Market Analysis

Swedish sawmills gain market shares in China and US during pandemic

          Many Swedish sawmills are now running at full speed again [...]

High import prices determine sawmills in China to slow down or stop production

   In March import prices in China had picked up despite total log inventory still building to over 8 [...]

Worries over the evolution of China’s log demand in the medium term

There are some concerns about the China log market in the medium term. China’s finance minister Liu Kun said [...]

EU tropical timber trade weakened before COVID lockdown

Having reached the highest level in more than a decade in October 2019, EU27+UK trade in tropical wood and [...]

Currency devaluation agains US dollar puts additional pressure on Chinese timber importers

    On May 28, the People ’s Bank of China authorized the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center [...]

US wood pellet sector well-positioned for the post-pandemic period

    The wood pellet sector in US has many advantages that other sectors might envy as they [...]

Indonesia revokes ending legality license for wood exports

The Indonesian government has backed down from a decision to scrap its timber legality verification process for wood export, amid [...]

US lumber prices see surprise win as Americans renovate homes

    Lumber futures are heading for their second-straight monthly gain at a time when gloom from [...]

Investigation finds European companies taking advantage of loophole to imports teak

     A new investigation has uncovered a scheme exploiting a loophole in the European Union Timber Regulation [...]