...]

UK faces timber shortage due to high demand

The price of timber has risen sharply with builders struggling to get supplies, as post-lockdown construction and DIY projects [...]