Market Analysis

Austria: Sawlog prices stable in November 2022

    The Austrian sawmill industry is sufficiently stocked with softwood logs corresponding to the current demand, but [...]

Pallets and packaging prices to remain high due to supply chain cost pressures

While raw material prices have dropped, other high inputs will keep the cost of pallets and packaging high, Fefpeb has [...]
November 17, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Central Africa: Log export ban postponed indefinitely

    In Central Africa, the ban on the export of logs will no longer take effect from [...]

Sweden: Sawlog prices continue to rise in Q3/2022

During the third quarter of 2022, delivery timber prices for both sawlogs and pulpwood in Sweden increased in comparison with [...]

France: Depression on the Douglas fir market; prices in freefall

  The downward trend in the Douglas fir market is now clearly confirmed. We can even speak of a [...]

US lumber: Post-bubble prices under further pressure

US lumber futures continued to fall over the past few months as weakening housing markets in major economies amid rising [...]

Estonian wood sector companies faced with inevitable layoffs

    Problems with economic performance have forced several woodworking companies in Estonia to optimize their production volumes [...]
November 15, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Indonesian timber imports into the EU threatened by new deforestation law

    Indonesian officials have slammed the European Union’s proposal of a regulation that they say negates [...]

Global economic slowdown overshadows near-term market outlook for the wood industry

Most countries in the world are experiencing slower economic growth or economic contraction. Certainly, those with global influence are performing [...]

Latvia: Wood prices have reached a temporary low, no further falls expected

    Latvian wood processing company SIA "Kronus" predicts for the fourth quarter of 2022 that wood prices [...]