Market Analysis

Current lumber market in US considered unprecedented

    The North American lumber industry is having its craziest year in memory -- and that was before [...]

UK market for African hardwoods recovering lockdown

    The UK market for sawn hardwood has been recovering well following easing of COVID-19 lockdown [...]

COVID-19 impact on US forest supply chain

    The global forest products industry has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic struck at [...]

Lumber prices in US expected to fall this autumn

    Lumber prices notched a record on Thursday but are likely to fall back to earth.  [...]

Vietnam to reach export target for timber and wooden products

Experts believe Vietnam this year will reach its export target for timber and wooden products at 12 billion USD, despite [...]

Positive trends in the global softwood lumber markets

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its bad consequences on trade, there are more positive signals to notice in the [...]

Finnish forest industry exports drop 18% in H1/2020

In the first half year the exports value of the Finnish forest industry products totalled in real terms EUR 5 [...]

Sawlog prices fall in most regions of the world in Q2/2020

Sawlog prices fell in most of the major regions of the world in the 2Q/20. A strengthening US dollar [...]

Tschopp Holzindustrie to invest in a new sawmill in Switzerland

    Tschopp Holzindustrie to build a new sawmill in Switzerland. This will replace the existing plant, which [...]

Swedish sawmills to take advantage of opportunities in the US market

Danske Bank's head of the forestry and agriculture business area, Johan Freij, summarizes the situation in the timber market [...]