Unusual stocks of roundwood in Sweden
Stocks of softwood, pulpwood and pulp chips have fallen since this summer but are nonetheless unusually large for the season [...]
November 27, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Sawmill curtailments in the Northern European countries continue
Nordic sawmillers have reported weaker results and curtailment of production to manage lower prices, oversupply and [...]
November 26, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Vietnam’s wood products industry: opportunities and challenges coexist
As one of the major trade surplus areas in Vietnam, timber, wood products and forest products [...]
November 26, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Downturn in the Swedish forest industry as global economic slowdown progresses
The recession in Europe, in particular, is noticeable in the Swedish forest industry. The sawmills partially compensate for this through [...]
November 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Russia: Top 10 wood pellet producers
Analysts estimate that currently 10 large wood pellet producers manufacture more than 60 percent of total [...]
November 20, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Energy / Europe
Growth in European construction sector forecast to slow in the next two years
European construction output is forecasted to increase by less than 2% in 2019, and by less [...]
November 20, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Canadian mills’ problems to drive up lumber prices in U.S.
Beetles, tariffs and mill closures have cut into Canada’s share of the U.S. lumber market, lifting prices by [...]
November 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Largest hardwood producer in US to close two sawmills as trade war impacts industry
Tacoma, Washington-based Northwest Hardwoods will close its Mount Vernon, Washington and Maury River, Virginia mills [...]
November 19, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / China / North America
European bark beetle spruce logs flood the Chinese market
European beetle spruce logs have flooded the Chinese market. In the first eight months of the [...]
November 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
UK extends timber legality requirements after Brexit
UK tropical and other timber importers were urged to evaluate the impacts for their businesses of [...]
November 19, 2019
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