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German wood prices expected to rise further by 30 percent by the end of the year

    The German economy is threatened with further massive restrictions due to material shortages and burdens from [...]

US OSB prices increased by 510% since the beginning of the year

The price of OSB has increased 510% since January 2020, exceeding the peak price increase in lumber by nearly 180 [...]

Chinese H1 log imports grow sharply, while sawn timber purchases crash

According to data released by the China customs, in the first half of 2021, a total of 31.61 million [...]

Canadian lumber giants face crashing lumber prices

    North American lumber prices have crashed in a short time span, taking only eight weeks to [...]

EU aims to plant 3 billion trees

    As part of a new strategy to protect nature in the European Union, three billion new [...]
July 22, 2021 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Europe

European sawmills to play an increasingly important role on the global export market

Softwood lumber has been in high demand in the US and Europe throughout 2021. The limited supply resulted in temporary [...]

Floods may affect timber production in western Germany

Heavy rains in western Europe caused floods to hit Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries. In Germany alone [...]

EU Commission presents its climate package, European forest industry reacts

The European Commission presented the Fit for 55 plan on Wednesday, July 14. 13 legislative proposals are intended to help [...]

China: Log demand slows in July

The past six months have brought record New Zealand export log prices to China This has been because of a [...]