British Columbia’s lumber exports to China start to go down, as demand decreases
British Columbia's lumber exports to China are decreasing, as the country's slowing economic growth traces demand for one [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / North America
Prices of wood pellets continue to rise in Germany
In February, the price of wood pellets in Germany increased by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month. Consumers [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
US sawmills produced more softwood lumber in 2018
U.S. sawmills produced 32.441 billion board feet (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
EU plywood importers face the risk of oversupply
EU plywood importers report that in the latter part of the year, the plywood market started to turn around and [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
German woodworking machinery reaches record sales in 2018
In the five years from 2014 to 2018, the production of German manufacturers of woodworking machinery [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Lumber prices in the US keep on rising
Sales of US framing lumber slowed as winter took a toll on consumption across the continent. Snow in the Northwest [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
International Forest Products buys UK’s Price and Pierce Forest Products
International Forest Products LLC (IFP) is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire all of the equity of Price and [...]
February 22, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
The European plywood industry under pressure
It’s been a roller coaster 12 months for the European plywood industry according to stockholder [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Chinese lumber imports on a downward trend
China's demand for logs and lumber grew in 2018 as compared to 2017, but most of the gains were [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Russia to virtually stop export of logs starting 2021
Export duties on three species (larch, spruce and fir) in Far East Russia has been raised by 15 points to [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia
