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Germany: Dramatic fall in softwood pulplog prices

  In Germany, softwood pulplog prices have experienced a dramatic decline the past year because of an oversupply of [...]

Sweden: Record batch of softwood lumber sent to the United States

    Last month, the ship MS Saga Faith, loaded with lumber in the amount of more than [...]

Segezha Group to acquire Finnish sawmill in Karelia

The Segezha Group has acquired Karelian Wood Company, a sawmill owned by Pin Arctic Oy in Kostomuksha in the Republic [...]

Sharp drop in export of hardwoods to China has important implications for US hardwoods

Headline figures for sawn hardwood consumption in Europe show that demand has been flat for the last decade. However, these [...]

Illegal Myanmar teak seized in the Netherlands

In the first raid of its kind, Dutch police have seized a large quantity of Myanmar teak in the Netherlands [...]

Global wood pellet prices-forecast 2020

The price of pellets will be heavily influenced by long-term contracts for wood pellets. In fact, the volatility of [...]

Brazil becomes the main particleboards supplier to the United States

In 2019 the United States became the main export market for Brazilian particleboard /MDP (PB/MDP).     [...]

Sawmills in Central Europe more competitive due to falling prices

Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in 2019 with European prices declining the most, resulting in a more competitive sawmilling [...]

No growth in the European parquet market in 2019

The European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) estimates that the overall consumption figures on the European parquet market for [...]

Trends and evolution of the global wood pellet market in 2020

    Global wood pellet markets have had significant growth in the past decade. Between 2012 and 2018 [...]