Market Analysis

Chinese economy contracts for the first time in 28 years

    China’s economy shrank in the first three months of 2020, its first contraction since 1992 [...]

Coronavirus pandemic consequences on the European timber market

    There are wide-ranging and severe effects upon the timber value chain. There are however significant [...]

Huge impact of pandemic on the Indonesian timber sector, survey reveals

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures adopted to try and slow its spread are having a [...]

Russia: Prices of roundwood fall sharply in February 2020

    Roundwood prices in Russia have dropped sharply in February 2020, indicating some first coronavirus impact on [...]

German wood pellet prices fall despite coronavirus related increased demand

Despite coronavirus related increased demand, wood pellets in April 2020 are significantly cheaper than in the previous month at a [...]

Shortage of imported timber throws Chinese wood industry into panic

The demand for imported wood in China's wood products industry has gradually recovered. However, on the one hand, overseas [...]

Pandemic to hit harder the EU furniture industry than the last financial crisis

It is far too early to assess the full impact of COVID-19 on EU furniture imports this year, but [...]

Coronavirus: German timber trade companies consider current business as satisfactory

German timber trade companies are affected by the coronavirus crisis in very different ways: companies that sell wood have had [...]

Survey – Impact of coronavirus pandemic on the Brazilian timber sector

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures adopted to try and slow its spread are having a [...]