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Austria: stable spruce prices, while sawmills are in short supply

Against the background of a persistently strong overall economy, the Austrian forestry and sawmill industry is struggling with the winter [...]

Logging in Latvia returns to normal once with better weather conditions

Timber producers in Latvia might still have the chance to achieve this year's turnover target as weather conditions have [...]
February 20, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Slowdown in China’s economy might affect Finnish lumber exporters

Concerns about the future development of the Chinese economy will again become headlines in Finland by the end of 2018 [...]
February 16, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe

Myanmar implements 10-year reforestation plan

Myanmar's government will apply a new plan for reforestation and rehabilitation of its forest across the country. The project [...]
February 16, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East

Italian woodworking machine tools production goes 11.6% up in 2017

In 2017, the Italian woodworking machine tools producers achieved a production value of Euro 2.29 billion, up by 11 [...]

Chinese plywood companies make appeal against US antidumping duties

Chinese plywood producers, exporters and domestic importers have filed appeals at the US Court of International Trade, relating to antidumping [...]

US lumber prices increase, even if consumption lowers

Prices for framing lumber in the US continued to rise in all species during last week. Yet, trading cooled down [...]

Record Russian wood pellets export sales in 2017

Wood pellet manufacturers in Russia have recorded record export sales in 2017. For the full year, the country exported 1 [...]
February 13, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Russia

Japan’s lumber imports from Europe and North America forecast to drop

The Japanese Forestry Agency recently held a meeting for wood products demand projection for the first half of 2018.  [...]

Logs buyers in China buy directly from exporters avoiding US sawmills

Logs buyers in China have been getting used to purchase the logs directly from exporters, avoiding sawmills in the US [...]