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US pulpmills increased costs for wood fiber during the Q1/2018

During the first quarter of 2018, there were substantial increases in wood costs for pulpmills in Western US and Canada [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland increased during March

Roundwood prices in Finland have increased in March 2018, as compared to the same month last year. The same increase [...]

Future demands for wood products in Japan

    Japan's Forestry Agency has recently organized a meeting regarding the future of the wood demand [...]

Estonia: Roundwood prices reach record-highs in March

Prices for roundwood in Estonia increased significantly in March 2018, as compared to the same month of 2017.   [...]

Chinese imports of US hardwood reach record levels in Q1/2018

Amidst the trade dispute between China and the US, the hardwood exports to Sea and Greater China  rallied [...]

US lumber prices pushed higher in June though at a lower pace than in May

    The framing lumber market in the US was slow during last week, as to shake off [...]

EU imports of tropical sawnwood went down during Q1/2018

EU imports of tropical sawn wood decreased 6% to 166,100 MT in the first quarter of 2018. This was [...]

New map reveals last primary forests in Europe

Scientists at the Geography Department of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) have compiled the first map of the [...]

Furniture exports from Germany to the US, Canada and China on the rise in Q1/2018

The furniture exports from Germany increased by 1%, to approximately EUR 2.7 billion during the first quarter of 2018 [...]

China increases tropical logs & sawnwood imports

China’s log imports from the USA in the first three months of 2018 totalled 1.41 million cubic metres [...]