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Softwood lumber prices in the US continue falling trend

    Prices of framing lumber in the US continued to drop last week, although lower prices generated [...]

US hardwood exports to China on the rise despite trade war

The exports of American hardwood to South-East Asia and China recorded gains in the first half of 2018 in [...]

Finland sawmill industry: All eyes on the Chinese market

Last spring, Finlands sawmill industry said that pulp mills growing hunger for wood and the rising price of raw lumber [...]
October 2, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Romanian wood processing industry affected by supply shortage and rising prices for lumber

The volume of the exploited wood in 2017 in Romania reached 17.898 m3 of which 6.325 m3 are [...]

Wood pellets prices in Austria reach record highs

    At the beginning of the autumn season the price of ENplusA1 wood pellets in Austria has [...]

Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs

As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]

Trends in the European wood pellet market

Due to their location at seaports and limited domestic production, the large power utilities in the United Kingdom and Belgium [...]
October 1, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

EU demand for wood pellets still at a high level

    The EU is the world’s largest wood pellet market, with consumption of about 22.7 [...]
September 26, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Canadian lumber giants downgraded due to negative expectations for the US housing market

Shares in several major Canadian forestry companies closed down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than-expected building permits [...]

European tropical logs and sawnood on recover this year

    After a downturn in 2017, the quantity of EU imports of tropical logs recovered a little [...]