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Price evolution for Polish wood pellets in 2018

    Current wood pellets production in Poland is close to 1 million tons per year.  Along with [...]

US lumber production higher than the Canadian production in 2018

Softwood lumber production by U.S. sawmills in 2018 was 34.873 billion board ft. (bbf), up 3.3% from [...]

Kronospan plans to build new OSB plant in Ukraine

    Kronospan will build a new OSB plant on the existing Kronospan particleboard plant in Novovolynsk in [...]

Dubai WoodShow 2019 closed with record number of visitors and exhibitors

Dubai WoodShow 2019, the region's largest wood and wood machinery showcase, closed on a grand note with a record [...]

Ten timber trading companies in Europe accused of importing illegal wood from DRC

Ten European companies trading in timber have sourced US$2.26 million of wood from a company engaged in illegal [...]

Russian plywood deliveries to the EU on the rise

Russian plywood deliveries to the EU totaled EUR 504 million in 2018, a 13% rise compared to the EUR 447 [...]

Sluggish markets in US, China, UK and Japan generate low global lumber trade

In 2018, global trade of lumber fell for the first time in five years, with total trade down 7% year [...]

Sawlog prices in Latvia on sharp rise

    In the third quarter of 2018, the average roundwood purchase prices in Latvia have continued their [...]

Tropical logs imports in Europe go up by 11% in 2018

After a sharp downturn in 2017, EU imports of tropical logs recovered some lost ground in 2018 but were still [...]

Trends in the Central European wood pellet market

On February 27th and 28th, 2019, the European Pellets Conference took place in Wels, Austria. Around 660 participants came to [...]