Market Analysis

India to remove ban on use of timber in building construction after 25 years

After 25 years, India has removed the ban on use of timber in construction of buildings.     [...]

Russia: OSB production capacity grows rapidly

Thanks to the continuous recovery of the national economy since the crisis and the launch of new investment projects in [...]

Finland: Koskisen plans huge sawmill investment

    Koskisen group is planning an extensive sawmill investment in Järvelä, Finland. The planned investment is [...]

Swiss wood market marked by coronavirus and bark beetle

    The Swiss timber market has so far navigated the pandemic "relatively well", the Swiss Timber Commission [...]

S. America, Europe boost log supply to China, N. Zealand exports dropping

Log supply into China has increased, with South America and Europe responsible for most of this increase. European supply during [...]

Chinese flooring giant to invest big in US

Chinese flooring manufacturing giant Create Flooring Solutions (CFL) will invest $70 million in a new 252,000-square-foot manufacturing [...]

Interruption of Chinese plywood supply to Europe

    On supply, some interruption was reported out of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the lockdown; some [...]

Malaysian timber companies facing the pandemic

A recently released report details the upheavals experienced by the timber industry during the Movement Control Order (MCO) first implemented [...]

Impact on wood markets of the European bark beetle crisis

  Between 2017 and 2019, over 270 million m3 of standing timber in Central Europe was damaged by a [...]

Sweden and Germany expand softwood lumber exports to China

    Despite the ongoing pandemic and the lockdowns which have slowed trade in many European countries, EU [...]